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Cleaning an Ancient Roman Bath (PHOTOS)

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Bath and North East Somerset Council employees brush algae and sludge from the original Roman lead lined floor of the Great Bath as it is drained of 250,000 liters of hot natural thermal spa water as part of a spring cleaning operation, at the historic Roman Baths on March 27, 2018 in Bath, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

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Bath and North East Somerset Council employees brush algae and sludge from the original Roman lead lined floor of the Great Bath as it is drained of 250,000 liters of hot natural thermal spa water as part of a spring cleaning operation, at the historic Roman Baths on March 27, 2018 in Bath, England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

Britain’s largest thermal spring is being drained for its annual spring cleaning operation.

The Roman Baths located in Bath, England is a heritage site of one of the best-preserved Roman spas of the ancient world. The Great Bath, which is the main attraction of the complex, is a filled with geothermally heated water.

Every year, the Bath and North East Somerset Council employees clean the bath of algae and sludge from the lead-lined floor. The bath holds over 66,000 gallons of water, all of which is drained. In previous years of cleaning, items like traffic cones, shopping carts and even a moped were discovered in the bath.

As Bath’s leading attraction, the baths bring in over 1 million visitors a year. If you plan on visiting, Lonely Planet suggests you avoid July and August.

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