The Roman Baths and the Pump Rooms is near the old Abbey at the centre of Bath. The Pump Rooms, a restaurant in the Roman Bath complex where you can get high tea and a light lunch often has long queues. There is a spot you could look over one of the baths, the Sacred Spring but, it's just as well to pay the entrance fee and go see the Baths and museum. It’s pricey at £11 for adults but you can also get a combination ticket for £14.50 that lets you get into the Baths and the Assembly rooms with the Costume museum (separate cost 7 quid). If you have a ticket from one of the bus tour companies you can get 10% off as well. There are discounted tickets for children and seniors and there are family rates as well I think.
The Roman Bath part is not wheelchair accessible but the Pump Rooms are. THey do have Open Access limited evenings where special ramps are installed and you can view most of the site though not all.
They give you a long remote control thing that is an audio device. You punch in numbers that you see on signs around the complex and listen to the explanations. As a result, though there are quite a few people in the museum, it’s very quiet with everyone listening to their audio sets! They of course have them in various languages. The commentary was quite good though the day i went, i was not feeling well so didn't get as much out of it as i could have.
Bath was a Roman spa town and later on the Georgians discovered and started renovations. It became *the* in place to go and take the mineral waters for health. The Pump Rooms were where the elite met to see and be seen. The baths were excavated and this is still ongoing. There are lots of interesting things to see from the Sacred Spring to the Great Bath. The upper viewing level is ringed with statues and you can see the great Abbey looming over head.
From journal Magical History Tour 2003