List of spa towns in the United Kingdom

The following is a list of spa towns in the United Kingdom.

England

• Ashbourne
• Askern Doncaster,
• Bath
• Boston Spa (West Yorkshire)
• Buxton Derbyshire,
• Cheltenham Gloucestershire,
• Church Stretton Shropshire,
• Dorton Spa Buckinghamshire,
• Droitwich Spa Worcestershire,
• Epsom Surrey,
• Harrogate North Yorkshire,
• Ilkley West Yorkshire,
• Knaresborough North Yorkshire,
• Malvern
• Matlock
• Matlock Bath
• Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshire,
• Royal Tunbridge Wells Kent
• Scarborough (see also The Spa, Scarborough)
• Shearsby Leicestershire,
• Tenbury Wells Worcestershire,
• Woodhall Spa Lincolnshire,

Wales

• Builth Wells
• Llandrindod Wells
• Llangammarch Wells
• Llanwrtyd Wells

Former spa towns

England

• Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
• Bakewell, Derbyshire
• Baslow, Derbyshire
• Bricket Wood, Hertfordshire
• Clifton/Hotwells, Bristol
• Ewell, Surrey
• Goathland, North Yorkshire
• Hartlepool, County Durham
• Hovingham, North Yorkshire
• Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Melksham, Wiltshire
• Ossett, West Yorkshire^[1]
• Ripon, North Yorkshire
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire
• Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire
• Wigan, Greater Manchester^[2]
• Wirksworth, Derbyshire

Scotland

• Strathpeffer^[3]
• Rothesay, Bute^[3][4]
• Crieff^[3]
• Bridge of Allan
• Moffat

Wales

• Taff's Well Thermal Spring, near Cardiff
• Chalybeate springs near Trefriw

See also

• List of spa towns

References

1. Ossett - the history of a Yorkshire town
2. Wigan Archaeological Society
3. Bradley, James; Dupree, Margeurite; Durie, Alastair (1997), "Taking the Water Cure: The Hydropathic Movement in Scotland, 1840-1940" (PDF), Business and Economic History, 26 (2): 426–437, retrieved 2009-11-17
4. Linn, Dr. Thomas (1894). Where to Send Patients Abroad, for Mineral and other Water Cures and Climactic Treatment. Detroit, Michigan: George S. Davis. Retrieved 5 December 2009. Full text at Internet Archive (archive.org)