List of spa towns in the United Kingdom explained

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

England

Derbyshire

• Buxton^{[1] [2]}
• Matlock
• Matlock Bath

Worcestershire

• Droitwich Spa
• Malvern
• Tenbury Wells

Yorkshire

• Askern, Doncaster^{[3] [4]}
• Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire
• Ilkley, West Yorkshire^[5]
• Knaresborough, North Yorkshire

Other

• Bath, Somerset
• Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Church Stretton, Shropshire
• Dorton Spa, Buckinghamshire^[6]
• Epsom, Surrey
• Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
• Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Shearsby, Leicestershire
• Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire^[7]

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
• Hockley, Essex
• Hovingham, North Yorkshire
• Leeds, West Yorkshire
• Melksham, Wiltshire
• Nantwich, Cheshire
• Ossett, West Yorkshire^[8]
• Ripon, North Yorkshire^[9]
• Scarborough, North Yorkshire^[10]
• Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire
• Wigan, Greater Manchester
• Wirksworth, Derbyshire

Scotland

• Bridge of Allan, Stirling (formerly in Stirlingshire)^[11]
• Crieff, Perth and Kinross (formerly in Perthshire)^[11]
• Dunblane, Stirling (formerly in Perthshire)^[12]
• Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway (formerly in Dumfriesshire)
• Peebles, Scottish Borders (formerly in Peebleshire)^[11]
• Rothesay, Rothesay, Argyll and Bute (formerly in the County of Bute)^{[11] [12]}
• Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty (formerly in Ross-shire)^[11]

Wales

• Taff's Well Thermal Spring, near Cardiff
• Chalybeate springs, near Trefriw; the village was promoted in the first half of the 20th century as Trefriw Spa

See also

• List of spa towns

Notes and References

1. Book: Hembry . Phyllis M. . Cowie . Leonard W. . Cowie . Evelyn E. . 1997 . British Spas From 1815 to the Present: A Social History . Fairleigh Dickinson University Press . Madison, NJ . 0485115026 . 917054559 . 96043104 . 15–21.
2. Book: Mather, John D. . Duffin . C. J. . Moody . R. T. J. . Gardner-Thorpe . C. . 2013 . A History of Geology and Medicine . Britain's spa heritage: a hydrogeological appraisal . https://books.google.com/books?id=hGpIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 . Special Publications . 375 . 243–260 . The Geological Society . London . 978-1862393561.
3. Web site: . 24 July 2014 . Nostalgia on Tuesday: Village of change . The Yorkshire Post . Leeds . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200415021325/https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/arts-and-culture/nostalgia-tuesday-village-change-1759820 . 15 April 2020 . 15 April 2020.
4. Book: Smith, Gordon . 2013 . Askern Spa . 2nd . Gordon Smith . 978-1490998336.
5. Book: Collyer . Robert . Turner . J. Horsfall . 1885 . Ilkley: Ancient & Modern . WM Walker . Otley . Robert Collyer . 15 April 2020.
6. Book: Knight, T. . 1835 . History of the Dorton Chalybeate . 4th . Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman . London . 15 April 2020.
7. Book: 1919 . Kelly's Directory – Lincolnshire . Kelly's Directories Ltd . London . 611–614 . 14 April 2020.
8. Web site: Howe . Alan . 2010 . A History of Ossett Spa . Alan Howe . Ossett . 14 April 2020.
9. Web site: Wainwright . Martin . 4 April 2008 . The battle of Ripon baths . The Guardian . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200413202926/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2008/apr/04/communities.localgovernment . 13 April 2020 . 13 April 2020.
10. Web site: . 4 July 2016 . Scarborough Spa and the First British Seaside Resort . The Yorkshire Journal . 10–13 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200413200416/https://theyorkshirejournal.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/theyorkshirejournal-2010-01.pdf . 13 April 2020 . 13 April 2020.
11. Bradley . James . Dupree . Marguerite . Durie . Alastair . 1997 . Taking the Water Cure: The Hydropathic Movement in Scotland, 1840-1940 . Business and Economic History . 26 . 2 . 426–437 . 15 April 2020.
12. Book: Linn . 1894 . Where to Send Patients Abroad, for Mineral and other Water Cures and Climatic Treatment . George S. Davis . Detroit, MN . 15 April 2020.