The following is a list of current and former spa towns in the United Kingdom.
England
Derbyshire
Worcestershire
Yorkshire
- Askern, South Yorkshire
- Boston Spa, West Yorkshire
- Harrogate, North Yorkshire
- Ilkley, West Yorkshire
- Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
Other
- Bath, Somerset
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
- Church Stretton, Shropshire
- Dorton Spa, Buckinghamshire
- Epsom, Surrey
- Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Shearsby, Leicestershire
- Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire
Wales
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
- Ripon, North Yorkshire
- Scarborough, North Yorkshire
- Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire
- Wigan, Greater Manchester
- Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Scotland
- Bridge of Allan, Stirling (formerly in Stirlingshire)
- Crieff, Perth and Kinross (formerly in Perthshire)
- Dunblane, Stirling (formerly in Perthshire)
- Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway (formerly in Dumfriesshire)
- Peebles, Scottish Borders (formerly in Peebleshire)
- Rothesay, Rothesay, Argyll and Bute (formerly in the County of Bute)
- Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty (formerly in Ross-shire)
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
Notes
- But see The Spa, Scarborough.
References
- Hembry, Phyllis M.; Cowie, Leonard W.; Cowie, Evelyn E. (1997). British Spas From 1815 to the Present: A Social History. Madison, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. pp. 15–21. ISBN 0485115026. LCCN 96043104. OCLC 917054559.
- Mather, John D. (2013). "Britain's spa heritage: a hydrogeological appraisal". In Duffin, C. J.; Moody, R. T. J.; Gardner-Thorpe, C. (eds.). A History of Geology and Medicine. Special Publications. Vol. 375. London: The Geological Society. pp. 243–260. ISBN 978-1862393561.
- "Nostalgia on Tuesday: Village of change". The Yorkshire Post. Leeds. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- Smith, Gordon (2013). Askern Spa (2nd ed.). Gordon Smith. ISBN 978-1490998336.
- Collyer, Robert; Turner, J. Horsfall (1885). Ilkley: Ancient & Modern (PDF). Otley: WM Walker. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- Knight, T. (1835). History of the Dorton Chalybeate (4th ed.). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
- Kelly's Directory – Lincolnshire (PDF). London: Kelly's Directories Ltd. 1919. pp. 611–614. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- Howe, Alan (2010). "A History of Ossett Spa" (PDF). Ossett: Alan Howe. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- Wainwright, Martin (4 April 2008). "The battle of Ripon baths". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- "Scarborough Spa and the First British Seaside Resort" (PDF). The Yorkshire Journal. 4 July 2016. pp. 10–13. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- Wigan Archaeological Society
- ^ Bradley, James; Dupree, Marguerite; Durie, Alastair (1997). "Taking the Water Cure: The Hydropathic Movement in Scotland, 1840-1940" (PDF). Business and Economic History. 26 (2): 426–437. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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