List of spa towns in the United Kingdom

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, South Yorkshire[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^[citation needed]
• 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[a][10]
• Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire
• Wigan, Greater Manchester[11]
• Wirksworth, Derbyshire

Scotland

• Bridge of Allan, Stirling (formerly in Stirlingshire)[12]
• Crieff, Perth and Kinross (formerly in Perthshire)[12]
• Dunblane, Stirling (formerly in Perthshire)[13]
• Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway (formerly in Dumfriesshire)
• Peebles, Scottish Borders (formerly in Peebleshire)[12]
• Rothesay, Rothesay, Argyll and Bute (formerly in the County of Bute)[12][13]
• Strathpeffer, Ross and Cromarty (formerly in Ross-shire)[12]

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

1. But see The Spa, Scarborough.

References

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9. Wainwright, Martin (4 April 2008). "The battle of Ripon baths". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
10. "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.
11. Wigan Archaeological Society
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