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, 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

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^[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

Notes

^ But see The Spa, Scarborough.

References

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