UK GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS

There are several 'geothermal springs in the UK':

★ Tunbridge Wells, Kent thermal spring

★ Stoney Middleton Thermal Springs, Derbyshire 17.2 degrees C, 63 degrees F

★ Taff's Well, Rhondda Cynon Taff, South Wales 18.9 degrees C, 66 degrees F

★ Matlock Bath, Derbyshire Dales 20 degrees C, 68 degrees F

★ Hotwells, Bristol, 25 degrees C, 77 degrees F

★ St. Anne's Well, Buxton, Derbyshire 28 degrees C, 82.4 degrees F

★ Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, 36 degrees C, 96.8 degrees F

★ Cross Bath, Bath, Somerset 42.8 degrees C, 109 degrees F

★ Stall Street Fountain, Bath, Somerset 45.4 degrees C, 113.7 degrees F

★ Hetling Spring, Bath, Somerset 45.4 degrees C, 113.7 degrees F

★ King’s Bath, Bath, Somerset 45.6 degrees C, 114 degrees F

★ Hot Bath, Bath, Somerset 47.2 degrees C, 117 degrees F

Contents

Hot spring definitions

References

Hot spring definitions

The definition of a hot spring varies (see article), but by many of these definitions, the springs in Bath are the only hot springs in the UK. However, there is not universal agreement.

References

★ List of spa towns in the United Kingdom

★ description of thermal spring in Buxton

★ graph of temperatures of wells and springs in Bath

★ There are many thermal springs in Derbyshire

★ map of monitored waters in Bath

★ discussion of definition of a hot spring

★ historic temperatures of some springs in Bath

★ description of Stoney Middleton Thermal Spring