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The world the
waters made

From hillside springs to great spa towns, Britain's natural waters gave rise to an extraordinary world of places, practices and ideas. Medicine and mythology, architecture and landscape, ritual and pleasure. Centuries of invention, eccentricity and cultural life.
 

An evolving atlas of the British spa, its many expressions and the possibilities still to come.

Voice for the nation's springs

For more than 2,000 centuries springs have shaped our existence, health, culture and landscapes.

 

As the successor to the British Spas Federation, we now give these vital waters the national platform they deserve: discoverable, documented and protected for the future.

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