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

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.

ee also

* List of spa towns in the United Kingdom

References

External links

* [http://www.whitedragon.org.uk/articles/amemetiae.htm description of thermal spring in Buxton]
* [http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environment/hotsprings/Hot+Springs+Temperature+Data.htm graph of temperatures of wells and springs in Bath]
* [http://www.buxtononline.net/Buxton-Online98/spa-test.htm There are many thermal springs in Derbyshire]
* [http://www.bathnes.gov.uk/BathNES/environment/hotsprings/ map of monitored waters in Bath]
* [http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/cgi-bin/rp/rp2_abst_e?cjes_e03-083_40_ns_nf_cjes discussion of definition of a hot spring]
* [http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Somerset/bath.htm historic temperatures of some springs in Bath]
* [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=8223 description of Stoney Middleton Thermal Spring]