UK Geothermal Springs

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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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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