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.

See also

• List of spa towns in the United Kingdom

References

External link

• 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

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