Discover our wonderful SPA TOWNS
Jan 26, 2022
2 minutes
WORDS: CAROLINE BEDDOWS.
Britain’s impressive spa towns owe their magnificence to mineral-rich natural springs. Developed largely by the Romans, Georgians and Victorians, they attracted people searching cures for ever ything from gout and rheumatism to sciatica and back pain.
The popularity of ‘taking the water’ created a demand for elegant housing, hotels, restaurants, theatres and other amusements – more so when the railways allowed greater travel – leaving a
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