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St Ann's Well

Great Malvern, Worcestershire

The spring that made Malvern water famous.

High on the Malvern Hills, St Ann's Well has supplied famously pure water for centuries. In the 1800s Malvern became a centre for the 'water cure', and visitors such as Charles Darwin came to be wrapped in wet sheets and doused in cold water.

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When
From the Middle Ages
Where
52.1100, -2.3300
Group
Holy wells & springs

Visiting

A steep walk up from the town to the well and its café.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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