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Holy Wells
1,916 sites recorded, with photos, maps and visitor reports
A well or spring that was venerated in ancient (possibly pre-Christian) times. As these are so hard to date this is the a category where we allow Mediaeval and later sites 
Showing 50 sites in list below and 300 on map out of a total of 1916
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Cloutie Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Highlands
Posted by livingstone on Monday, 31 January 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Swallowhead Spring . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Wiltshire
Posted by Humbucker on Sunday, 09 February 2025
Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St Seiriol's Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
Posted by hoya105 on Sunday, 05 December 2021
Condition: 5, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Holywell Bay . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cornwall
Posted by Thorgrim on Sunday, 30 August 2026
Condition: 1, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Little John's Well (Hampole) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Yorkshire (South)
Posted by HOLYWELL on Friday, 13 November 2020
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St. Thomas a Becket's Spring (Bapchild) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
Posted by DavidCWoods on Friday, 27 March 2026
Condition: 3, Ambience: 2, Access: 2, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Chedworth Villa Nymphaeum . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gloucestershire
Posted by rogerkread on Thursday, 11 January 2024
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Cuthbert's Well (County Durham) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in County Durham
Posted by kiwiBetsy on Sunday, 19 October 2025
Condition: 4, Ambience: 1, Access: 1, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
St Non's Well (Pembrokeshire) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Pembrokeshire
Posted by Anne T on Sunday, 08 May 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Scorne Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Buckinghamshire
Posted by DavidCWoods on Tuesday, 26 July 2022
Condition: 2, Ambience: 2, Access: 5, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Santa Cristina Pozzo Sacro . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Sardinia (Sardegna)
Posted by AlexHunger on Saturday, 28 August 2021
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Boniface's Well (Crediton) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Devon
Posted by AngieLake on Friday, 07 January 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Sacred Spring, Bath . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Somerset
Posted by Andy B on Friday, 23 September 2022
Condition: 5, Ambience: 5, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Peterchurch St Peter's Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Herefordshire
Posted by AJHL on Sunday, 16 February 2025
Condition: 2, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Schwanenmarkt Brunnen . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in North Rhine-Westphalia
Posted by Harald_Platta on Wednesday, 16 September 2020
Condition: Destroyed, Ambience: 3, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Other Pic)
Hollinshead Holy Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Lancashire
Posted by Holywell on Monday, 31 October 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Ruffin's Well (Tamworth) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Staffordshire
Posted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 10 September 2024
Condition: 1, Ambience: 2, Access: 4, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
St Piran's Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cornwall
Posted by lucasn on Monday, 02 September 2024
Condition: 5, Ambience: 5, Access: 5, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
Ouchtriemakain Cave . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by markj99 on Thursday, 20 November 2025
Condition: 4, Ambience: 5, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Bahçeli Roman Pool . Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Posted by davidmorgan on Saturday, 29 November 2025
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Michael's Well (Cambridge) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cambridgeshire
Posted by HOLYWELL on Sunday, 05 September 2021
Condition: 5, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Ffynnon Fair (Dolgellau) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gwynedd
Posted by TAlanJones on Tuesday, 28 September 2021
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Higgin's Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Herefordshire
Posted by HOLYWELL on Wednesday, 08 July 2026
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St Edwards (Stow Well) Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gloucestershire
Posted by dooclay on Thursday, 06 July 2023
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Ffynnon y Wrach . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
Posted by hoya105 on Friday, 11 August 2023
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Olan's Holy Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Co. Cork
Posted by GaelicLaird on Thursday, 21 January 2021
Condition: 4, Ambience: 3, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Katherine's Well (Glenluce) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Anne T on Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Park Shady Spring . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cornwall
Posted by cromagnonman on Saturday, 06 November 2021
Condition: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
St Medana's Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by markj99 on Sunday, 14 November 2021
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Oswald's Well (Kirkoswald) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Cumbria
Posted by Anne T on Saturday, 17 June 2023
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St Ceinwen Holy Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)
Posted by hoya105 on Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
White Horse Spring . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
Posted by rhpb on Sunday, 30 July 2023
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Jacobs Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Surrey
Posted by amunptah on Sunday, 16 February 2025
Condition: 4, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St Mirren's Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in North Lanarkshire
Posted by markj99 on Sunday, 15 October 2023
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 3, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Chalybeate Well (Dalry) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Anne T on Sunday, 26 June 2022
Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Kilhern Spa Well (New Luce) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Anne T on Saturday, 02 July 2022
Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
The Monks Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Kent
Posted by Andy B on Sunday, 17 November 2024
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Rebecca's Well (Crazies Hill) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Berkshire
Posted by Anne T on Saturday, 02 November 2024
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Ffynnon y Wern . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin)
Posted by geoffstickland on Wednesday, 09 February 2022
Condition: 2, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Green Well of Scotland (Carsphairn) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Anne T on Thursday, 30 June 2022
Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St Columba's Well (Kirkcolm) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Anne T on Monday, 23 September 2024
Condition: 5, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Lady Well (Leek) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Staffordshire
Posted by Anne T on Thursday, 30 June 2022
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
St Mary's Well (Kilmorie Chapel) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Dumfries and Galloway
Posted by Anne T on Sunday, 26 June 2022
Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Quellheiligtum Klemensborn . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in North Rhine-Westphalia
Posted by Harald_Platta on Saturday, 21 May 2022
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 4, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Cliff Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gloucestershire
Posted by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 17 January 2023
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Hands Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Derbyshire
Posted by Anne T on Thursday, 21 May 2026
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Ladywell (Castlemarket) . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Co. Laois
Posted by Anne T on Friday, 28 August 2026
Condition: 3, Ambience: 3, Access: 2, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Pandy'r Odyn Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Gwynedd
Posted by TAlanJones on Saturday, 25 September 2021
Condition: 4, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
Hope-under-Dinmore Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Herefordshire
Posted by Anne T on Saturday, 02 May 2026
Condition: 3, Ambience: 4, Access: 5, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
St Eigon’s Well . Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Powys
Posted by AJHL on Thursday, 28 May 2026
Ambience: 4, Accuracy: 3 (Our Pic)
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