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The Monk's Well
Date Added: 31st Dec 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 2 Access 5
The Monk's Well submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. Pump house on site of the original pool
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Log Text: The well is not where the symbol appears on the interactive map. See comment at bottom of listing for further info.
Ffynnon Gynydd
Date Added: 31st Dec 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2022
Ffynnon Gynydd submitted by geoffstickland on 18th Jul 2018. The well retains water even though pictured during the drought of July 2018
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Log Text: Easy to find compared to some :-D
St Mathew's Church Well
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 18th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 2 Access 4
St Mathew's Church Well submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. the water source has been adapted for domestic water supply so the picture may not be the actual original well
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Log Text: A rather disappointing site, it’s been capped with concrete and a modern drain cover. The water trickles out in to an overgrown marshy area. The church is worth a visit though. Very interesting leper’s squint.
Priory Well (Powys)
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 17th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Priory Well (Powys) submitted by geoffstickland on 28th May 2019. Well easily accessible in Cathedral grounds
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Log Text: You can drive to the Cathedral car park and go through the graveyard throughto the other side where the two wells are.
St Steffan Church
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 17th Aug 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Steffan Church submitted by jfarrar on 21st May 2024. Well at the church of St Steffan
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Log Text: A nice peaceful church in the middle of nowhere. The well is overgrown and care should be taken not to fall in it.
Aberedw Spring
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Mar 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Aberedw Spring submitted by geoffstickland on 8th Jan 2020. Beside the lane about 100 metres to the East of the village of Aberedw.
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Log Text: Easy to get to.
The Walk Well
Date Added: 27th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 1st Aug 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 5 Access 4
The Walk Well submitted by AJHL on 22nd Sep 2023. The sign is a bit misleading as the walk well is actually located down the Bailey path with the river on your right and then down the bottom of the very steep river bank.
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Log Text: Very difficult to access down the steep bank but quite magical if you make it in one piece.
St Mary (Pilleth)
Date Added: 28th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 28th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
St Mary (Pilleth) submitted by jfarrar on 11th Jun 2013. The Holy Well at Pilleth
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Log Text: Lovely well and church
Maen-Du Well
Date Added: 31st Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 31st Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 5
Maen-Du Well submitted by jfarrar on 19th May 2018. Inside the well house.
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Log Text: Nice well, well maintained with great access. Pity about the litter floating in the lower pool though.
Rhiwiau Well
Date Added: 16th Feb 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Rhiwiau Well submitted by geoffstickland on 7th Apr 2021. Set in a well manicured lawn, the well is obviously well tended.
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Log Text: This well is on private property. The owners very kindly let me have a look. It’s a nice well with 13 steps going down in to the clear water. The owners very kindly commented that he thought it was Roman and may have been used for baptisms.
Llan-Wysg Well
Date Added: 22nd Aug 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 22nd Aug 2025. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 5
Llan-Wysg Well submitted by coin on 28th Mar 2017. Image of Llan-Wysg Well
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Log Text: Nice site, easy to find. It’s not the drain by the signposts in one of the photos, it’s up the track a bit on the left in the bank.
St Meilig’s Well
Date Added: 30th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: Wales (Powys)
Visited: Yes on 30th Oct 2024. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 5 Access 4
St Meilig’s Well submitted by AJHL on 30th Oct 2024. St Meilig’s Well. Originally thought to be a pagan site, this was later Christianised and the broken capstone bears the inscription “Proverbs XII 1903 JC”
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Log Text: To find this well you take the turning marked “mill cottages” off the A438. Carry on up this road. St Meilig’s church will be on your right over a small bridge over a stream. Carry on up “mill cottages” a bit past a few houses and you will see a gap between the houses to the left (West) going across a large open field. Go through the kissing gate, through the next gate (or over the stile) and through a further gate, then start veering diagonally upwards to the right across the field up the slope to the point of the woodland (this is the lower part of Bryn Yr Hydd Common). Here you will see a metal gate with a footpath sign. Go through this and follow the path for a bit until you see the well on the right (upslope) of the path. The path is uneven and slippery and there are some steep drops off to the left. The well is a bit more in to the wood on the marked path than where the symbol appears on the interactive map.
St. Mary's Well (Compton)
Date Added: 1st Sep 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Surrey)
Visited: Yes on 19th Mar 2022. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
St. Mary's Well (Compton) submitted by DavidCWoods on 6th Feb 2005. In the 18th Century the cave was turned into a grotto, with seats and drinking vessels provided. The cave is said to be unsafe, hence the gate.
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Log Text: It’s a shame this site has not been better preserved. There is no access inside the cave.
Jacobs Well
Date Added: 28th Oct 2024
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Surrey)
Visited: Yes on 21st Sep 2024. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 3 Access 5
Jacobs Well submitted by amunptah on 5th Oct 2010. The well, with the church and graveyard visible in the background.
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Log Text: Nice well but lacks character due to modern well head
St John the Baptist's Well (Bisley)
Date Added: 13th Sep 2025
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Surrey)
Visited: Yes on 13th Sep 2025. My rating: Condition 5 Ambience 4 Access 4
St John the Baptist's Well (Bisley) submitted by DavidCWoods on 26th Jul 2004. SU956595 Ample evidence of the orange staining suggesting iron salts
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Log Text: Nice well, easy to find and nice setting.
St Peter's Well, Whitney on Wye
Date Added: 31st Dec 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 4
St Peter's Well, Whitney on Wye submitted by geoffstickland on 16th May 2021. The site can be seen from the field gate across the lane from the church.
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Log Text: Opposite church - visible through field gate
The Golden Well (Dorstone)
Date Added: 31st Dec 2022
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 31st Dec 2022. My rating: Condition 1 Ambience 4 Access 4
The Golden Well (Dorstone) submitted by AJHL on 18th Feb 2023. The Golden Well. The bullrushes grow out of the pool which is overgrown and difficult to see. But you will know it when you suddenly drop in to it like I did! Thankfully no giant carp in sight.
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Log Text: The wood has been cut down resulting in new undergrowth over marshy ground. Quite difficult to find but it’s still there
Peterchurch St Peter's Well
Date Added: 1st Jan 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Peterchurch St Peter's Well submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. Well site a little overgrown
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Log Text: It’s still there on the left side of the track (the down side of you are walking towards wellbrook cottage) They have put a pumping house and water treatment shed almost on top of it, but it’s still viewable from the platform next to the shed.
Holy Well (Blakemere)
Date Added: 1st Jan 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2023. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Holy Well (Blakemere) submitted by geoffstickland on 3rd Sep 2018. A lovely spot, the pool well maintained
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Log Text: The site is on private land, essentially in someone’s front garden. You can see it over the fence but cannot get right up to it due to the setting.
St. Clodock's Well
Date Added: 18th Feb 2023
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Herefordshire)
Visited: Yes on 16th Feb 2023. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
St. Clodock's Well submitted by geoffstickland on 6th Jan 2019. well on path beside river. In good condition and full of water which seeps down through the rocks behind
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Log Text: Short walk and easy to find.