English Mineral Waters

Abbey Well

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Discovered in 1910 by Thomas Robson and named after a Northumbrian Cistercian Abbey. It is bottled at a single source and has been filtered through a white sandstone aquifer for no less than 3000 years.

Aqua Pura

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Aqua Pura is extracted from a source 100 metres below the ground in the Cumbrian hills. It has been filtered through sandstone dating back over 200 million years and this sandstone forms the basis of the largest groundwater aquifer in Europe.

Blenheim Water

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Blenheim Water is sourced from the grounds at Blenheim Palace that have been providing water for the estate since the twelfth century. The water is no longer taken from the original source, which once provided the water for Henry II mistress, Rosamund Clifford's plunge pool. Instead it is taken from another source within the grounds of this exceptional palace.

Blue Keld Springs

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This Yorkshire water is from an artesian spring that dates back to the Vikings who were prevalent in Yorkshire in the Eighth Century. Blue Keld water is filtered through a chalk and limestone aquifer and is presented in a distinctive blue, teardrop shaped, bottles.

Buxton

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Buxton mineral water is sourced from rain that has been filtered through an aquifer for around 5000 years before being bottled for consumption. The limestone aquifer is 1500 metres deep and located in the Peak district.

The nature of groundwater means that Buxton water means that it has a constant temperature of 27.5 degrees, irrespective of the external conditions.

Malvern

One of the most famous waters in the world it is renowned because it is the preferred spring water of the Queen. The healing powers of Malvern water are mentioned as far back as 1622 by Bannister in his Breviary of the Eyes.

This popularity was increased in the nineteenth century by Dr. James Wilson and Dr. James Manby Gully who set up hydrotherapy centres in the area to make use of the water's healing properties.

The holy well and the eye well are the main sources of Malvern water which rises up in the hills in this part of Worcestershire.

Matlock Spring

The thermal springs of Matlock in Derbyshire were discovered in 1698. This placed Matlock at the heart of the hydropathy industry and Matlock even enjoyed status as a spa town until the 1950s. The healing drinking water of Matlock originates at these springs.

Nicknamed 'Little Switzerland' by Lord Byron, people still travel many miles to enjoy the healing waters of Matlock Bath.

Stretton Hills

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The Stretton Hills water source is found near the village of Church Stretton in Shropshire. The source of this water has been known for centuries but the water was first bottled at this source in 1883.

Windsor Water

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Windsor Water is filtered through the chalk aquifers of the Hampshire Downs and drawn from an artesian borehole over 400ft deep that has been the source for more than 80 years. Windsor Water has a low sodium content but a high calcium content thanks to the chalk filtration.

The source was first tapped in 1918 to provide water for the local American military base and now supplies around 30 million litres per year.

UK Mineral Waters