Malvern Wells' Spring Waters.

Malvern Wells takes its name from being the site of two of the ancient healing springs (locally known as ‘wells’) of the Malverns, the Holy Well and the Eye Well. These ancient wells lie on the steeply wooded hillside above the village.

As a large village, Malvern Wells owes its existence to the famous water cures carried out at The Holy Well and The Wells House in Holywell Road by Dr John Wall, the famous physician, in the eighteenth century. This period was followed by substantial Regency & Victorian development of the village as the site of the Holywell during the heyday of Great Malvern as a Spa Town.

There are numerous other springs in Malvern Wells and many residents have water sources in their gardens which continue to flow in the driest years.

The six most accessible springs of Malvern Wells are Well Dressed each year by local residents during the May Day Bank Holiday’s Well Dressing Festival.

This web page and those listed in the menu on the right hand side of the page, are about the Malvern Well Dressing tradition and the six Famous Wells of Malvern Wells.   If you click on the links on the right you can open the individual pages to read about the Well Dressing Festival and about the Famous Wells which you can easily visit.

Sources

The source for most of the information & some of the photgraphs on this & the following "Wells" pages has been The Malvern Spa Association’s Website where the full references and information about the original publications may be found.

The Malvern Wells Parish Council is grateful to The Malvern Spa Association for the use of this information and to the following people for the use of their original photographs & text. Helen Burrage, Dr John Harcup & Ray Roberts of the Malvern Spa Association (resident & former residents of Malvern Wells) & David Armitage of the ANOB & Malvern HLF Heritage Project.