St Ann's Well - Public Water Fountain — Attraction in High Peak

Here, not only can you get your Buxton mineral water for free and saving you a couple of quid in the process, just by taking an empty bottle and filling it up. But you can reflect on some of the connected history of this famous water, while refreshing yourself, that's of the same spring. St Ann's well with it's beautiful featuures - what you see today here with the words " A well of living water" inscribed on it, only dates back to 1940. But the well itself which was relocated to this site by the Duke of Devonshire in 1780, tells a much older story. The well with it's renowned mineral waters has been used by Mary Queen of Scott's to help her Rheumatism, been dissolved and destroyed by order of King Henry VIII in 1538. Been a place of pilgrimage before the Medieval period, having a Chapel alongside so pigrims could pray at the Holy well and Sacred Spring. Even revered by the Romans back in the day.... It's said that the water takes around 5000 years for it to naturally rise through the ancient rocks, I don't know about that but it's a nice refreshing drink for nothing when your throat is on...

St Ann's Well is an ancient warm natural spring in Buxton. (27°C) (80°F) The natural warm waters of Buxton have been revered since Roman times. By the 1520s the spring was dedicated to St Anne (mother of the Virgin Mary) and the curative powers of the waters from the well were reported. A 16th-century act of parliament ruled that a free supply of the spring water must be provided for the town's residents. The geothermal spring rises from about half a mile (1km) below ground and about a quarter of a million gallons (a million litres) of water flow out per day. The mineral water emerges at a steady 27°C (80°F). Analysis of the water has indicated that it has a high magnesium content and that it originated from rainwater from around 5,000 years ago. The same spring water is bottled and sold as Buxton Mineral Water. The information centre or The pump room, (historic in its own right) to the left of it is well worth a visit, plenty of information about it, and it's free to enter. St Anne's well looked a lot better in the old days, not much to look at today. Definitely worth a visit if you're...

I'm a regular visitor to well. The water is pure spring water Slightly warm very good to drink. Many hundreds of people come with big bottles daily. They take away car loads .some people only drink this water . World famous been drunk by usa president Albama . Sponsors Wimbledon players drink it . You can visit crescent experience and see how it comes from rain. Takes 500 years to reach the St Anne's well. Nestle bottle the water at there plant near Buxton. Even Mary Queen of Scots came to Buxton stayed at Old Hall Hotel to sample water. We get many thousands of visitors in Buxton who vist well taste...