Victorian Llanwrtyd - taking the waters

Llanwrtyd and district
Taking the waters

The spas at Llanwrtyd and Llangammarch Wells

	Although they were never either as large or as famous as Llandrindod Wells to the east, there were other mid-Wales health resorts which prospered in Victorian times at Llanwrtyd Wells and at Llangammarch Wells.

Visitors to
Llanwrtyd
Wells
around 1895

Many of the people who visited the spas would put on their best clothes and pose for a souvenir photograph like this one.
This picture was taken next to one of the spa buildings at Llanwrtyd Wells, probably around 1895.

While Llandrindod Wells catered mainly for the better off and more fashionable visitors, these more modest spas attracted many miners and steelworkers and their families from the valleys of south Wales. They certainly needed summer holidays in the clean air of the hills !
Use the links below for more about these smaller spas...

	Llanwrtyd Wells	Llanwrtyd Wells
	The hotel by the spring
	The 'Stinking Well'
	'A pretty little park'
	Having a wonderful time
	The entertainers
	Llangammarch Wells	Llangammarch Wells
	Wish you were here	Llangammarch Wells

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