George Eglese

We are pleased to announce that Harrogate Spa Society was formally incorporated as a Community Interest Company (CIC) in October 2026, establishing a new non-profit organisation dedicated to shaping the future of Harrogate as a living spa town. The incorporation marks an important step in turning our vision into a lasting organisation, creating a foundation for new partnerships, projects and investment in the town’s cultural and natural heritage. Our work brings together landscape, water,...

For much of the twentieth century, Britain’s spa towns had something they no longer possess: a national body bringing together the places, people, waters and ideas that made them distinctive. Its story feels surprisingly relevant again. Spend enough time digging around in the history of Britain’s spa towns and the same name begins to appear: the British Spa Federation. It turns up in old handbooks and advertisements, medical papers and council records. Bath, Buxton, Cheltenham, Droitwich,...

Mariánské Lázně, Czechia · 18 September 2026 At half past seven in the morning, Mariánské Lázně had apparently decided that a municipal band was a more civilised way to begin the day than an alarm clock. Music drifted across the town as the first visitors emerged from their hotels, many carrying the distinctive little porcelain cups with spouts designed for sipping mineral water. Beneath the elaborate façades of grand spa hotels, people were already strolling through the gardens, heading...