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Lecture: The Last Enchanted Places? A Journey Through the Spa Towns of mid-Wales, with Ian Bradley
26 April @ 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
£10.00
The Last Enchanted Places? A Journey Through the Spa Towns of mid-Wales, with Ian Bradley
7.15pm, Saturday 26th April 2025
There is a Brigadoon-like quality about the four spa towns in the old Welsh county of Radnorshire, now part of Powys. Llandrindod Wells, Builth Wells, Llanmarach Wells and Llanwrytd Wells seem to be lost in the mists of time, just as they are frequently also lost in the mists and rain that often descend on the green hills and valleys in this part of mid-Wales. Between them, they have the most varied and unusual natural mineral water springs of anywhere in the British Isles. The legendary origins of these health giving springs derive from Celtic mythology. Once thriving health and holiday resorts, the mid-Welsh spas retain a bewitched and intriguing atmosphere – are they, indeed, among the last enchanted places left in Britain?
This talk is given by Ian Bradley, author of forty-six books on Theology and related subjects, and frequent course leader at Gladstone’s Library.
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