Shelley Well, Farnhill, North Yorkshire, Keighley, BD20

May also be known as St Helens Well? This is the name of the stone trough fed by the spring. I don’t know the name of the spring itself if it has one. The spring is located in the village of Farnhill (just outside Keighley) on Main Street in front of a house called “Spout House”. I bumped into the lady who lives in the house when I fist visited the spring, she was friendly and didn’t seem to mind or be surprised by me wanting to collect water from the spring. Though she said she didn’t drink it because she has a tap in her kitchen!?! She said she’d lived there for years and never known it not to be flowing. She also said the house had been there since 1610 and the spring was there before the house. She said people often fill their bottles from it on the way past. The water tastes really good and clean, it’s very clear, though I’ve only had chance to drink around 10 litres so far. It was flowing at a rate of roily 4.5 ltrs per minute when I visited. There is also another just round the corner, in front of another house, I don’t know anything about this one but I have drunk around 5litres of water form of it and seems just the same. I’ll include a couple of photos of this one. As you look at Shelley Well it’s to the right and round the corner.