Ryland`s Well and St Thomas` Well

Ryland`s Well and St Thomas` Well
Location: On the West Malvern Road near the Wyche Cutting.
Grid Reference: SO76804417

In 2005 the present owner of the Royal Well rang the MSA to tell us that when laying a new oak floor inside her cottage above the spout, the centre of the concrete floor underneath sounded hollow. When this area was chipped away, a covered well half full with pure, clean water, which feeds the public spout was revealed. It had always been rumoured that William Ryland kept secret access to a private supply from St Thomas` Well, but it was never found, until now. The Malvern Spa Association have named this new discovery "Ryland`s Well" after its secretive founder.

This well is in turn fed by a pipe from the cottage next door and during building work there in the 1990`s another well was found, also under their front room floor. It was then covered over with glass as a 'desirable feature' and is believed to be the original St Thomas` Well, long renowned for its healing properties.