The Water Cure

The Royal Pump Room Museum tells the story of Harrogate’s heyday as a fashionable spa town, when over 1,500 glasses of heavily sulphured spa water were served every day to visitors who came to 'take the waters'.
The Royal Pump Room stands over four wells; one is now hidden, one is a sulphur well that feeds into a tap on the outside of the building, one is a chalybeate well, and the fourth is a strong sulphur well. The water from this sulphur well was popular as a remedy for a host of illnesses including gout, rheumatism, skin disease, and digestive complaints.