• St Winefride’s Well as a holy spring and shrine are unique within the British Isles. No other holy shrine within these islands can boast 1300 years of unbroken...
  • St Winefride's Well is a healing spring that has been visited by pilgrims for more than a thousand years.
  • According to legend, this holy well sprung up in the 7th century when St Winefride was restored to life by St Beuno after a brutal attack that left her decapitated.
  • St Winefride's Well Shrine in Plessington House, Greenfield St, Holywell CH8 7PN, United Kingdom.
  • She died there some 22 years later. Pilgrimage to St Winefride's Well has taken place throughout the 1,300 years since St Winefride was restored to life.
  • Whether you believe the legend or not, St Winefride’s Well in Holywell has been a place of pilgrimage for 13 centuries.
  • A ancient holy place, one of the seven wonders of Wales.
  • I used to go and listen to Vespers at a convent in nearby Chester and a nun told me that there were many cures and conversions as a result of St Winefrides well.
  • St Winefride and The Well. St Winefride’s Well Shrine has welcomed Pilgrims and visitors for over 1300 years.