• St Winefride's Well remains a popular pilgrimage destination, and its long association with healing has earned Holywell the title of "the Lourdes of Wales".
  • It is no exaggeration to say that St Winefride's Well has been a destination for pilgrims for over 1300 years, a span unmatched by any other British site.
  • The site of St Winefride's Well has been a place of pilgrimage and healing for 14 centuries.
  • After a shrine was established in Shrewsbury around 1138, it and St Winefride's Well became important pilgrimage destinations.
  • A tall statue of St Winefride looks down over the well while candles burn all around. In the larger bathing pool outside, a stone lies at one side — this is claimed to be...
  • St Winefride's Well Shrine in Plessington House, Greenfield St, Holywell CH8 7PN, United Kingdom.
  • Modern pilgrims can still bathe in the large exterior well pool, see the shrine, and visit Saint Winifride’s Chapel which is run by Cadw. St Winefride's Well.
  • 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...
  • “We know not when the place first began to be called Holywell, probably very soon after the Saint’s death." ... St. Winefride's RC Church. 15 Well St, Holywell.
  • St Winefride's Well, Holywell, erected in the first decade of the sixteenth century has been a place of pilgrimage and healing for over 13 centuries.