Shap Wells Hotel, Shap
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Shap Wells Hotel, Shap
Image: © pam fray Taken: 6 Sep 2021
Shap Wells was opened in 1833 to serve the growing numbers of visitors coming to take the waters of the Shap Spa, located in the hotel's grounds. Under the ownership of the Earl of Lonsdale the hotel became a fashionable resort visited by many members of the aristocracy, the best known of these being HRH Princess Mary. During the second world war Shap Wells was requisitioned as a prisoner of war camp for senior Luftwaffe and German Naval Officers. In 1962, after a period of decline, the building was purchased and turned into the hotel it is today.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.479722
Longitude
-2.651714