Woodwell, Silverdale

Woodwell, Silverdale in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB, Lancashire.
Woodwell is one of several natural springs around Silverdale, where rainwater, seeping down through cracks in the limestone, reaches an impermeable layer of clay through which it can’t pass. Above such a layer the rock becomes saturated and the water is forced to move sideways as a spring. Woodwell was a popular drovers’ watering stop and a source of village water until the arrival of mains water in 1938.