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Best British Bottled Water Brands

Britain's bottled water comes from three main geologies: the chalk downs of southern England, the Carboniferous limestone of the Peak District and the granite-and-sandstone glens of Scotland and Wales. Here's how the country's best-known brands compare.

Brand	Source region	Type	TDS (mg/L)	Notable
Highland Spring	Ochil Hills, Scotland	Spring · still	200	UK's best-selling natural source brand
Buxton	Peak District, Derbyshire	Mineral · still	280	Slow-filtered through Derbyshire limestone
Harrogate Spring	Harrogate, Yorkshire	Spring · still & sparkling	350	Royal Warrant-holder
Hildon	Hampshire chalk downs	Mineral · still & sparkling	312	Naturally low-nitrate chalk-filtered
Ty Nant	Bethania, Wales	Spring · still & sparkling	165	Famed cobalt-blue glass design
Llanllyr Source	Ceredigion, Wales	Spring · still & sparkling	120	Organically certified Welsh land
Strathmore	Forfar, Scotland	Spring · still & sparkling	180	Scottish glen-source spring
Princes Gate	Pembrokeshire, Wales	Spring · still & sparkling	240	Welsh family-owned source

Scottish Highland sources

Highland Spring and Strathmore both draw from glen-fed aquifers underlain by hard igneous rock, producing soft, mid-TDS water with low calcium and a clean taste.

English chalk and limestone

Hildon (Hampshire chalk) and Buxton (Derbyshire limestone) are the two classic English mineral waters — both naturally filtered by carbonate rock, both moderate in calcium and bicarbonate.

Welsh spring brands

Ty Nant, Llanllyr Source and Princes Gate are Welsh family-run brands sourcing soft, low-mineral spring water. Ty Nant's iconic cobalt-blue bottle made it a fixture of London fine dining in the 1990s.

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