Highland Spring is Scotland’s favourite water from the Ochil Hills in Perthshire, an area of organic natural beauty. The village of Blackford, nestled below the organic land in the Ochil Hills, Perthshire, has long had a reputation for its spring water. In 1503, King James IV of Scotland announced that the local beer, made with water drawn from the same land as Highland Spring, was to be his Coronation Ale. Fit for a king then – and now, you could say. From the very beginning, Highland Spring enjoyed a reputation with those in the know. In 1993, Highland Spring sales really took off, when British Airways picked Highland Spring as their chosen water. Today, they have grown to be the leading UK bottled water brand. In 2001 the Soil Association named the source of Highland Spring as certified organic land, and an organic land free of pesticides and pollution, so the native wildlife have a safe place to call to home. The same is true for the thousands of bees cared for in the 12 beehives on the heather hillsides at Highland Spring HQ.
Our mission is to provide healthy hydration in an environmentally sustainable way
Our manifesto
You couldn’t ask for a more down-to-earth pick-me-up. Nature’s magic potion. With Highland Spring, you can drink it as nature made it. Pure tasting. Clear. Refreshing. Sourced directly from 2,500 acres of wild, rugged, protected land. Where it’s been filtering through the rock for 15 years.
Nature’s done the hard work – we just bottle it.
Replenished by rainfall
For as long as the heavens open above Scotland’s majestic landscapes, we’ll keep on providing spring water that keeps you physically and mentally refreshed.
We are guardians of the land
It’s a privilege and a pleasure to help protect a part of Scotland’s ancient Ochil Hills. We believe in sharing the pure tasting water from this beautiful landscape. And we believe in the good in the world – both in nature and in the people around us.
How we came to be
Though the Ochil Hills date back hundreds of millions of years, it won’t surprise you to learn that Highland Spring is a much more recent arrival.
The company was formed in 1979 by the same family that owns it today. Back then, the market for bottled water was a drop in the ocean – less than 30 million litres a year. Yet even in those early days, no farming of any sort was permitted on the catchment site at the Ochil Hills. The focus was always simple: natural source spring water that’s as pure as it possibly could be.
In 2001, our diligent protection of the land was rewarded with organic accreditation by the Soil Association – a standard which we continue to maintain.
These days we’re one of the UK’s largest suppliers of natural source water, bottling over 500 million litres a year and employing over 400 people. It’s a long way from where we started, but our focus is the same as it ever was. Nature knows what it’s doing: we just help bring its bounty to the world.
Composition in mg/litre
- Dry residue 170
- Calcium 40.5
- Magnesium 10.1
- Sodium 5.6
- Potassium 0.7
- Bicarbonates 150
- Sulphates 5.3
- Chlorides 6.1
- Nitrates 3.1
