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Wells

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Wells

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Photo of Wells, a village in Somerset, south west England.

Wells

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England’s smallest city, Wells is really a medieval huddle around its cathedral, with the moated Bishop’s Palace and the cobbled Vicars’ Close — said to be Europe’s oldest purely residential street — just behind. Wells Cathedral and its scissor arches are the draw. Castle Cary station, about 15km to the south-east, is the nearest railway.

More places to visit near Wells

Photo of Wells Cathedral, a cathedral in Somerset, south west England.Iconic

Wells Cathedral

Cathedral near Wells

England's earliest Gothic cathedral, famous for its carved west front and the great scissor arches crossing the nave.

0.1 km NE

Photo of the Mendip Hills, a National Landscape in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Mendip Hills

National Landscape near Cheddar

A limestone upland riddled with caves and gorges, an easy high point, and old lead-mining country on top

0.6 km N

Photo of The Bishop's Palace, Wells, a Grade II* registered house & garden in Somerset, south west England.Highlight

The Bishop's Palace, Wells

House & garden near Wells

A moated medieval palace whose swans ring a bell for food, taught since the 1870s.

0.6 km SE

Photo of Wookey Hole, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Wells in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Wookey Hole

SSSI near Wells

River-carved show caves under the Mendips.

2.7 km NW

Photo of Ebbor Gorge, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Priddy in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Ebbor Gorge

SSSI near Priddy

A steep wooded limestone gorge on the Mendips near Wookey Hole, a National Nature Reserve with a scramble through the ravine and ice-age caves

3.2 km NW

Photo: Deer Leap, a viewpoint near Priddy, Somerset, south west England.Highlight

Deer Leap

Viewpoint near Priddy

A grassy Mendip shoulder above Ebbor, rated by locals the best view in Somerset, taking in Glastonbury Tor, the Quantocks and Wales.

6 km NW