Wells

The city is dominated by the magnificent Gothic cathedral and is famous for its remarkably intact ecclesiastical quarter. This area contains the Bishop's Palace – the seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells – and the Vicar's Close, a medieval street purported to be the oldest continuously-inhabited street in Europe. The city takes its name from the natural wells found in the Cathedral grounds, which feed the moat and ponds around the Bishop's Palace. The majority of the Edgar Wright comedy Hot Fuzz was filmed in and around Wells.

Tourist information:

Wells visitor information

By plane:

The nearest airport is 1 Bristol Airport (BRS IATA), around 20 mi (32 km) away. You can hire a car at the airport or catch the bus into Bristol in order to catch a bus to Wells. In common with many rural towns, Wells has no train station.

By car:

From Bristol, take the A37 south until you reach the A371, then head west into Wells. From Bath, take the A39 west into the A37, and then on to the A371 west into Wells. If coming from the South, exit the M5 at junction 23, then take the A39 "Bath Road" through Glastonbury and continue North to Wells.

By train:

These stations near Wells are reachable from Bristol and London Paddington:

Castle Cary station: bus, changing in Shepton Mallet;

Weston-super-Mare Milton station: direct bus;

Bristol Temple Meads: direct bus;

Bath Spa station: direct bus.

By bus:

There is an hourly bus service, number 376, from Bristol to Street. Get on at Bristol bus station or at Bristol Temple Meads rail station. This service is run by FirstGroup and up-to-date timetables can be found here.

Bristol → Pensford → Wells → Glastonbury → Street