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About 35 miles away
The great prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, with the far larger Avebury ring nearby.
1 Sight
Wells
One of England's smallest cities, with a cathedral whose west front holds about 300 medieval statues, and a moated bishop's palace.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; a donation is suggested at the cathedral
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Cathedral Green, Wells BA5 2UEDirections
- Getting There
- About 40 minutes by car or an hour by bus from Bath.
Why Go
Wells Cathedral, built from about 1175, was the first in England in the Gothic style; inside, giant scissor arches brace the tower. Next door, swans ring a bell at the moated Bishop's Palace, and Vicars' Close is one of the oldest residential streets in Europe.
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