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Wells had two stations which were closed by the Beeching Axe in the 1960s: Wells (Tucker Street) railway station and Wells (Priory Road) railway station. The nearest railway line today is the East Somerset Railway. The nearest station today for the national rail network is Castle Cary, 12 miles (19 km) away. [77]
Vicars' Close is a dead end street in Wells, Somerset.It is reportedly Europe's oldest residential street with the original buildings still intact. [3] John Julius Norwich called it "that rarest of survivals, a planned street of the mid-14th century". [8]
Wells (Priory Road) railway station; Wells (Tucker Street) railway station; Wells and Mendip Museum; Wells Cathedral School; Wells East Somerset railway station; Wells Theological College; Wells Town Hall; The Old Deanery, Wells; St John's Priory, Wells
Wells (Priory Road) railway station was a railway station in Wells, Somerset; Wells (Tucker Street) railway station was a railway station in Wells, Somerset; Wells (UK Parliament constituency), the UK parliamentary constituency in which the city of Wells, Somerset, is located; Wells-next-the-Sea, town and port in Norfolk
In fact, as the "main" station on the most direct line from other centres of population, Tucker Street station was known simply as "Wells" for the first 50 years of its life, being renamed only on 12 July 1920. It resumed the Wells name on 29 October 1951 when Priory Road shut. But Tucker Street station lasted only a dozen years longer.
The Church of St Cuthbert is an Anglican parish church in Wells, Somerset, England, dating from the 13th century. It is often mistaken for the cathedral. It has a fine Somerset stone tower and a superb carved roof. It is a Grade I listed building. [1]
149 High Street [23] Bridge House [24] Bridge over the River Chew [25] Gill's G.V. Shoe Shop [26] 129-131 High Street [27] Old Bakery [28] Guy's Farm [29] Viaduct View [30] The village's war memorial is also grade II listed and commemorates the seven people from the village who died in each of World War I and World War II. It is a wheel cross ...
Rowdens Road is a former first-class cricket ground located in Wells, Somerset. The ground was an early home to Wells Cricket Club, though the club no longer plays there (they are currently based in South Horrington). Between 1935–1939 and 1946–1951, the ground hosted annual Somerset County Cricket Club matches. [1]