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Wells is a popular tourist destination, due to its historical sites, [69] its proximity to Bath, Bristol, Stonehenge and Glastonbury and its closeness to the Somerset coast. Also nearby are Wookey Hole Caves , the Mendip Hills and the Somerset Levels .
Wells is a small mining and tourist town in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia, located on BC Highway 26, 74 km (46 mi) from Quesnel and 8 km (5 mi) before the highway's terminus at Barkerville.
Wookey Hole Caves (/ ˈ w ʊ k i /) are a series of limestone caverns, a show cave and tourist attraction in the village of Wookey Hole on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills near Wells in Somerset, England. The River Axe flows through the cave. [3] It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for both biological and geological reasons. [4]
The final 1.5 miles (2.4 km) sees the route turn more directly eastward to enter the town of Wells. SR 231 comes to its northern terminus at the intersection of Angel Lake Road and Humboldt Avenue in Wells, just south of Interstate 80. [1] [2] Angel Lake Road may be closed to travel during winters.
Wells is a small city in Elko County, in northeast Nevada in the western United States. The population was 1,292 at the 2010 census . Wells is located at the junction of Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 93 , approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of Elko and is part of the Elko micropolitan area .
Wells is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 674 at the 2010 census. ... The town is a tourist destination for outdoor activities ...
Boundary Wall. Construction began around 1210 by Bishop Jocelin of Wells but principally dates from 1230. [1] Bishop Jocelin continued the cathedral building campaign begun by Bishop Reginald Fitz Jocelin, and was responsible for building the Bishop's Palace, as well as the choristers' school, a grammar school, a hospital for travellers and a chapel within the liberty of the cathedral.
A map of Wells-next-the-Sea from 1946. In addition to the two passenger railway routes in and out of the town, there was a tramway from the station to the quayside at Wells Harbour, whose rails are still visible today just beneath the modern road surface along East Quay. Locomotives were not allowed along the quay and wagons were hauled by horses.