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Wells Cathedral is the only cathedral in England that still has a Vicars Close and Bishop's Palace intact (so they claim). This makes it a must-see, as it rises above the town and is visible for miles! The most distinctive thing about this cathedral is the scissor arches in the transept. These modern-looking arches were built in the 1300s to stabilise the structure after a heightened tower was added, and they face north, south, and west.
Wells Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of St Andrew, is a Church of England cathedral in Wells, Somerset, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Bath and Wells and the mother church of the diocese of Bath and Wells. There are daily Church of England services in the building, and in 2023 it was reported to receive over 300,000 visitors per year. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. The cathedral precincts contain the Bishop's Palace and several buildings linked to its medieval chapter of secular canons, including the fifteenth-century Vicars' Close.
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2 knights strike bells with their axes every quarter hour.
It portrays the history of the city.
A 13th-century residential street still lived in.
The Bishop of Bath's residence. The majestic grade I palace offers tours.
A small convenience store that Nicholas Angel visits to buy a vanilla Cornetto ice cream (notable as Hot Fuzz was the second film in the "Cornetto trilogy").
Sandford church
Scene of the village fête and the unfortunate accident that happened there.