Wells and Mendip Museum

The Wells and Mendip Museum is a museum in the city of Wells. It is a registered charity and an accredited member of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. The exhibits include items of local history and archaeological finds.

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Type: Museum
Description: museum in Wells, Somerset, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Wells Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wells Cathedral and Chain Gate.

Wells Cathedral

Church

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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. Wells Cathedral is situated 350 feet southeast of Wells and Mendip Museum.

Chain Gate

City gate

Photo: Derek Andrews, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Chain Gate in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway adjacent to the north side of Wells Cathedral, controlling access from St Andrew Street to the Cathedral Green within the Liberty of St Andrew.

Penniless Porch

City gate

Photo: Derek Andrews, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Penniless Porch in Wells, Somerset, England, is an entrance gateway into a walled precinct, the Liberty of St Andrew, which encloses the twelfth century Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Vicar's Close and the residences of the clergy who serve the cathedral. Penniless Porch is situated 480 feet south of Wells and Mendip Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Horrington and Wookey Hole.

Horrington

Village

Photo: Mdpclark, Public domain.

Horrington is a collection of three small villages in the parish of St Cuthbert Out 1 mile or 2 miles east of Wells, Somerset, England. South Horrington is a relatively new village created in the late 1990s from the defunct Mendip Hospital that was closed in 1991.

Wookey Hole

Village

Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Wookey Hole is a village in Somerset, England. It is the location of the Wookey Hole show caves. Wookey Hole is situated 1½ miles northwest of Wells and Mendip Museum.

Dinder

Village

Photo: Wehha, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Dinder is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Cuthbert Out, in the Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset. Dinder is situated 2 miles southeast of Wells and Mendip Museum.

Wells and Mendip Museum

Categories: local museum, history museum, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Wells, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.21103° or 51° 12′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.64461° or 2° 38′ 41″ west

Open location code

9C3V6964+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 85665451

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7981719

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