The Bishop’s Palace has scored an outstanding 94% in a recent assessment by Visit England as part of the national Visitor Attractions Quality Scheme, the highest score achieved by the Palace to date. The high scores awarded to the heritage site in Wells have...
There’s a modern twist on the traditional on offer at The Bishop’s Palace with a new photography exhibition on display by Joe Gilmer, artist and member of the volunteer team at the Palace. Joe used software to create some really unusual and eye-catching images of the...
There’s more than just traditional Mothering Sunday Afternoon Teas on offer at The Bishop’s Palace this year. Alongside the tasty finger sandwiches, homemade sausage rolls, scones and desserts, a complementary glass of fizz will be offered to every mum arriving...
Snowdrop Month at The Bishop’s Palace, Wells Explore carpets of snowdrops within the 14 acres of RHS partner gardens at The Bishop's Palace Discover one of Somerset’s finest snowdrop displays Each year, as winter begins to soften, thousands of delicate white snowdrops...
After many months of research, audience consultation and content creation The Bishop’s Palace is now sharing the wonderful stories of the medieval Palace building and its people with visitors via new multi-media audio visual guides. The tours are designed to...
Gardener’s Corner: February 2025 January was colder than last year with an average temperature of about 4.5c but it was another extremely wet, and at times very windy month with around 6 inches of rain. The rain tended to fall in intense bursts and there were...
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