Wells: The Smallest City
Stroll through the smallest city in England, Wells, home to one of the most magnificent cathedrals in Europe and world famous as a treasure house of medieval sculpture.
Inside its famous walls the huge stone altar screen, encrusted with more than 350 carved statues, illustrates the Christian story. The interior has the unique "scissor arches", splendid monuments and tombs, and a medieval astronomical clock. When the clock strikes every quarter, jousting knights rush round above the clock and the Quarter Jack bangs the quarter hours with his heels.
Across the Green is Vicar's Close, the oldest continuously inhabited street in Europe, constructed in 1410 to house the men of the choir. Then a short walk to the Bishop's Palace fortified and moated from the time when the local population considered the Bishop an enemy. This splendid medieval Palace has been the home of the Bishops of Bath and Wells for 800 years.
Here you can walk amongst 14 acres of gardens, which include the springs from which the city takes its name. You'll also visit the Bishop's private Chapel, ruined Great Hall and the Gatehouse with portcullis and drawbridge beside which the famous mute swans ring a bell for food.
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