The Bishops Palace

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ADDRESS: The Bishops Palace
Off Market Place
Wells
Somerset
POSTCODE: BA5 2PD
AGE GROUP: All Ages
TELEPHONE: 01749 988111
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The Bishops Palace
Admission:
Second price is non Gift Aid Option
Adult £7.99 £7.25
Concession (senior, unemployed, disabled, student) £6.90 £6.25
Children (Under 5 years) Free
Children (5 to 18 years) £3.35 £3.05
Family (2 Adults, 2 Children) £19.25 £17.45   

Opening Times: 
Open 9am to 5pm daily.
In Winter Wednesday to to Sunday only.
Guided tours are available daily at 11:30am during winter opening hours and 11:30am and 2:30pm during summer opening hours.

The Bishop's Palace in Wells is an 800-year-old Palace with 14 acres of gardens to explore, an natural, interactive play area, as well as a dressing up box and other activities in the Palace building.

Our family-friendly cafe The Bishop's Table is open 7 days per week. Family craft and gardening activities take place during the school holidays.

The Somerset Poppies is a public installation of arti?cial poppies, to be displayed at The Bishop’s Palace in November. The installation will feature over 8000 poppies made by children at schools in and around Wells. Each poppy will represent a serviceman from Somerset, or who served in a Somerset regiment, who lost his life in World War One.

The Bishops Palace
is a Grand Palace surrounded by 14 acres of gardens with a Sensory Trail, 10 metre willow dragon to discover, family activities and events, and workshops.
You can access the cafe, browse the shop or even access the new toilets in the Stable Yard area for free.
Charges apply though to visit the medieval Palace and Undercroft, ruined Great Hall, 14 acres of gardens, and the Bishops Chapel.
Seasonal Family Fun in the holidays includes trails and explorer activities, family theatre, and garden workshops. Many events are included in the price of admission and children under five years old are completely FREE.