13th September 2025, 9.30am-5.30pm | Included with Admission Families can step back in time this September as The Bishop’s Palace hosts a full day of Viking skills and medieval falconry. Award-winning re-enactment group Draca Beordor will...

  This September, visitors to The Bishop’s Palace can explore the world of Tudor court life through the original costumes worn in the BBC’s award-winning drama Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light. Filmed in part at the Palace itself, the...

  What a very different summer to last!  Very dry although we have had some useful rain late last month. The heat was very intense in July (33c) and some plants were scorched. The Tulip trees particularly disliked the hot dry weather as did...

  Two benches located within the gardens of the Bishop’s Palace and Gardens in Wells have been fitted with new plaques aiming to provide links, via scannable QR codes, to a range of mental health support services.   The plaques were provided...

  July brings something for everyone in The Bishop's Palace gardens, whether you enjoy planting for heat and full sun, or those suited to damp shade. June was dry and very warm, following a record-breaking dry spring. Fortunately, much of the...

The Dragon’s Lair play area – popular with children and families visiting The Bishop’s Palace and Gardens in Wells – is due to receive a boost following the planning approval of a magical, water-themed Splash Play Zone. The existing Dragon’s Lair...