Palace building closed

To help you plan your visit we'd like to inform you that Palace building will be closed for a private function today. The gardens and Chapel remain open and entry is half price. Café and shop accessible all day for free as usual.

Enchanted Garden Lanterns

Also Monday 7 May 11am - 4pm Get creative with local artist Angela Morley and make your own lantern as part of the Museums at Night evening extravaganza taking place on the 19th May. All taking part will receive a free ticket to come back and see their lantern lit in the garden on the 19th May.

Enchanted Garden Lanterns

11am - 4pm Get creative with local artist Angela Morley and make your own lantern as part of the Museums at Night evening extravaganza taking place on the 19th May. All taking part will receive a free ticket to come back and see their lantern lit in the garden on the 19th May.

Palace building closed

To help you plan your visit we'd like to inform you that Palace building will be closed for a private function today. The gardens and Chapel remain open and entry is half price. Café and shop accessible all day for free as usual.

Light up the Palace

7pm - 10pm Tales of dragons, jumping jesters, candle lit palaces and sounds of harps drifting across the evening air - it's time to discover the Palace at night! Enjoy dinner in The Bishop’s Table to warm those tummies before you head into the gardens. ‘Light up the Palace’ starts at 7pm on Saturday 19th May and is a free event, but you must get a ticket in advance to gain entry, even if you have not made a lantern. There will be a very limited amount on the gate on the evening and over 100 tickets have already been snapped up. Free tickets can be requested by calling Moira Anderson on 01749 988111 ext 200 or by dropping into the Palace shop between the hours of 10am and 6pm. Recent improvements to pathways and access mean this event is suitable for pushchairs and wheelchair users. Don’t miss out on an evening of fun, great music and the opportunity to see the Palace as you have never seen it before. It’s going to be something special to remember for a long time!

Swans of Wells

A very exciting event is coming to Wells in partnership with The Bishop’s Palace! A giant flock of sixty, decorated swan sculptures will be displayed in public locations in and around Wells from June to September this year in a free contemporary public art event to celebrate England’s smallest city and to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The fibreglass swan sculptures will be sponsored by local and regional businesses, organisations and community groups and transformed into stunning works of art by a team of talented artists and craftspeople. Find out more here: http://www.bishopspalace.org.uk/swans-of-wells

Exhibition: Treasure

Until 25 November ‘Treasure’ will showcase the extraordinary, rare and personal artefacts from across the Diocese of Bath & Wells. Many have never been on public view nor had their stories revealed before. Highly recommended.