Wells - St Andrew's Cathedral
The construction of the magnificent medieval cathedral began way back in 1180. It has been built on the site of an earlier church. Built in the form of a cross with a square central tower. Perhaps the best known view is of the west front. This was built between 1220 and 1240 and includes many dozens of figures. The west front looks at its best when viewed from cathedral green just prior to sunset. Look closely and you will see a statue of Christ at the top centre, with his apostles below and under them nine angels.
Admission to the Cathedral is currently free - I thoroughly recommend you enter. Please make sure you place a donation in the box after your visit.
Inside you will be able to visit the beautiful Chapter House, admire the elegant "scissor" arches at the base of the central tower and enjoy the medieval jousting clock ( performs every quarter hour ). This same clock is connected to two four feet high oak knights outside on the north trancept - these ring bells on the quarter hour
North trancept with external clock showing
the two knight bell ringers
click to enlarge
Here we can see more details of the West front and part of the cloisters.
From the east cloister you can enter the Camery garden. At the back of this garden can be found St Andrews well - one of the "wells" from which the city derives its name. To view it you need to look through a small window built into the wall - many people seem to miss the opportunity - see photos below
St Andrews "well" in Wells viewed from
behind the Cathedral 
The Cathedral also has an excellent restaurant serving high quality home made food housed in part of the cloisters together with a gift shop.
There are also plenty of concerts and choral singing performances here - see the noticeboard outside the Cathedral for latest details.
Much more information can be found on the official Cathedral website click below
