If you need to chill out, but your children have turned into meat fireworks, then Wells recreation ground is an ideal place. If you can focus their energy onto doing something intelligible with regular words then there is plenty of equipment to climb, swing, bounce, balance and play on.
If however they just need to go whoosh-snaggle-fnang-twang-squeeeeeee-plunk! then there is a huge area of soft grass you can place them on and then stand well back.
During any more relaxed moments, there is a beautiful moat with plenty of ducks, pigeons and swans. The swans have been trained to ring a bell when they are hungry. They are majestic and serene at a distance but become increasing 'velociraptor' as...
Read moreBrilliant place for children to have fun and burn off some energy. With Swings, roundabout, giant seesaw and more. The big feature of the park is the castle which has plenty of climbing places, a rope walk and slide, great place to stimulate the imagination. Plenty of space to relax and have a picnic. The park is in the centre of wells, just a short walk from the High Street and close to the Bishops Palace, Wells Cathedral and the Market Place which has markets on Wednesday's and Saturdays. There is plenty of...
Read moreNice facility for trips with children and lots of green space around to run around on, very near to the shops, Bishops Palace etc. Hopefully Wells will do something with the huge rather sad Bishops Barn which sits empty next to the swings... bring your own picnic as there isn't anywhere to buy a drink here... at least there are loos in the corner where there play ground was situated. This place could be really good but like much of what goes on here it's all rather...
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