Wells Charity Boules Tournament
Sunday 13th July, 2008

Held in Wells Market Place, adjacent to The Crown,
the area is transformed to a continental piste,
complete with alfresco dining and a Jazz band.

48 teams compete throughout the day,
with play from 9.30am.

All money raised to go to The Nepal Trust.
click here for further information
and details of how to enter a team or sponsor a piste.

Children at The Crown

All children dining in either the Penn Bar or Anton's Bistrot
will receive a complimentary activity sheet
and supplied with crayons to keep them occupied
during their meal.

In addition to a children's menu,
most of our dishes are available
as child-friendly sized portions.

MAIN LOCAL EVENTS 2008
For further information, please contact Wells Tourist Information on 01749 672552.

Most events are recorded by our friends at:~


MARCH 2008
 2^nd ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

8^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

9^th  ~ Spring Food Festival, Bath and West Showground

9th ~ Bristol Toy & Train Collectors Fair, Bath and West Showground

11^th ~ Quincentenary Lecture, 7pm, The Old Deanery, Wells, Tickets in advance from The Old Deanery.

15^th – 16^th ~ West Country Game Fair, Bath and West Showground

21^st – 24^th ~ 16^th Annual Easter Craft Fair, Wells Town Hall

23^rd – 24^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

24^th ~ Mells Daffodil Festival, Mells, Nr Frome

24^th – 30^th ~ Benchmark 4: Sound walks with Duncan Speakman, Bishops Palace, Wells

29^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

30^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

 APRIL 2008
 5^th ~ Old Deanery - Garden Open Day, Free,10am – 4pm, Wells

7^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

19^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

21^st – 26^th ~ 42^nd Street, The Little Theatre, Wells

27^th ~ Save the Children Wessex Charity Walks, Wells

MAY 2008
 1^st – 3rd  ~  May Fun Fair, Market Place, Wells

3^rd ~  Blossom Day – Somerset Wildlife Trust – Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

5^th ~ Wells Lions, May Fair, Market Place, Wells

4^th - 5^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

10^th  ~  Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

18^th ~ Mendip Vintage & Classic Car Tour, Cathedral Green 4pm, Wells

18^th ~ Weston Sandcross, The Beach, Weston-Super-Mare

19^th – 25^th ~ Benchmark 6: Kirsten Lavers – Installation and word Artist, Bishops Palace, Wells

24^th – 25^th ~ Benchmark 7: A weekend of talks by local historian, naturalist, archaeologist,
musician, agriculturalist & theologian Saturday and Sunday at 12.00, 2.00
and 4.00pm, Bishop's Green, Wells

25^th ~ Wells Fun Run, 10am – 12.45pm, Wells

25^th – 26^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

27^{th ~} May Day Bank Holiday Fun, Market Place, Wells

28^th  - 31^st ~ Royal Bath & West Show, Shepton Mallet

31^st   - 8^th ~ Hilliards Minature Society Exhibition, Wells Town Hall

29^th  - 1^st ~ Royal Bath & West Show, Shepton Mallet

 JUNE 2008
 1st ~ Bristol Toy & Train Collectors Fair, Bath and West Showground

7^th  ~ 14^th Vale of Avalon Vintage Vehicle Road Run, Starting on the Esplanade, Burnham on Sea

14^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

14^{th ~} Somerset Schools' Folk Dance Festival, Cathedral Green, Wells

14^th ~ Old Deanery - Garden Open Day, Free,10am – 4pm, Wells

15^th ~ Special Event, Wavering Down, Cross Nr. Axbridge 6pm – 10pm

21^st ~ Leigh on Mendip Country Fair, Recreation Field, Leigh on Mendip

21^st ~ Anglican Pilgrimage Day, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

27th to 29th June ~ Glastonbury Festival (subject to licence)

27^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

28^th ~ Henton Village Fete, 2.30pm Village Hall, Henton Nr. Wells

28^th ~ Concert for Somerset & Dorset Air Ambulance, 7pm, St. Cuthbert's Church, Wells

29^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

JULY 2008
4^th – 13^th ~ Frome Festival, Various locations, Frome

5^th ~ RNAS Yeovilton Air Day, Nr Yeovil

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th ~ Priddy Folk Festival

11^th – 12^th ~ Newt Beer Festival, North Newton, Nr Bridgwater

13th ~ Bristol Toy & Train Collectors Fair, Bath and West Showground

Sunday 13th ~ 8th Annual Charity Boules Tournament, Wells Market Place

13^th ~ Catholic Pilgrimage Mass, Glastonbury Abbey, 3.30pm, Glastonbury

14^th – 19^th ~ Medieval Pottery Demonstration, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

19^th ~ Summer Craft Fair, Wells Town Hall

21^st – 27^th ~ Sculpture Demonstration, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

25^th – 27^th ~ Weston-super-Helidays, Beach Lawns, Weston-Super-Mare

26^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Town Hall, Wells

27^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

28^th – 2^nd ~ Woodcarving Demonstration, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

AUGUST 2008
Glastonbury Extravaganza ~ line up to be confirmed

1^st ~ Seaside Fun Day, Esplanade, Burnham on Sea

1^st – 2^nd ~ Taunton Flower Show, Vivary Park, Taunton

2^nd ~ Nunney Street Fayre, Nunney, Nr Frome

2^nd ~ Special Event , Wavering Down, Cross Nr. Axbridge  6pm – 10pm

8^th – 10^th ~ Glastonbury Extravaganza, Glastonbury

10^th – 11^th ~ Railwells Exhibition, Town Hall, Wells

11^th – 17^th ~ Benchmark 10: Stacked Wonky – Dance Performance Company, Bishop's Palace, Wells,   

16^th – 21^st ~ Making Medieval Tiles Demonstration, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

17^th ~ Mid-Somerset Show, Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet

20^th ~ Priddy Sheep Fair, Priddy Village Green, Priddy

23^rd ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

24^th  - 25^th ~ Annual Bank Holiday Craft Festival, Wells Town Hall

24^th – 25^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

25^th – 31^st  ~ Bench Mark 11: Portuguese performance artist, Hernani Cor and French food artist Ingrid Artist, Bishops Palace, Wells

25^th ~ Moat Boat Race, Bishops Palace Moat, Wells – TBC

31^st ~ St Cuthberts Music Festival, St Cuthberts, Wells 

31^st ~ Medieval Pottery Demonstration, Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury

SEPTEMBER 2008
1^st – 30^th ~ Bench Mark 12: Palace Intrusions Exhibition, Exhibition Room, Bishop's Palace, Wells

5^th – 7^th ~ National Amateur Gardening Show, Bath and West Showground

6^th ~ Somerset Showcase, The Square, Axbridge

11^th – 14^th ~ Heritage Open Days, Various locations in Somerset

13^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

 13^th  ~ English Heritage Open Day  -The Old Deanery, Cathedral Green, Wells, 10am – 4pm, Free Entry.

13^th  ~ Frome Cheese Show, Showground, West Woodlands

13^th – 28^th  ~ Somerset Arts Week, Various locations in Somerset

13^th ~ Special Event , Wavering Down, Cross Nr. Axbridge          6pm – 10pm.

 13^th – 14^th ~ CAMRA Real Ale Festival, West Somerset Railway Station, Minehead

19^th ~ Pilton Equinox Party, Pilton

24^th – 27^th ~ Bridgwater Fair, St Matthews Field, Bridgwater

26^th – 28^th ~ Palace Intrusions: Spectacular Performance Finale, Bishop's Palace Gardens, Wells, Somerset

27^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

28^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge

21st ~ Bristol Toy & Train Collectors Fair, Bath and West Showground
 

OCTOBER 2008
2^nd ~ Autumn Steam Gala, West Somerset Railway, Minehead – Bishops Lydeard

11^th ~ Giant Autumn Craft Fair, Wells Town Hall

11^th – 12^th~ Motorcycle Beach Race, The Beach, Weston-Super-Mare

17^th – 24^th ~ Festival of Literature, Various locations, Wells

17^th – 26^th ~ Mendip Food and Drink Festival, Various locations in Mendip

18^th ~ Glastonbury Annual Autumn Craft Festival, Town Hall, Glastonbury

25^th ~ Antiques & Collectors Fair, Wells Town Hall

25^th ~ Talk by Baroness Fookes, The Old Deanery, Wells

NOVEMBER 2008
9th ~ Bristol Toy & Train Collectors Fair, Bath and West Showground

8^th – 9^th ~ Christmas Craft & Gift Market, Wells Town Hall

14^th ~ Wells Carnival, 7pm, Wells

15^th – 16^th ~ Crafts for Christmas, Craft Fair, Wells Town Hall

 DECEMBER 2008
 5^th – 6^th ~ Royal Smithfield Christmas Fair, Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet

7^th ~ Wells Rotary - Reindeer Parade, Wells

13^th ~ Christmas Craft Fair, Wells Town Hall

14^th ~ Wavering Down House & Garden Open Day, 10.30am – 4.30pm, Cross Nr. Axbridge.

TBC ~ Christmas Pantomime, Little Theatre, Wells 

20^th  - 21^st ~ Carols by Candle Light, Wells Cathedral, Wells

 Every Wednesday and Saturday day throughout the year a street market
is held in the Market Place, Wells, with the exception of the Charter Fairs and Carnival.

The theme of the project is Inside and Outside – where we choose to sit, what we choose to see and what goes on around us.

Beginning in October 2007, monthly art events will take place in the public areas around the outside of the Bishop’s Palace, Wells. These events or ‘Benchmarks’ will take many forms: musical performance, dance, sculpture, live art, sonic walks, lectures, banquets, photography and lots more...

Visit the Bishop’s Green and follow the moat to catch a series of extraordinary happenings.

An ongoing exhibition at Wells Museum will document each benchmark throughout the year and the project will culminate in a spectacular live finale inside the Bishop’s Palace Gardens in September 2008.

All events are free ~ www.palaceintrusions.org.uk

Hot Fuzz, 2007

From the makers of the smash hit comedy, Shaun of the Dead. Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel, finds himself reassigned to the sleepy village of Sandford.

With garden fetes and neighbourhood watch meetings replacing the action of the city, Angel struggles to adapt to his situation and finds himself partnered with Danny Butterman; an oafish but well meaning young Constable.

Just as all seems lost, a series of grisly accidents motivates Angel into action. Convinced of foul play, Angel realises that Sandford may not be as idyllic as it seems.

Much of Hot Fuzz was filmed in Wells, with The Crown an integral part of the story and featuring in many of the background shots ~ we are The Crown at Sandford!

The interior of The Crown was, in fact, The Royal Standard of England, England's oldest freehouse, in Forty Green, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire ~ www.rsoe.co.uk.
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine,
Jim Broadbent, Timothy Dalton, Olivia Coleman, Edward Woodward.

In February, 2007, a special 'premiere' was held in Wells
and we were thrilled to welcome stars of Hot Fuzz,
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, with director Edgar Wright, back to The Crown for a meal in Anton's Bistrot.

For further information and to view Trailer: www.hotfuzz.com

 Thursday Night is Steak Night at The Crown
Have a mouth-watering 10 oz Sirloin or Ribeye Steak
with all the traditional trimmings (mushrooms, tomatoes, onion rings, fries)
 £10.00 per person ~ served between 6pm & 8pm