Sports & Recreation Clubs

Public open spaces in the parish are shown on the Sports Grounds page.

Children's Play Areas are shown on the playgrounds page.

There are a number of clubs offering outdoor sporting opportunities, some based in the parish and others in the City Of Wells. These include:

The largest football club based in or around Wells is Wells City Football Club who cater for a huge age range, from 'Quick Feet' to Veterans teams.

The 1st XI currently play in the Toolstation Western League Division 1.

There are 3 cricket clubs in the parish:

• Horrington Cricket Club, Chilcote Lane, East Horrington.
• Wookey Hole Cricket Club
• Wells Cricket Club, School Lane, South Horrington.

Find out more about local Bowls facilities here.

Tennis facilities are available at South Horrington and The Blue School, Wells.

There is an active tennis club in Wells catering for a wide range and ability.

There are also summer camps for children run at The Blue School and Wells Cathedral School.

There are two clubs based in Wells : Mid Somerset HC & Wells City Acorns Ladies HC (Website pending).

Both train at The Blue School astroturf, Kennion Road - about half a mile from Waitrose.

Wells RFC is based in the city with their base currently at Charter Way, off Portway - approximately 1 mile from the city Centre.

They cater for all ages from Under 6 to seniors and are an accredited RFU Club.

There are several walking groups:-

Mendip Ramblers

Wells U3A Walking Group

Walks with the Mendip Society - see website for details and grades of walks

Go Explore! :-

The Mendip Times also has a superb walk with each edition, written by Sue Gearing. (You can find the current edition of The Mendip Times on the home page of its website.)

The nearest sub-aqua club meets in Street, 8 miles away. It is an active club and welcomes new members

The Mendip Hills offer extraordinary opportunities for caving with the Wessex Cave Club and the Mendip Caving Group.

Riding

• Ebborlands Farm Riding Centre, between Easton and Wells.
• Burcott Riding Centre, near Coxley Wick.

Running & Geocaching

• Mendip Athletics Club
• Responsible geocaching with Somerset Wildlife Trust approval
• Somerset & Bristol Geocachers on Facebook.

As you may expect, the local leisure centres and gyms offer a great variety of classes, 1 to 1 sessions, training plans and team sports.

Wells Sport & Fitness: Leisure Centre, Charter Way just off Portway.

Wells Blue Sports Centre: Kennion Road, off Wookey Hole Road.

Kingdom Gym: Keward Mill Trading estate, just off Glastonbury Road.

PilogaFit (currently online).

Wells Sport and Fitness Centre have a busy swimming pool that runs Swim School, family and adult swimming lanes and pool-based lessons.

Please see here for current availability, booking and safety measures under tier regulations (December 2020).