Festival Information
The festival will be open from 10.30 am to 4.30 pm. Entry is free.
The festival site includes the High Street, the Market Place and Town Hall, the Bishop’s Palace Green, the Moat Walk and the Recreation Ground.
Brochures and information about the festival will be available at the Wells Food Festival stands and maps will be displayed, showing the site layout and location of stalls.
There are a number of car parks in the city. You may find this website helpful. All day parking will also be available at Palace Fields (access via Silver Street).
Accessible parking is available in the city car parks and in Cathedral Green. There is level access to all areas of the festival.
On the day of the festival the following roads will be closed to vehicles between 7.00 am and 7.00 pm: Sadler Street, High Street (from its junction with Sadler Street to its junction with Broad Street), Market Place and Townhall Buildings.
Parking will be suspended on Sadler Street, Wells High Street and Market Place during this period.
Public toilets, including disabled facilities, are located in Union Street car park, at the bus station, in the Recreation Ground and Townhall Buildings (next to the Town Hall).
Before you bring your dog along to the festival, please bear in mind:
Dogs are NOT allowed in any of the marquees or inside spaces (except assistance dogs).
The festival can get very busy, particularly in the area around the moat – nervous or reactive dogs may struggle.
This is a food event so if your dog is food-orientated please consider leaving them at home.
First aiders will be in attendance throughout the day. If you need assistance, please contact one of the stewards.
Wells is on the southern side of the Mendip Hills in Somerset, about 22 miles from both Bristol and Bath.
The city has a number of local bus services. For route maps and timetables, visit First Bus.
The nearest train station is Castle Cary (approx. 12 miles), although there is no connecting bus service.
Bristol Temple Meads and Bath Spa stations both have buses to Wells. For train timetables, visit National Rail.
For accommodation and other events in Wells, go to Wells Tourism.
All our traders attend by invitation and are selected by us to offer a diverse range of high quality artisan products from the area. We aim to maintain a balance of stalls and our traders need to be regionally based, unless offering something unique.
If you are selected for 2025, we will be in touch with an email offer for your pitch which will include a booking form for you to complete your requirements for location, pitch size and electricity. You will also need to provide a risk assessment and insurance details. Once this form is completed and your balance is paid, your pitch is secure. All traders must agree to sell only the products that you have informed us about on the booking form.
Potential new traders may contact us via email or by using the website contact form. Please provide as much information as possible about your company, where you are based and the products you would like to sell. We do not have space to accommodate all requests, but we keep a reserve list from which we draw should a suitable pitch become available.
In line with government policy, single use plastics such as plates, trays, bowls, cutlery and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers are strictly not permitted. We encourage traders to avoid using other single use plastics and non-recyclable materials.