Wellow
Parish in Bath and North East Somerset, England
| Coordinates: | 51.326, -2.379 |
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| OS grid ref: | ST 73 58 |
| Population: | 529 |
| Dialling code: | 01225 (Bath) |
Wellow is a small, largely rural parish in Bath and North East Somerset, a few miles south‑west of Bath. It sits amid rolling farmland, lanes and woodland and is popular with walkers and horse riders; the wider landscape looks towards the Mendip Hills and retains a quiet, village character despite its proximity to the city.
Historically the parish mixed farming with nineteenth‑century industry as part of the Somerset coalfield, and there are still traces of that industrial past alongside older houses and a compact village core. Today the economy is mainly residential and agricultural, with local services, community events and conservation of historic buildings helping to maintain a strong local identity while many people commute into Bath for work.
Postcode districts covering Wellow
Most populated places nearby
- Bristol 13.3 miles
- Bath 3.7 miles
- Weston-super-Mare 24.4 miles
- Kingswood and Fishponds 11.1 miles
- Trowbridge 7.5 miles
- Chipping Sodbury 14.5 miles
- Chippenham 14.5 miles
- Yate 15.1 miles
- Frome 8.9 miles
- Portishead 20.3 miles
- Clevedon 21.9 miles
- Nailsea 17.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Wellow Built-up area 0.3 miles
- Combe Hay Parish 1.2 miles
- Bathavon South Ward 1.3 miles
- Southstoke Parish 1.7 miles
- Shoscombe Parish 1.7 miles
- Dunkerton and Tunley Parish 2 miles
- Peasedown St. John Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Peasedown Ward 2.3 miles
- Odd Down Ward 2.3 miles
- Hinton Charterhouse Parish 2.4 miles
- Englishcombe Parish 2.4 miles
- Combe Down Ward 2.9 miles
Example postcodes in Wellow
BA2 8QJ, BA2 8QX, BA2 8PB, BA2 8QS, BA2 8QL, BA2 8QQ, BA2 8QY, BA2 8QD, BA2 8QB … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 15.2 miles
- Cardiff Airport 41.9 miles
- Freshford Railway Station 3.5 miles
- Oldfield Park Railway Station 3.6 miles
Hotels near Wellow Ad
- Hotel Indigo Bath 3.5 3.8 miles
- The Gainsborough Bath Spa Hotel by YTL 5 3.8 miles
- Apex City of Bath Hotel 4 3.8 miles
- Francis Hotel Bath 4 4 miles
- The Z Hotel Bath 3.9 miles
- Bathen House 4.3 miles
- Hampton by Hilton Bath City 4 3.8 miles
- Homewood Park Hotel and Spa 4 2.8 miles
- Harington's Hotel 4 miles
- The Queensberry Hotel 4 4.3 miles
Schools in Wellow
- St Julian's Church School Primary
Local points of interest
- Twerton Park Stadium 3.7 miles
- Roman Baths Historic site 3.9 miles
- Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution Museum 4 miles
- Jane Austen Centre Museum 4 miles
- Fashion Museum Museum 4.2 miles
- Orchardleigh Estate Historic site 5.1 miles
- Bath Racecourse Recreation 6.5 miles
- Dyrham Park Historic site 10.6 miles
- Longleat Country house 10.7 miles
- Hartham Country house 11.4 miles
- Mendip Hills Hill 12.5 miles
- Cabot Circus Shopping centre 12.7 miles