Discover the closest published Remapped drives to Wells, England. Routes are ordered by their nearest point to the town centre and may start elsewhere. Distances to routes are approximate straight-line distances, not driving distances. Roads featured include A39, A371, B3135.
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Short on time? New Forest Northern Heaths: Fordingbridge to Cadnam has the shortest estimated drive in this collection, at 24 minutes before stops.
Closest point on route: 0 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Leave Wells for a compact Mendip circuit, with the limestone walls of Cheddar Gorge as its centrepiece. Climb the B3135 through the gorge, then return across the higher countryside around Priddy. Keep time aside for a walk in the gorge or a village stop; the driving line is a road tour, not a cliff-top itinerary.
Closest point on route: 25 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Tour from Salisbury towards Shaftesbury before crossing the Cranborne Chase country and returning through Cranborne. The circuit combines larger valley links with open downland B roads.
Closest point on route: 30 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Circle the Wiltshire downs from Marlborough through Avebury and Devizes, returning by Pewsey. The drive links open chalk landscapes with a major prehistoric stopping place and market towns.
Closest point on route: 30 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Follow the A466 north from Chepstow through Tintern and the wooded Wye corridor towards Monmouth. River-valley bends and steep wooded slopes provide the character between the town approaches.
Closest point on route: 33 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Follow the celebrated B3157 along the Dorset coast-road corridor from Bridport towards Weymouth. Hills, village bends and broad coastal panoramas make this a distinctive shorter touring drive.
Closest point on route: 34 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Drive the A470 spine of the Cambrian Way from Cardiff’s northern edge through the heart of Wales to Llandudno. The journey changes from busier southern approaches to uplands, valleys and the northern mountain country.
Closest point on route: 37 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Take the A39 across Exmoor’s coastal country, then continue around North Devon through Combe Martin and Ilfracombe towards Barnstaple. This longer point-to-point outing combines steep wooded coast roads with more open western approaches.
Closest point on route: 42 miles from Wells · straight-line distance
Cross the northern New Forest on the B3078 corridor from Fordingbridge towards Brook and Cadnam. The open heath sections are the attraction on this compact public-road drive.
Driving times exclude stops. Leave time for the views, check each route’s notes and make the journey your own.
About the drives in this collection.
Cheddar Gorge and Mendip Loop has the closest point on a route in this selection, approximately 0 miles from Wells in a straight line. This is not the distance to the route start or a driving-distance estimate.
New Forest Northern Heaths: Fordingbridge to Cadnam is the shortest by route distance, at 11 miles, with an estimated driving time of 24 min. Allow extra time for stops and the journey to the route.
The Cambrian Way: Cardiff to Llandudno Road Trip is the longest by route distance, at 173 miles. Its estimated driving time is 4 hr 22 min, excluding stops and travel to the route.
3 routes start and finish in the same place, including Cheddar Gorge and Mendip Loop. Check the route map to find a convenient starting point.
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