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Small city with big appeal
Wells Journal
|March 12, 2026
WELLS has been hailed as a pint-sized city punching well above its weight in the estimation of Chris Moss, Destination Expert at The Telegraph, who has placed it high in his list of Britain's 20 smallest cities, ranked from worst to best.
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An aerial view of Wells which The Telegraph's Chris Moss hailed for its 'old and handsome' features
Saying that his ranking is aimed primarily at tourists and is a personal assessment, he puts Wells in third place with his rating of 8.5 out of 10.
This story is from the March 12, 2026 edition of Wells Journal.
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