Wells-next-the-Sea Paint Out 2016 Location Map

Wells-next-the-Sea Location Map

Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk town sign
Wells-next-the-Sea town sign

Paint Out Wells 2016 sees artists out and about 17-18 September competing in North Norfolk’s second juried-entry Plein Air art competition.

Wells offers varied views from picturesque coastal cottages, seaside beach huts, an old granary and maltings, Georgian houses, pine woods, harbour, quayside, port and boats aplenty.

Wells was chosen for its local and national popularity as a tourist resort and fishing village, one with varied views from beach to harbour, idyllic inland lanes, and 30-mile proximity to Norwich. It has been known as Wells, Wells-on-Sea (as per the eponymously named Wells and Fakenham Railway station), and Wells-next-the-Sea since the early 19th century, in order to distinguish it from Wells, the Somerset cathedral city.

Once a busy 16th century corn port and with a history as one going back 700 years, the harbour quayside remains dominated by an early Edwardian era granary which has been preserved but turned into modern flats.

Paint Out Wells Location Hubs

The Albatros moored at Wells-next-the-Sea
The Albatros moored at Wells-next-the-Sea

Paint Out Wells-next-the-Sea also features the moored historic ship the Albatros which serves as one of the artists’ hubs alongside the Sackhouse, Buttlands and the Kiwi Inns Crown.

  1. The Albatros
  2. The Sackhouse
  3. The Buttlands
  4. The Crown

Plein Air Painting Locations

Paint Out Wells location map
Paint Out Wells location map

Artists will be given free rein to paint where they wish among the many and diverse locations that Wells has to offer including:

  • Beach, Pinewoods, and beach huts
  • Harbour and boats
  • Quay and fishing
  • Seafront
  • Old Granary
  • Jolly Sailor Yard
  • Shipwrights
  • Old Custom House
  • Chandlery
  • The Albatros
  • Red Lion Yard
  • The Buttlands
  • High Street
  • Staithe Street
  • Jickling Yard
  • East Quay
  • Mill Rd/Two Furlong Hill town sign

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