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==Culture== [[Wells and Mendip Museum]] includes many historical artefacts from the city and surrounding [[Mendip Hills]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wellsmuseum.org.uk/top/collections.html |title=Collections |publisher=Wells and Mendip Museum |access-date=4 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829081754/http://www.wellsmuseum.org.uk/top/collections.html |archive-date=29 August 2009}}</ref> Wells is part of the [[West Country Carnival]] circuit. [http://www.wellsfilmcentre.co.uk/ Wells Film Centre] shows current releases and, in conjunction with the Wells Film Society shows less well known and historical films.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.twfs.org.uk/ |title=The Wells Film Society |publisher=The Wells Film Society |access-date=20 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319203147/http://www.twfs.org.uk/ |archive-date=19 March 2011}}</ref> The previous cinema, The Regal in Priory Road, closed in 1993 and is now Kudos Nightclub. It was built in 1935 by ES Roberts from [[Flemish bond]] brickwork with [[Art Deco]] features. It is a Grade II [[listed building]],<ref>{{NHLE |num=1383073 |desc=Regal Cinema |access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref> and was on the [[Heritage at Risk Register|Buildings at Risk Register]] until its restoration which included the restoration and repair of the [[stained glass]] façade.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/Regeneration/Heritage%20Conservation/Documents/Mendip%20Historic%20Buildings%20at%20Risk%20Success%20Stories.pdf |title=Historic Buildings at Risk Register Success Stories |publisher=Mendip District Council |pages=33 |access-date=20 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611122817/http://www.mendip.gov.uk/Documents/Regeneration/Heritage%20Conservation/Documents/Mendip%20Historic%20Buildings%20at%20Risk%20Success%20Stories.pdf |archive-date=11 June 2011}}</ref> Wells Little Theatre is operated by a voluntary society which started in 1902. In 1969 they took over the old boy's building of Wells Blue School, where they put on a variety of operatic and other productions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.littletheatrewells.org/?tab=7 |title=The Society |publisher=Little Theatre Wells |access-date=20 March 2010 |archive-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727034858/http://www.littletheatrewells.org/?tab=7 |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Milton Lodge]] is a house overlooking the city. It has a terraced garden, which was laid out in the early 20th century, is listed as Grade II on the [[Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England]].<ref name=nhle>{{NHLE|desc=Milton Lodge and The Combe|num=1001277 |access-date=8 November 2013}}</ref>
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