The town has several dependent villages including
West Buckland,
Langford Budville,
Nynehead,
Sampford Arundel and Sampford Moor. The formerly independent village of
Rockwell Green, to the west of the town, has been incorporated into Wellington parish although there is still a
green wedge of land between them. Bagley Green, just south of Rockwell Green, is also within the parish. Wellington Park was a gift from the
Quaker Fox family to the town in 1903 as a memorial to the coronation of King
Edward VII. The gardens were laid out by F.W. Meyer, who included a rock garden which used 80 tons of
limestone from Westleigh quarry near
Burlescombe. It is Grade II listed on the
English Heritage Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. It was restored in around 2010 at a cost of £412,827 which included a grant of £296,500 from the
Heritage Lottery Fund Public Parks Initiative. There are
Local Nature Reserves at Wellington Basins on the western fringe of the town. It includes a small pond and boardwalk with a variety of wildlife habitats. The grassland, hedges and woodland are home to a varied flora and fauna including birds such as the
grey wagtail,
white-throated dipper and
reed bunting. Five separate bat species have been recorded at the site. Swains Pond in the south of Wellington is another Local Nature Reserve, which used to be the site of orchards. It now includes a pond which provides a home for amphibians including the
great crested newt,
palmate newt and
toads.
Climate Wellington has an
oceanic climate (
Köppen climate classification Cfb). Along with the rest of
South West England, Wellington has a temperate climate which is generally wetter and milder than the rest of the country. The annual mean temperature is approximately .
Seasonal temperature variation is less extreme than most of the United Kingdom because of the adjacent sea temperatures. The summer months of July and August are the warmest with mean daily maxima of approximately . In winter mean minimum temperatures of or are common. In the summer the
Azores high pressure affects the south-west of England, however
convective cloud sometimes forms inland, reducing the number of hours of sunshine. Annual sunshine rates are slightly less than the regional average of 1,600 hours. In December 1998 there were 20 days without sun recorded at Yeovilton. Most of the rainfall in the south-west is caused by
Atlantic depressions or by
convection. Most of the rainfall in autumn and winter is caused by the Atlantic depressions, which is when they are most active. In summer, a large proportion of the rainfall is caused by sun heating the ground leading to convection and to showers and thunderstorms. Average rainfall is around . About 8–15 days of snowfall is typical. November to March have the highest mean wind speeds, and June to August have the lightest winds. The predominant wind direction is from the south-west. ==Demography==