Wellington, Florida

The Village of Wellington Florida is the fastest growing community in Palm Beach County. Wellington balances a unique hometown, family atmosphere with recreational, cultural, and educational activities. The attractive natural environment and character of the Village's individual neighborhoods provide a pleasant Florida lifestyle for all ages.

Wellington Florida offers top golf and tennis clubs. These include Binks Forest Golf Club, Palm Beach Polo & Country Club and Wellington Country Club. Palm Beach Polo & Country Club also offers croquet which features many national and international events each year.

Known as the Equestrian Capital of America, the Village of Wellington is also Palm Beach County’s newest municipality, created in 1996. Encompassing some 18,000 acres, Wellington is already a village of 30,000 people, making it the largest community in the area and the seventh largest in Palm Beach County.

The highlight of the year is the annual Equestrian Winter Festival which, combined with polo, draws tens of thousands of visitors and fans and some 5,000 horses to Wellington. It is called the largest concentration of show and polo horses in the world and runs from January through March each year. The Equestrian Festival features both past and future Olympians competing in stadium jumping and dressage events. Polo matches are usually played between December and April and a local "side sport" is watching for the many celebrities who come to play the "Sport of Kings" or to watch the matches.

Wellington boasts of excellent schools from kindergarten to the large Wellington High School. In addition, there are many church and other parochial schools and daycare centers throughout the community.