Yeovil Town Team

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CComomplimplimeenntsts of YeovilYeovil TownTown Council MILFORD INFANTS’ SCHOOL Glenthorne Avenue, Yeovil, BA21 4PG

“Milford Infants’ is a good school. It provides pupils with a good education and the care, support and guidance that pupils receive is outstanding and a particular strength” (OFSTED)

At Milford Infants’ School we believe: in recognising and valuing the contribution that each child brings to our school, and always expecting them to do their very best in working together to ensure that each child’s needs can be met in embracing the children’s natural enthusiasm and giving them a real sense of the joy of learning that children learn best when they feel secure

In this happy and caring school, we can offer a highly skilled team of staff, excellent facilities and resources and a stimulating outdoor learning environment.

For further information, or to visit our school, please telephone 01935 475426 Visit our website at: www.milford-inf.somerset.sch.uk

2 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Welcome to Yeovil

Mike Lock, Mayor of Yeovil Located on the Somerset/Dorset border, with the River Yeo running alongside it, Yeovil is surrounded by rolling hills and lush countryside. Despite the recent economic recession, Yeovil still offers excellent employment opportunities and housing as well as highly rated health and educational facilities. Yeovil is home to AgustaWestland plc, the world’s second largest helicopter manufacturer, and to Pittards plc which has a worldwide reputation for producing high quality leather goods. The Town has many fine sporting facilities and is home toYeovil Town Football Club, who has just enjoyed a season in the championship tier of the Football League for the first time in their history. We also host Yeovil Barbarians Rugby Club, and Yeovil Golf Club - offering the choice of playing an 18 or 9 hole course. There are many other sporting facilities available which are listed in the A-Z of sport and leisure on page 46. For visitors with limited mobility we have Yeovil Shopmobility; a loan scheme providing motorised scooters, as well as powered and manual wheelchairs to enable people with limited mobility to shop and use other pleasure/leisure facilities in Yeovil. More details can be found on page 21. Blue plaques can be seen on numerous historical buildings around the town and a free leaflet highlighting the location of each plaque can be found at the Town Council Offices, Tourist Information Centre and Yeovil Library. We have a vibrant town centre, yet within minutes, you can be in tranquil surroundings in our Green Flag Award winning Yeovil Country Park. Our year round floral displays attract many compliments. In 2013 the Town won Gold for the fifth time in the South West in Bloom competition. You can be sure of a warm welcome in Yeovil and I hope you will find this guide useful when planning your visit. We’ve been getting you there for the last 35 years Radio Cabs FOR RELIABLE SERVICE 24 HOURS, 7 DAYS LOCAL & LONG DISTANCE IMMEDIATE AND ADVANCED BOOKINGS TAKEN WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE DOUBLE WHEELCHAIR VEHICLE 16 SEAT MINIBUS 6 & 8 SEATERS AVAILABLE

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YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 3 Fairmead School Headteacher: Mrs Diana Denman Address: Mudford Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4NZ Website Address: www.fairmeadshoolsomerset.co.uk Outreach Manager: Mr Steve Coles Telephone: 01935 421295 Fax: 01935 410552 Email: / Contact details: [email protected] Brief description of school: Fairmead School is situated on the North East outskirts of Yeovil in the County of Somerset. It has a very wide catchment area taking in pupils from Bruton, Chard and Somerton down and into parts of Dorset. The school, which currently has 81 students on roll, caters for students with moderate learning difficulties and complex needs, aged between four and nineteen years.

Working with Parents/Carers— Visits to Fairmead to share good Strategies for managing pupils practice with ASD Visits by mainstream school staff to Autistic Spectrum Disorder Fairmead to share good practice and (ASD/Autism/Asperger’s/TEACCH/Social knowledge/resources. This includes Stories/PEC’s/Sensory issues/Resources). moderation activities.

Parent and Family Support Advisor Circle Time (PFSA) Providing mainstream schools Our Parent and Family Support Advisor is with practical activities to support available to offer advice and support for Circle Time. pupils and their families through the Family Links programme. Yeovil Parent Support Group This programme offers effective ways of This group is open to parents and encouraging co-operative behaviours, carers of all children and young people empowering both parents and children. with additional needs, whether they It also supports an emotional literacy attend a Mainstream School, Special programme. Target Audience: Parents of School or are Home Educated. children with SEN/all key areas.

Using Visual Strategies with pupils with Behaviour strategies for individual ASD in mainstream schools pupils Useful classroom strategies and resources. Fairmead can support schools in developing behaviour strategies for individual pupils and whole school SEN in mainstream schools—providing systems for behaviour management. support on teaching and assessment All school staff are trained in Team Working in collaboration with mainstream Teach. schools to support the teaching and assessment of children with SEN. Youth Club Available weekly to pupils with additional Awareness Session for staff on Autism needs. Spectrum Disorder (ASD) ASD triad of impairment, useful classroom strategies and resources.

4 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 OFFICIAL GUIDE ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF YEOVIL TOWN COUNCIL WEEBSIBSITE: WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK Contents G G Welcome to Yeovil ...... 3 G G A Mini-History ...... 6 G G The Town Council ...... 10 G G Historic Plaques ...... 14 G G Yeovil Town Team ...... 15 G G Yeovil in Bloom ...... 17 G G Yeovil Country Park ...... 18 G G Chamber of Trade and Commerce ...... 19 G G Economic Development ...... 20 G G Yeovil Shopmobility ...... 21 G G South Somerset Disability Forum ...... 21 G G Yeovil Maps ...... 23-25 G G Street Index ...... 26-27 G G Attractions in South Somerset ...... 28 G G Attractions in and around Yeovil ...... 29 G G Events in and around Yeovil ...... 32 G G Town Criers’ Competition ...... 33 G G Yeovil District Hospital ...... 35 G G Secondary, Higher and Further Education ...... 36 G G Fire Safety Advice ...... 41 G G Local Information ...... 42 G G A-Z of Sport and Leisure...... 46

Acknowledgements: The Town Council would like to thank all those who contributed to producing this Guide: Jack Sweet (Local Historian); South Somerset District Council: Steve Fox (Principal Horticultural Officer): Katy Menday/Rachel Whaites (Countryside Manager); Lesley Jellyman (Yeovil in Bloom Promotions Officer); David Blackwell (Leisure Projects Officer); Justine Parton (Tourist Information Centre Supervisor); Joseph Lewis (Heritage Information Assistant); David Julian (Economic Development Manager) and Town Councillors Wes Read, David Recardo and Manny Roper for the generous use of their photographs. TOWN TWINWINNNIINNG

Town Twinning seeks to bring together the people of Yeovil with those in our twinned Towns. Yeovil is twinned with Herblay in France, Taunusstein in Germany and Samarate in Italy. Yeovil Twinning Association is a voluntary body whose aims are to promote exchanges of individuals and groups between Yeovil and its twin Towns giving those who take part the opportunity to learn more about the culture, language and people of another country. Anyone wishing to join the Association or find out more about Twinning should telephone 07795 913868 COMUNE DI SAMARATE

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 5 A Mini History

The name of Yeovil, which has had at least 70 variations of spelling, is derived from the River Yeo, dividing Somerset and Dorset at its south-eastern extent. Evidence of early man is shown by the discovery of Bronze Age artefacts found on Wyndham Hill and Hendford Hill. There are numerous examples of Roman discoveries – Westland Road is the site of a farmstead and settlement which probably continued after Roman times until Saxon days; an excavation at Lufton revealed a Roman villa site. The Saxons were much in evidence in the Yeovil area and a Saxon church is known to have existed by the year 950. A Saxon ‘Hundred’ (an administrative division of the county thought to have contained a hundred families) regularly gathered at a ‘moot’, or meeting, around a stone sheltered by trees at the crossroads now in Mudford Road which overlooked the whole of the domain. The moot is commemorated in the name ‘The Hundred Stone’ to this day and the stone can still be seen. After the Norman Conquest, the Domesday survey of 1086 revealed 22 freemen occupying a ‘tenement’ or Town ship; this developed into a tiny self-governing borough, separated from the Manor of Hendford, by the twelfth century. The borough was placed under the lordship of the Rector of St John’s Church with the day- to-day civil administration in the hands of a body of burgesses with a Portreeve, or Provost, at its head. At this time the centre of Yeovil became known as the Borough, which was then the market place. In Medieval times, the Black Death, said to have reached England via Weymouth Harbour, took its toll in Yeovil; the workforce was greatly reduced and in 1348 the disease accounted for three vicars appointed between October and the following January. In the late fourteenth century, the entire rebuilding of St John’s Church took place under the direction of Robert de Sambourne, Rector of Yeovil. The building seen today – a superb example of the early perpendicular style of architecture – is much as it would have appeared soon after its completion in the early 1400s. Of particular interest is the east window depicting the Last Supper. Judas Iscariot is depicted, very unusually, with a black halo. Yeovil was a market town from its earliest days. In 1633, Thomas Gerard wrote that the market was ‘one of the greatest I have seen.’ The Market House and a butcher’s ‘shambles’ stood on much of what is now the open space inYeovil known as the Borough. Difficult times followed financially however, as the Town along with many others was required to pay a levy to King Charles I. In addition, two devastating fires in 1623 and 1640 did tremendous damage to the small Town, causing further hardship and loss of dwellings to scores of people. The Civil War broke out in 1642. Local hardship and resentment at the King’s levy fostered support for the Earl of Bedford, who besieged the King’s forces under the Marquis of Hertford in Sherborne Castle with a force of 7,000. There were several indecisive skirmishes, however whilst garrisoned in Yeovil, the Earl received news that the Marquis’s troops had gathered on the hill above the entrance to the Town. The Earl mustered his forces and the Battle of Babylon Hill ensued. The Royalist forces were made to retreat back to the safety of Sherborne Castle and thus passed Yeovil’s brief moment of fame in the War.

6 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 The Plague again took hold in 1645, said to have been brought in from London by people fleeing its ravages. So many of the townspeople perished that grass grew in the streets. A petition presented to Ilchester Quarter sessions in 1647 stated that ‘manie hundred souls had died’ and that no-one would undertake to bury the dead. Later that year a similar petition was presented by the Yeovil Overseers of the Poor at Wells Sessions complaining of being unable to meet the increased demands on them – not only from children and widows resulting from the plague but also because of the 1640 fire which had rendered so many homeless and impoverished. There was further resentment against being asked to contribute towards the maintenance of Cromwell’s army in Ireland. Under Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth, Yeovil was not a prosperous or happy place. Many alehouses were closed, certain ‘sporting’ events were banned, neighbour watched neighbour for signs of Royalist sympathies and even church weddings were prohibited for a while. In 1660 the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II was greeted with relief in the Town and there was a gradual return to former Butchers’ Shambles c1830 relaxations and prosperity as agriculture and the market flourished. A lending library was also established and there was free education for a number of children in the grammar school. The Portreeve gradually increased his responsibilities, his powers and the dignity of his office. He acquired a new mace in 1776 and it was gilded the following year. This is the mace still used on ceremonial and civic occasions by Yeovil Town Council’s Macebearer. By the early 19th Century the bounds ofYeovil’s ancient manorial borough represented only about a third of the rapidly expanding Town, which had become famous for the gloving industry. The increased population in that third alone rendered inadequate the powers possessed by the old governing body. In 1830, Town Commissioners were appointed under parliamentary authority for the purpose of ‘paving, lighting, watching, watering, repairing, widening and otherwise improving the streets, lanes and other public passages and places within the Town of Yeovil, and for regulating the Police thereof’. The Commissioners also built a house to accommodate their Surveyor and Police force (all three of them!) in a building in Union Street – now the Town House, which houses the present Yeovil Town Council offices and Council Chamber. Parliamentary Reform was also in the air at this time. Civil Riots broke out inYeovil in 1831 when the second Reform Bill was rejected and a reform candidate was defeated at Blandford.Yeomanry troops from Mudford and Martock were called out and some of the crowd were arrested and taken to the Mermaid Hotel (now

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YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 7 Yeovil’s oldest public house). As a mob assembled and broke all its windows, the 3rd Dragoon Guards were called out to assist theYeomanry and the riot was quelled. Grateful townsfolk presented commemorative jugs to officers of the local Yeomanry – three inscribed 'riot jugs' may be seen in the museum of South Somerset whilst another is held in the Mayor’s Parlour at the Town House. Special Commissioners were appointed in 1846 following increasing demands for an extension of the authority of the old corporation. This body cleared the Borough of the old Market House and shambles and commissioned the building of a new Town Hall in High Street, opened in 1849. Manorial rights acquired from the Phelips family were then passed to the Commissioners. In 1854, the Municipal Borough of Yeovil was created by Act of Parliament, following further demands for an increase in local powers to satisfy the needs of the rapidly growing Town. The last Portreeve, Benjamin Ryall, handed over the mace and ancient borough seal into the custody of the new corporation consisting of twelve councillors with John Ryall Mayo as the first Mayor and John Batten as Town Clerk. In 1882 a chain of office was added to the Mayor’s regalia. The first Council meetings were held in the Town Hall until 1898 when a building known as the Borough House, standing back from High Street was converted for use as offices with a council chamber. This house was used by the Council until 1924 when it was pulled down for the construction of King George Street and the building of new Council Offices. Yeovil grew rapidly in the late 19th Century, its rural and agricultural surroundings had made it the market Town for the produce of South Somerset and new municipal services included water, sewage disposal, a hospital, public baths, a cemetery, allotments, recreation grounds, public lighting and a local fire brigade. The coming of the railway had also vastly increased the Town ’s transport links. Yeovil had an important cattle market, was celebrated far and wide for its gloving industry and its engineering works at Petters foundry (now the AgustaWestland site) was soon to be given a tremendous boost by the dawn of the aviation age in the early 20th Century. Not many people know that the first oil engine was made in Yeovil by Petters. In two World Wars, Yeovil played its part. Servicemen and women served in every theatre of war and many lives were sacrificed. The Town suffered many losses from sporadic enemy bombing in World War II, including its fire station, and the Westland aircraft works was a prime target. In 1919 the Borough War Memorial was erected, the scene of the Town’s annual Remembrance Day Ceremony, followed later by a memorial at Preston Road and other memorial plaques in the Town. By the 1930s Westland Aircraft of Yeovil was established as a manufacturer of military and civilian aircraft. On 3 April 1933 two Westland aircraft, designed and built in Yeovil, made the first ever flight over the summit of Mount Everest. Tensing and Hillary, the summiteers used oxygen-breathing apparatus developed by Normalair ofYeovil, then a subsidiary of Westland. In 1935 a fire destroyed the Town Hall in High Street. A scheme to build a new Town Hall and Civic Centre at Hendford Manor House met some opposition and the outbreak of war meant it was never built (a watercolour of the architect’s vision still exists, at the Town Council offices). The Law Courts were built in Petters Way in 1939, Maltravers House was constructed to house local authority and government departments in 1969 and in 1974 the Johnson Hall (now including the Octagon Theatre) was erected as a civic entertainment centre. Post-war projects also gave Yeovil a new dual carriageway through the town centre to meet the heavy demands of motorised traffic, a new The Riot Jug - now in the custody pedestrianised shopping centre with multi-storey car of the Town Council park, a college of further and higher education, a

8 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 purpose built police station and many new housing areas to meet its continued population growth. With the invention of the helicopter (1947), the Westland site rapidly adapted to become a supplier to national and international civil and military markets. Local Government reorganisation in 1974 spelt the end of the old Yeovil Borough Council. Amalgamation with various local rural districts produced a new Yeovil District Council, later re-named South Somerset District Council which subsequently built new offices at Brympton Way. A municipal body of Charter Trustees with a Charter Mayor had also been formed in 1974 but in 1982, at the culmination of a long and successful campaign, the Trustees were superseded by elevation to a new Yeovil Town Council with parish status. In 1985, Yeovil Town Council was granted the use of the armorial bearings originally obtained from the Corporation in 1954 on its 100th anniversary. In 2004, The Council celebrated 150 years of local democracy since the inception of the first Yeovil Municipal Borough and Town Mayor in 1854 and in 2012 the Council celebrated the 30th anniversary of its formation as a new town council. The Town Council’s Offices in Union Street include an illuminated museum display, which gives visitors to the Town House a free opportunity to learn more aboutYeovil’s fascinating history. The display changes from time to time, and arrangements have been made for an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of World War I and its impact on the Town. Of necessity, this is a shortened version of Yeovil's history. Further details may be obtained from Yeovil Public Library (0845 345177) in King George Street, which has an extensive local history section. Another source of information is the Yeovil Archaeological and Local History Society – contact details may also be obtained from the public library.A useful section onYeovil’s history may be viewed at www.yeoviltown.com. For fascinating displays ofYeovil’s history, a visit to the Community Heritage Access Centre is a must. Visits by appointment only – for more information telephone 01935 462855.

Birchfield Community Primary School Birchfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset BA21 5RL Tel: 01935 427609 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.birchfieldprimaryschool.co.uk Head Teacher: Mr Richard Culham B.Ed Hons ‘One school, learning together’

We provide a happy, stimulating, safe and caring environment in which quality learning takes place and where each child is valued and encouraged to achieve their full potential. We offer a creative curriculum enhanced by various clubs including • Sports • Art • Music • Breakfast Club (8 am – 8.40 am) • After School Club (3.20 pm – 5.45 pm) We also have the Birchfield Pre-School on our site and the Birchfield Children’s Centre. Our School Hall and other rooms are available for hire. For further details please visit our website or contact the Head Teacher

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 9 Town Council

History On 3 July 1854, an Act of Parliament was passed which created a municipal borough in the Town of Yeovil. Under the Act, a burgess roll was prepared for the first municipal election of councillors to serve on the new Corporation, and the Mayoralty was established. For over a century, the Town was administered by Yeovil Borough Council. This came QUALITY to an end in 1974 when local government was re-organised and the Borough Council TOWN was abolished. COUNCIL Between 1974 and 1982, Charter Trustees were elected to look after the civic interests of the Town. However, it quickly became apparent that the Town needed its own Council to look after its affairs and, after a long campaign, the Government acknowledged the case for a separate Town Council for the former Borough. The Town Council was formed in 1982, meeting initially at Petters Way, then Preston Road and then Brympton Way. The Town House was acquired in 1989 and all meetings are now held in the Council Chamber at these premises. In 2005, Yeovil Town Council became the first large council in Somerset to be awarded Quality Town Council status. Introduced by the Government as part of its modernising local government agenda, Quality status provides an independent assessment of local councils, and those with Quality status can be seen to be representative, competent, well managed, and able to take on an enhanced role. The Town Council has been re-accredited with this prestigious award following a further review of its performance. In 2012 the Town Council celebrated the 30th anniversary of its formation. Locally elected and locally funded, the Town Council provides Yeovil with a democratic structure, which serves the interests of the Town and is directly accountable to its people.

YEOVIL & DISTRICT www.helyar-arms.co.uk BRANCH Registered Charity No 203644 Set in one of Somerset’s prettiest villages nestles the Helyar Arms of East Coker. Each year the Branch fosters, rehabilitates and finds This 15th Century Inn will charm you from the surroundings loving homes for over 100 unwanted cats and kittens to its food, drink & relaxing ambience. Enjoy the fresh air, in the area and helps to reunite over 100 lost cats great walks, peaceful bird song, fine wine & great food! with their owners via its Lost and Found Register. Steak Nights Monday & Thursday Evenings, Friday Evenings is Take Away Fish & Chips Night To adopt, report a stray or lost cat or volunteer to help Sunday lunches from £9.50 2 courses £12.95 & 3 courses £15.00, Please telephone 01935 412755 and visit Pudding Club is on last Thursday Evening of the Month The website www.yeovilcatsprotection.info Tel: 01935 862332 Thank you Helyar Arms East Coker Yeovil Somerset BA22 9JR

10 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 The Town House The Town House was originally built in 1849 by the Town Commissioners to provide a Police Station and a residence for a “Superintendent”, who was also the Town surveyor and rate collector. Taken over by the County Constabulary in 1857, the building remained a police station until 1938. After many years of multiple uses, Yeovil Town Council acquired the building and, after restoration and conversion, re-opened with a council meeting on the 140th anniversary of the first meeting held there by the original Town Commissioners. The adjoining building was purchased in 1994 and converted into the Mayor's Parlour, which is situated on what was the exercise yard in front of the three police station cells. The cells still exist – though they are no longer used for their original purpose! In recent years, the Town House has been extended to provide improved meeting facilities. These include a more spacious reception area and better access facilities for disabled persons – including a lift to the first floor, a wheelchair accessible toilet including baby changing facilities, a hearing induction loop and disabled parking provision in front of the building. The reception is a useful source of information about what’s going on in Yeovil and also has information and contact details of local voluntary and community organisations. It also includes an illuminated museum display, which gives visitors to the Town House a free opportunity to learn more about Yeovil’s fascinating history. The display changes from time to time, and arrangements have been made for an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of World War I and its impact on the Town. Anyone wishing to learn more about the way the Town Council operates is welcome to visit the Council’s Offices, which are located in Union Street, Yeovil. The Offices are open on weekdays (excluding public holidays) from 8.30am to 4.00pm. Yeovil Town Council Committees The activities and responsibilities of the Town Council have grown steadily over the years, and most of its work is overseen by various Committees appointed by the Council. The Yeovil Flower and Gardeners Market powers and duties of these Committees are set out below: • Buildings and Civic Matters Management of recreational and leisure facilities including a number of community halls. The Committee also oversees a variety of community safety initiatives, traffic regulation, traffic calming and the management, repair and maintenance of the Town House and public toilet facilities. The Bakery West Camel (on the A303) Established over 100 years Supplier of all bakery goods Tel: 01935 850450

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YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 11 • Grounds and General Maintenance Management of most of the open spaces and play areas in the Town and the management of over 300 allotment plots on a number of sites owned by the Town Council. The Committee also keeps a watching brief over the Sunningdale Doorstep Green andYeovil Cemetery, of which the Town Council is the principal owner. • Planning and Licensing Consideration of all planning applications within the Town area; responsibility for the licensing of taxis, private hire vehicles and their drivers; street trading, street canvassing, busking and charitable collections. • Policy, Resources & Finance Dealing with matters concerning policy, resources and general finance decisions on behalf of the Town Council. Determines applications for grants from local groups and organisations, oversees personnel issues and generally advises the Town Council on corporate matters. • Promotions and Activities Overseeing the delivery of a variety of related activities, initiatives and events directly and in partnership with other stakeholders in the Town, includingYeovil in Bloom, the Annual Flower and Gardeners’ Market, the Yeovil Town Team, the Town Centre Streetscene and the Christmas Lights display. The Committee is also responsible for the publication of the Town Guide and other promotional literature, customised souvenirs, the use of the Town Crest and the work of the Town Crier. For further details about the Town Council and its Committees contact the Town Clerk on 01935 382424. Town Centre Initiatives The Town Council is a member of the Yeovil Town Team, which delivers improvements in key areas using theme-based action groups. The Town Team represents the interests of local traders, local authorities, police and other stakeholders in the Town Centre.

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12 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Yeovil Youth Council As part of a drive to encourage more young people to play a part in the democratic process, the Town Council has set up and supports the Yeovil Youth Council, which has been allocated an annual budget of £1,400 to help it achieve its aims and objectives. These objectives are: • Representation of all young people in Yeovil on any issue of concern to them • Liaison with existing and new youth organisations in the Town • Improvement of the image and status of young people in Yeovil • Involvement in the organisation of special events for young people in Yeovil • Seeking to further understanding between groups of young people in the Town All the Community Schools in Yeovil and Yeovil College are represented on the Youth Council, which meets in the Town House on a monthly basis. Representatives are aged between 12 and 19 and are elected by their fellow students to serve on their behalf. Amongst the issues discussed by the Youth Council is the provision of skate parks in the Town. Members of the Youth Council were directly involved in the design of these facilities, which have been provided to meet local demand. Their work included securing funding from Yeovil Recreation Charity for new ramps at Yew Tree Skate Park. Yeovil Youth Council

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 13 TheYouth Council has designed and distributed a survey of local young people about their shopping and leisure preferences. The results of this exercise were collated by theYouth Council and considered by theYeovil Town Team as part of its aim to introduce new initiatives and improvements into the centre of the Town. They were also fed into the Yeovil Vision. The Youth Council has also organised a collection of toys, which they distributed amongst children living at the Yeovil Women’s Refuge and those staying at the Children’s Ward at Yeovil District Hospital. Another exciting project undertaken by the Youth Council has been the production of a Young Person’s Survival Guide – listing a wide Members of Yeovil Youth Council range of useful contacts on issues affecting with David Laws MP young people. Copies of this guide have been circulated to Yeovil College and all the Community Schools in the Town. They have also received funding towards the costs of a street art project in Yeovil Town Centre and have helped to design and paint a new mural. Historic Plaques

To help Yeovil celebrate the Millennium, the Town Council affixed historic “blue” plaques to a number of buildings across the Town Centre. The plaques are a fun way of learning about the past use of many of Yeovil’s most famous landmarks. Each plaque explains the historic significance of the building to which it is attached. These include Yeovil's oldest licensed premises, the Mermaid Hotel in the High Street, which is a former coaching inn and was known as “The Miremaid” in 1629. Another property is Penn Villa in Penn Hill, which was built around 1840 Plaque at Pen Mill and is the former residence and dental surgery of William Hunt and his Railway Station son William Alfred, 19th century pioneers in the use of dental anaesthetics. The premises are still used as a dental surgery today. More recently, an additional plaque was specially commissioned to commemorate the visit of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to Yeovil as part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Tour of the West Country. The plaque has been installed at Pen Mill Railway Station to mark the location of their arrival in the Town. A free leaflet has been produced, in the form of a walking trail, highlighting the location of each plaque and giving the background to the historic connection of each building. Copies are available from the Town Council’s Offices at 19 Union Street, the Tourist Information Centre, Petters House and Yeovil Library in King George Street. Much of the cost of producing the plaques was met by contributions from the occupiers of the buildings participating in the Scheme, with the balance being met from the Town Council’s Millennium Fund and New Initiatives budget.

14 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Yeovil Town Team

The Town Team is a group of local businesses and other stakeholders in Yeovil - including the Town Council - which meets regularly to consider ways of promoting and jointly funding new ideas and initiatives that will benefit the Town. One of the Town Team’s early successes was the development of a newYeovil Town App - for use on smart phones. The App is full of free useful information about the Town - including special offers available from participating businesses under the Town Team’s free Yeovil Loyalty Card. To download the app, scan the QR code here:

Other initiatives that the Town Team have developed include a successful fashion show and a food festival, and ways of encouraging shoppers to visit the Town Centre with the use of promotions and parking concessions. The Town Team have also played an active role in developing a Town Centre community safety action group, and have established a group of stakeholders who are looking at ways of enhancing the street scene to help improve the attractiveness of the Town Centre.

Community Heritage Access Centre SSDC Lufton Depot, BA22 8RP Enjoy local history? 70 Hendford, Come and see us! Yeovil Just book an appointment by; BA20 1UR Tel: 01935 462855 or e-mail: 01935 422488 [email protected]

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Complementary therapies Beer Garden • Skittle Alley Traditional Sunday Lunch Counselling Bar Snacks • Vegetarian Stress Management (All prepared with local produce) Function Room Now Available Regular weekly classes Seating up to 70, Standing up to 120 PRE-BOOKING ADVISABLE FOR MEALS A variety of one-day workshops AND FUNCTIONS For Enquiries Please Phone Studio and Seminar room for hire Mick, Jean or Gary on 01935 881235

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 15 16 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Yeovil in Bloom

The idea of the “Bloom” grew from Fleurissement de France, which started in 1959 and was first held in the UK in 1963. Yeovil in Bloom was initiated and has been funded and managed by the Town Council since 1996. It was developed to enhance the visual quality of the town and bring the local community together. The Town’s annual entry into the South West in Bloom, newly named Britain in Bloom South West, competition involves contributions from local businesses, schools, residents, and community groups. The annual displays are designed and maintained by South Somerset District Councils Horticultural Service under the direction of the Yeovil in Bloom Steering Group. All our roundabout displays and a million daffodils attract visitors from all over the South West year after year. Yeovil has won a Gold award five times 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2013; this represents a fantastic effort by hundreds of people including the shops and companies in the town who sponsor hanging baskets and roundabouts. The Royal Horticultural Society launched an “It’s your Neighbourhood Scheme” in 2001 to encourage local people to take ownership of their immediate environment. Groups get together to litter pick, create community gardens, allotments and orchards, grow and plant floral bedding displays and hanging baskets and fruit and vegetables. They raise money by organising coffee mornings and barbeques. This not only starts to create a feeling of community but also inspires more challenging projects. If you would like more information about Yeovil in Bloom please contact, Yeovil in Bloom Promotions Officer, Lesley Jelleyman on 01935 462837. Sponsors include The Gardens Group Old Creamery Pine Warehouse Wakelys Funeral Directors Quedam Shopping Centre Atlas Security Brympton Parish Council Tranquility Spas Yarlington Housing Group

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 17 Yeovil Country Park

Opportunities to enjoy and conserve wildlife and countryside Each day many people take the five minutes walk from Yeovil Town Centre, either past Penn House or the Octagon Theatre, through to the historic park of Penn Hill. A short stroll past Goldenstones takes you to the woodlands, waterfalls and wildlife of the lake and Valley Garden of Ninesprings. From here a walk along the Yeovil – Taunton old railway line takes you to Summerhouse and Wyndham Hills. These hills offer peaceful locations to admire the view. To the north, landmarks of Yeovil Town, to the east, Cadbury Castle and to the south the Dorset hills. Lastly, crossing Sherborne Road, there is a tranquil stretch called Riverside Walk. These five sites, whilst retaining their individual names, are now collectively known as the Green Flag Award winning Yeovil Country Park. Exploring Yeovil Country Park You can explore Yeovil Country Park on a good network of paths. There is a cycleway along the old railway line and in Ninesprings there is an Easy Access Trail with gentler gradients, improved paths and wide kissing gates. Guided walks and events take place throughout the year, and at the end of May the park is alive with attractions for the Annual Country Park May Fayre. Wildlife to look out for: • Kingfishers and herons on the lake at Ninesprings • Green and great spotted woodpeckers in the woodlands • Badgers and roe deer in the quieter areas of Riverside Walk • Otters along the river Yeo Woodland plants are particularly spectacular in the spring including bluebells, primroses, wood anemones and ramsons. The Ranger Team Friends of Yeovil Country Park at Fayre The park has a small but dedicated Ranger team. You will often see them out and about, clearing litter or carrying out projects. The rangers are incredibly knowledgeable about the site and will happily answer any questions that you may have. Get involved Become a Volunteer Ranger and you can plant trees, survey wildlife, check nest boxes and get involved in any other activities. Volunteer Rangers receive training and all the equipment they need and meet every Thursday throughout the year. Alternatively join the Friends’ of Yeovil Country Park who meet monthly to fundraise and develop projects for the country park. Events The rangers put on a diverse events programme throughout the year. For more information please check out our website (details below). Contact For further information please telephone: 01935 462462 Website: www.southsomersetcountryside.com or Email: [email protected] Find us on facebook ‘Yeovil Country Park’ or follow us on Twitter @SSDCCountryside

18 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Chamber of Trade and Commerce Since 1920, Yeovil Chamber has successfully promoted commerce and business opportunities in and around the Yeovil area. We currently represent over 160 local businesses. Size of membership ranges from self-employed individuals up to several of the largest employers in the region, with membership extending to all areas of the business sector. We have strong ties with Chambers of other regional towns, and we are an affiliate member of Somerset Chamber. Benefits of Chamber membership: • Regular networking events, to socialise and exchange ideas and opinions with other like-minded business people and their guests. • A strong single voice to lobby for local, regional and national issues, via regular contact with local, regional and national government leaders. • Maintaining recognition for the importance of the business community. • Representing the concerns of your business to the people who can make change. • Access to informed advice, and a regular online newsletter. • A wide range of discounted member services. . . .we’re moving forward together. For more information, including the facility to join online, please go to www.yeovilchamber.org, or email [email protected]

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 19 Economic Development

The next few years look set to be promising for the Yeovil Economy. In 2013 Government funding was announced for road improvements to Yeovil’s ‘Western Corridor’. This will enable essential improvements to be made to the main road system between the Lysander/Bunford roundabout through to Thorne Lane. This road enhancement scheme will not only improve traffic flows at peak times and ease congestion, but it will also help bring forward some of the major employment and housing schemes planned for the western side ofYeovil. AsYeovil continues to grow this will help to ensure that a sustainable balance is maintained between the number of local jobs created and the planned housing growth for Yeovil. Lufton Phase 3 now has all the completed access roadways and services required to attract the first new businesses to this section of the business park and the Yeovil Innovation Centre has gone from strength to strength as it generates a steady stream of new and successful businesses. Both projects will help us to create valuable investment in the Yeovil economy and help us to create more employment opportunities within the high-tech sector. Yeovil has shown a high degree of resilience during the economic downturn and this remains the case, with the local economy proving more stable than either the regional or national economies. Yeovil remains an excellent choice for those seeking to start or expand their business or for those wishing to relocate their businesses to the area. Further details on our projects can be obtained from the Economic Development Team. Please telephone 01935 462462. Alan R Farthing & Son Yeovil Tourist Information Centre Removals & Container Storage, We can help you with … Commercial Removals, • Local and national tourist information Fully Alarmed, • Somewhere to stay – both locally and nationwide Piano Specialists, • Ideas for things to do – days out, attractions and Full Packing Service, events discount vouchers available Part Loads, • Tickets agents for:- - Berry’s Coaches to London European Enquiries Welcome - Condor Ferries - National Express - South West Coaches daytrips • Advance discount tickets for local events including:- - Royal Bath & West Show - Yeovilton Air Day - Sherborne Country Fair www.alanrfarthing.co.uk - Dorset Steam Fair • Range of souvenirs Yeovil 01935 421356 Open: Monday - Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm (All Year) Mob 07801 380743 Yeovil Tourist Information Centre, 6 Watercombe Lane, A family Petters House, Petters Way, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1SH Yeovil BA20 2ED business built on Tel : (01935) 462781 recommendation Email : [email protected] Partners: Alan & Robert Farthing since 1928 www.discoversouthsomerset.com

20 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Yeovil Shopmobility

Shopmobility schemes actively encourage inclusion and equality by providing a variety of equipment, which enables people to access their local centre either independently or with family and friends. Shopmobility is for anyone young or old, whether their disability is temporary or permanent. It is available for those with injuries, long or short term disabilities – anyone who needs help with mobility. Shopmobility is about the freedom to get around and having your independence. You do not need to be registered disabled to use the service. Yeovil Shopmobility hires out manual wheelchairs, powered chairs and powered scooters to members of the public with limited mobility, to shop and to visit leisure and commercial facilities within the town or shopping centre. Long term hire of transportable equipment is also available. Yeovil Shopmobility is situated in the Quedam Shopping Centre Car Park. For more information or to use the service telephone 01935 420889 or visit our website www.yeovilshopmobility.co.uk O OOO O South Somerset Disability Forum

Registered Charity 1091404 20 South Street, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1QE (upstairs via the lift) Opening hours Tuesday – Thursday 9.30am – 2.00pm Phone: 01935 706766 Email: [email protected] www.southsomersetdisabilityforum.co.uk facebook.com/southsomersetdisabilityforum The South Somerset Disability Forum actively promotes Access for All and Equal Opportunities and we challenge discrimination. We provide services such as Access Reviews for public places, Disability Awareness Workshops and Equality Training. We also hold public meetings and Coffee Mornings, sell Blue Badge parking vouchers, and produce a regular Newsletter. We work closely with local authorities, checking that planning applications and building regulations are compliant with current regulations, as well as working with the NHS, Police and Fire Departments. Our volunteers, when trained by our training officer, complete a lot of day to day work both in the office and by going out to view public places and give recommendations. We undertake to review dropped kerbs, parking issues, accessible public transport and advise on how to improve access to public shops, services, leisure facilities and the countryside. We always welcome newcomers whether in a group or on your own and feel that one of our roles is to help increase confidence and encourage new skills. You are welcome to join us in our work for a better quality of life for people with disabilities. We would be pleased to meet you, so please get in touch.

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 21 Grove Dene Veterinary Clinic The Forum, Abbey Manor Park Yeovil, Somerset BA21 3TL Tel: 01935 421177

Surgery Times – (By Appointment Only) Monday–Friday: 8.30am–12.00pm / 2.00pm–6.30pm Saturday: 9.00am–12.00pm “Free Registration checks for your pet with this advert”

FARM/SMALL ANIMAL/EQUINE CLINICS ALSO AT Kingston House, Sherborne, DT9 3DB Tel: 01935 813288 Shave Hill Equine, Buckhorn Weston, SP8 5HY Tel: 01747 822799 Woodlands Equine, Longburton, DT9 5PH Tel: 01935 813288 www.kingstonvets.co.uk

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26 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Lufton Way A1 Penn Hill D3 Southway Close C2 Thorne Lane A1/B1/C1 Lyde Road F1/F2/F3 Penn Hill Park D3 Southway Crescent C2 Thornton Road B1 Lysander Road A4/B4/C4/C3 Percy Road F2 Southway Drive C1/C2 Three Corner Mead A2 Magna Close F1 Peter Street D3 Southwoods C4/D4 Tintagel Road B1 Malmesbury Court A2 Petters Way D3 Sparrow Road D2 Tintern A2 Malmesbury Way A1/A2 Pickett Lane D1/D2 Springfield Place B1 Tower Road E1 Malvern Court B2 Pine Tree Avenue C4 Springfield Road B1/C1 Trellech Court A1 Manor Road D3 Plantagenet Chase B4 St Andrews Road C2/C3 Tresco Spinney A2 Maple Drive C4 Plantagenet Park B4 St Annes Gardens B1/B2/C1/C2 Tudor Court D3 Market Street D3 Plover Court B2 St Davids Crescent E2 Tynedale C2 Marl Close C1 Plucknett Row A3/B3 St Georges Avenue E1/E2 Union Street D3 Marlborough Road F2 Poplar Drive B1 St James Close B2 Valley Road E2 Marsh Lane C1 Portreeve Drive D2/E2 St James Park A2 Vicarage Walk D3 Mary Street D3/E3 Pound Close A2 St Johns Road E1/F1/F2 Victoria Close F2 Matthews Road E2 Preston Court C3 St Leonards Court C3 Victoria Road F2/F3 Mayfield Road E2/F2 Preston Grove B2/C2/C3 St Martins Way A4 Vincent Street D3/E3 Meadow Road F2 Preston Road A2/B2/C2/D2 St Marys Crescent E1 Watercombe Heights A4/B4 Melrose Road E2 Princes Street D3 St Michaels Avenue E1/E2/E3 Watercombe Lane A3 Merevale Way A1 Priory Glade A2 St Michaels Road E2/F2 Watercombe Park A3/B3 Middle Street D3/E3 Queensway Place D3 St Nicholas Close D3 Waterloo Lane D3 Milford Park E2 Queensway D3 St Nicholas Park D3 Welbeck Road F2 Milford Road D2/E2 Raleigh Road F1 St Patricks Road B1 Welland Road F2 Mill Brook C3 Reckleford D3/E3 St Thomas Cross E3 Wellington Street D3 Mill Lane D3 Richmond Road C3 Stars Lane E3 Wentworth Road F2 Milton Close A2 Richmond Way A1 Stiby Road B1/C1 Wessex Road B1 Mitchelmore Road D2 Ridge Mead B4 Stone Lane D1 West Coker Road A4/B4/C4 Monk Barton Close A1 Rivers Road F1 Stoneleigh Mews A1 West Hendford C3/C4 Monks Dale B1/B2 Roche Close A1 Stourton Way A2/B2/B1 West Hendford D3 Monmouth Road F1/F2 Roman Court E2 Stratford Road B2 West Park C2/D2 Montrose Road F2 Roping Path D4 Streamside Cottages C3 West Street C3 Mountbatten Road F1 Roping Road D2 Summerhouse Terrace D3/E3 Westbourne Close C3 Mount Pleasant E2 Rosebery Avenue E2/F2 Summerlands C2 Westbourne Grove B3/C3 Mudford Road D1/D2/E1 Rowan Way B4/C4 Summerleaze Park C2 Westbrook B1 Nathan Close B4 Runnymede Road E1/F1 Sunningdale Road E2 Westcombe B1 Neathem Road E1 Russet Way B4 Sutton Grange A2 Western Avenue A1/A2 Nelson Way F1 Rustywell C4 Swallowcliffe Gardens D2/D3 Western Relief Road A3/A4 Netherton Road F2 Ryalls Court E3 Sycamore Drive C4 Westfield Avenue C2 Netley B2 Rye Gardens A4/B4 Sydling Road F2 Westfield Crescent C2 Newbury Terrace C1 Salthouse Lane D3 Tanyard Way E3 Westfield Grove C1/C2 Newton Road E3/E4 Samarate Way B3 Taunusstein Way D3 Westfield Place C1/C2 North Lane D3 Sandhurst Road C4 Tewkesbury B2 Westfield Road C1/C2 North Terrace E2 Sandown Close C3 Thatcham Close C1 Westland Road C3 Northbrook Road E1/F1 Sandringham Road F2 Thatcham Court C1 Westminster Street D3 Nursery Road C4 Scott Road F1 Thatcham Park C1 Westminster A1 Oaklands Road F2 Sea King Road A4/B4 The Avenue D2/D3 Westville E3 Oakleigh A4 Seaton Court C3 The Briars A4 White Mead A2/B2 Old Barn Way B4 Seaton Road C3 The Cleve A2 Willow Road C2 Old School Close A2 Shackleton Road F1 The Court B3 Winchester Gardens E1/E2 Old Station Road E3 Shelley Close B2 The Crescent C3 Wingate Avenue E2 Old Station Way E3 Sherborne Road E3/F3 The Croft A4 Wine Street D3 Orchard Street C3 Sherwell Close F1 The Furze A4 Winston Drive C1/D1 Osborne Road C3 Shrewsbury Road A1 The Hollys E1 Woburn Road F2 Parcroft Gardens C2 Silver Street D3 The Manse E1 Woodcote B4 Parfields C3 Sledgemoor Close F2 The Park D2/D3 Woodland Grove D3 Parish Mews A2 Sleight Close A2 The Quedam D3 Woodstock Road E1 Park Gardens D3 Smith Terrace E2 The Regents A1/A2 Wyndham Street E3 Park Road D3 Somerset Place D4 The Spinney A4 Wyndham View E3/F3 Park Street D3/D4 South Street D3 The Toose A1/A2 Yarn Barton C3 Pattinson Close E2/F2 South Western Terrace E3 The Torre A2 Yew Tree Close B4 Penfield E3 Southville E2/E3 Thorne Gardens A1/B1 York Place D2

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 27 Attractions in South Somerset

In and Around the Town You will find plenty to see and explore in Yeovil on a few hours’ visit for shopping and relaxation, or if you are coming as a business or leisure visitor for several days. In the heart of the town there are large and small shops and twice-weekly markets, a multi-screen cinema and indoor bowling, swimming pools and gym facilities and a large library. Yeovil is proud of the Green Flag winning Country Park adjoining the town centre, with woodlands and grasslands, river and lakes to enjoy - all teeming with wildlife – and a children’s play area. You will find plentiful parking in Yeovil and a good choice of places to eat and drink. The town has an 18-hole golf course and at Yeovil Recreation Centre an athletics arena, football pitches and artificial grass pitch, tennis courts, mini-golf and pitch-and-putt. The Flagship Playspace is an exciting place for children, with tree-house walkways with rope bridges, net tunnels and climbing walls, a zipline and a large sandpit. On the fringes of the town there is seasonal fishing, sailing and canoeing at Sutton Bingham Reservoir, the Community Heritage Access Centre with extensive local photo archive, archaeology and industrial heritage collections, and Yeovil Town Football Club – home of The Glovers. Yeovil’s Pen Mill railway station is on the Heart of Wessex line making it an easy trip to some of Somerset’s loveliest towns – Bath, Bruton, Castle Cary and Frome - and the beautiful Dorset coast. There is a green by-pass so that you can walk or cycle off-road between Pen Mill and the town centre. Yeovil Junction Station is on the mainline between London Waterloo and Exeter. Further afield Travel a little further afield to see the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, with an annual international air-show in July and nearby the Fleet Air Arm Memorial Church and military cemetery. Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford has been extensively re-developed and re-launched in 2014, with new exhibition areas and conferencing and event facilities. Less than 15 miles from Yeovil, you can discover beautiful and historic villages. East Coker (2 miles) is connected with the poet TS Eliot. At Montacute (4 miles), there is an Elizabethan house with long gallery displaying portraits from the National Portrait Gallery. Beautiful Muchelney on the Somerset Levels has an ancient abbey, pottery and idyllic riverside walking. Come here to listen to birdsong or spot an otter. This is perfect country for leisure cycling.

The friendly staff at Yeovil’s Tourist Information Centre will be happy to tell you about accommodation and eating-out in the town, getting around and places to see. Visit the Centre Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm at Petter’s House, Petter’s Way, Yeovil BA20 1SH or telephone 01935 462781. You will find information 24 hours a day on www.discoversouthsomerset.com

28 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Attractions in and around Yeovil Yeovil, the major town in South Somerset, has numerous attractions to offer. Barwick Park Follies Barwick Park has 4 follies – Jack the Treacle Eater, the Fish Tower, Messiter’s Cone and the Needle. The first three can be seen from Two Tower Lane, off the A37 just south of Yeovil, and the Needle is further down the A37 at the Halstock turning. Jack the Treacle Eater is a tall arch of rough stones surmounted by a round tower with a pointed cone roof and its entrance at the top of the arch. At the very top is a statue of Mercury recalling the servant lad, Jack, who apparently ran to London with nothing but a jar of treacle to sustain him. The Fish Tower, 50 feet high and adjacent to Two Tower Lane. Originally this folly had a large gold- coloured weather vane, in the shape of a fish, inside an iron cage. Messiter’s Cone, 75 feet high, stands on a squat cylinder cut into three arches and has a ball as a crown. The eyeless Needle is a stark obelisk piercing the sky. Goldenstones Pools & Leisure Centre BA20 1QZ Goldenstones Pools and Leisure Centre is a community based sports and fitness facility set in the beautiful country park of Ninesprings. Goldenstones provides a contemporary gym with friendly, professional staff, and a diverse group exercise class timetable to test even the fittest people. If it is more of a leisurely activity you are looking for, why not take a swim in our pool or relax in the sauna and steam room. Our experienced, dedicated staff thrive on providing a specialised, high quality service tailored to every individual. Offering a range of pool and land based activities to suit all ages and abilities at competitive prices gives a sense of community and belonging to our customers. From Teen Gym session for children aged 14-15, to the Centre Bootcamp, to children’s birthday parties, you are guaranteed to find a way to change your lifestyle at Goldenstones. Our 25 metre, 6 lane pool, with a separate teaching pool plays host to the biggest Swim School in the region, with over 1000 swimmers participating in lessons from nursery level through to competitive training every week. New for 2014: Looking for something to entertain your children through the school holidays? Why not let Goldenstones help, offering Trampolining, Mini Tennis, Bouncy Castle and Parachute Games and our brand new pool inflatable, there are plenty of ways for them to burn off that extra energy. Give us a call on 01935 845888 or check out our website www.goldenstones-leisure.co.uk Ham Hill Country Park TA14 6RW Offering superb views of the South Somerset Moors, Exmoor and the Mendip Hills, Ham Hill Country Park has something for everyone. The Green Flag Country Park extends over an area of 400 acres, with a range of habitats to discover including wild flower meadows and mature woodlands. There are many archaeological features to explore such as Iron Age ramparts, Medieval strip lynchets, and Victorian quarries. To learn more about Ham Hill including organised events, historical and wildlife information and to download suggested walks or free activity packs visit www.southsomersetcountryside.com or telephone 01935 462462. Community Heritage Access Centre BA22 8RP – Access to Your Heritage The Community Heritage Access Centre at Lufton, Yeovil stores your heritage - objects and photographs that belong to you. We look after them on your behalf and make sure you have access to them through research visits, bookable tours and special outdoor events. Why not come along and take a look at your glass collection, your firearms, your Roman finds or your Riot Jugs? Or find out how the town centre

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 29 looked in the 1960’s, and you’ll find out why your neighbourhood is the way it is today. History informs the way we are today. Please use this special facility as it is for us all. The Community Heritage Access Centre is located at 7 Artillery Road, Lufton Depot, Yeovil. Opening hours are 9am-5pm, Mondays to Fridays throughout the year. Visits by appointment please. Charges apply for answering enquiries and photographic reproduction for research and commercial purposes. Donations gratefully received. For further information telephone: 01935 462855. Email: [email protected] Website: www.southsomersetheritage.org.uk Octagon Theatre BA20 1UX The Octagon is South Somerset’s premier theatre, presenting a full programme throughout the year of drama, dance, concerts, musicals, opera and pantomime. It has a popular Café/Bar, Prelude, and licensed bars. All facilities are fully accessible to the disabled and there is an infra-red system for the hard of hearing. For information, bookings and/or to join the free mailing list, telephone 01935 422884 or visit our website: www.octagon-theatre.co.uk Swan Theatre BA20 1QT This small and intimate theatre on Yeovil’s Park Street is owned and run by the Swan Theatre Company for staging its own productions and those of other local amateur groups. Visit our website at www.swan- theatre.co.uk or telephone 01935 428646 or box office 07500 376031. Yeovil Country Park BA20 1QZ Yeovil Country Park incorporates Ninesprings, Wyndham Hill, Summerhouse Hill, Penn Hill and the Riverside Walk. Situated just off Yeovil’s Town Centre and easily accessed from Goldenstones Leisure Centre car park. The Ninesprings area of the Park consists of 40 acres of wooded valleys, open parkland, grottos, springs, streams, waterfalls and lakes. Ideal for strolling through, Ninesprings also has a fully equipped children’s play area. Telephone (01935) 462462 or visit www.southsomersetcountryside.com. Yeovil Golf Club BA21 5BW This 18-hole course has fantastic views and is situated off the A30 to the East of the Town. There is also a 9 hole pay and play course. Telephone (01935) 422965. TOW EOVIL N F.C Yeovil Town Football Club BA22 8YF Y . Football fans are welcome to Huish Park stadium to watch our nationally famous Yeovil Town Football Club in action. Telephone 01935 423662 for fixture information or go to www.ytfc.net.

Yeovil Recreation Centre and Athletics Arena BA21 4AW ACHIEVE BY UNITY The top outdoor sport and recreation venue in South Somerset. From a relaxing picnic on the wide open spaces to an adventure on the Flagship Playspace you can spend all day at the Rec. Whilst you’re here why not have a round of Golf on the Pitch & Putt or Mini Golf course? If that’s all too much, take a break and relax with some refreshments from our Galley kiosk. For young adventurers the exciting Flagship Play space has used the ideas of local young people to create an amazing play space including tree house walkways, a shipwreck, skull and snake themed tunnel slides and a zipline. We also have a top class Artificial Grass Pitch and Athletics Arena which are available to book. To find out more about the Rec, including up to date opening times, visit www.facebook.com/YeovilRec or call 01935 462616. Yeo Leisure Park BA20 1NP Multiplex cinema, ten-pin bowling, health and fitness suite. Located in Old Station Road, just off the Town Centre.

30 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Jungle, Jungle BA22 8RP Specially designed children’s indoor activity centre and play area at Artillery Road, Lufton, Yeovil. Telephone 01935 433833 or visit www.junglejungle.co.uk. Rug Ratz BA21 3AR Children’s indoor play centre in the Abbey Hill industrial estate. Telephone 01935 476989. Milford Hall BA21 4QD Modern refurbished hall and meeting room available for community use. Telephone 01935 382424 or e- mail [email protected] for details. Monmouth Hall BA21 5NP Hall situated off Monmouth Road, available for community use. Telephone 01935 382424 or e-mail [email protected] for details. St Michael’s Hall BA21 5AG A refurbished popular venue for soft play and trampoline parties. Also extensively used for gymnastics and trampoline coaching. Please contact Goldenstones Leisure Centre on 01935 845888 for details. Milford Adventure Playground and Skate Park BA21 4QD Children’s adventure play area incorporating skate park and multi-use games area. Newly improved. Yew Tree Adventure Playground and Skate Park BA20 2PY The play area, which is located off Lysander Road/Forest Hill, has been extensively refurbished and now includes a timber fort, aerial zip wire, wigwams, extra high slide and buddy swing. There is also a skate park and basketball area.

St Michael’s Academy catering for children in Year 3 – 6 01935 423863 • www.stmichaelsacademy.co.uk St Michael’s Academy, Grass Royal, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 4JW

Every child who joins us is an individual, and we strive to provide an education which not only ensures good academic outcomes but also prepares our youngsters for later life. We are very proud that as well as good results at the end of Key Stage 2 our pupils leave us fully prepared for the next stage of their education. They are well rounded, with good levels of self-confidence and ready to take on the challenges that lie ahead. It is our aim that all pupils are supported in order to achieve their full potential in an environment which is nurturing and supportive while at the same time exciting and challenging. If you are looking for a warm and friendly school where pupils are supported in order to achieve their full potential, then come and visit us. Come and see for yourself on one of our open days; 30th September and 1st October (2014 & 2015) “The school is well led and managed at all levels, with governors successfully supporting the principal's outstanding vision and decisive leadership. The opening of the school as an academy has been particularly well managed.” Ofsted report, June 2013

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 31 Events in and around Yeovil

Weekly Markets (Tuesdays & Fridays) Lower Middle Street, Yeovil Farmers’ Market (4th Saturday of the month) Middle Street, Yeovil Aldon Horse Trials (March) Aldon, Yeovil Mini Marathon (March) Around Yeovil Yeovil Beer Festival (April) Yeovil College Town Criers’ Competition (April) The Public Entertainments Area, Yeovil Abbey Hill Steam Rally (May) Yeovil Showground, Barwick Park Lufton Manor Summer Fete (May) Lufton, Yeovil Yeovil Country Park May Fayre (May) Ninesprings, Yeovil Royal Bath and West Show (May) Showground, Shepton Mallet Yeovilton Air Day (July) Fleet Air Arm Museum, nr. Ilchester Somerset Steam Spectacular (July) Low Ham, Langport SomerZest (August) Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Ham Hill Country Park Heritage Trail (September) Ham Hill, Stoke Sub Hamdon Yeovil Flower and Gardeners’ Market (September) Middle Street, Yeovil Buskfest (September) Town Centre, Yeovil Somerset Arts Week (September) All over Somerset Truckfest (September) Yeovil Showground Yeovil Literary Festival (September) In and around Yeovil Sherborne Literary Festival (October) In and around Sherborne Yeovil Lions Fireworks Spectacular (November) Yeovil Showground Yeovil Christmas Lights Switch On (November) Town Centre, Yeovil This is only a small sample of local periodic events. Full details of these may be obtained from the Tourist Information Centre, Petters House, Petters Way, Yeovil 01935 462781. Details of local events are available on www.yeoviltown.com

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32 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Town Criers’ Competition

Town Criers from far and wide come to Yeovil each year to keep up the ancient tradition of Crying and compete in the Annual Town Criers Open Competition. All are members of the Ancient and Honourable Guild and enjoy a fantastic day as guests of Yeovil Town Council providing a colourful and warm spectacle to entertain shoppers throughout the day as each competitor performs their home town Cry and a Cry of their own choice in the Public Entertainment Area in the presence of the Mayor and Mayoress. In April 2014 the 20th Anniversary of the Town Criers competition was celebrated and two Town Criers attended the event who were at the very first competition in 1994. The formal system of Town Criers dates back to the Middle Ages, when a reliable and trusted person with a clear, loud voice was required to keep citizens informed of matters of national and local importance. The historical significance of the Town Crier is greatly valued and is celebrated at this event, which brings colleagues together from all over the country.

4 Victoria Avenue, Chard, Somerset TA20 1HE Tel: 01460 65596 or find us at www.tpawards.co.uk SWAN THEATRE E-mail [email protected] The Swan Theatre is one of the great little theatres of the South West. The Swan Theatre Company presents 6 plays each year for Trophies Supplied & Glassware Supplied & Engraved 6-night runs. Plays include comedy, costume Engraved & serious drama. The Swan is run entirely by volunteers who are committed to maintaining MISSED ADVERTISING IN THIS its high standards and to extending a warm GUIDE & WANT TO ADVERTISE welcome to new members and audiences. B SPUBLISHING IN THE NEXT ONE? Other local theatre groups also perform at the the venue. Contact us on 01233 627274 or SWAN THEATRE 07917 654492 138 Park Street, Yeovil BA20 1QT Email: [email protected] Email us at Website: www.swan-theatre.co.uk [email protected] Telephone: 07500 376 031

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 33 34 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Yeovil District Hospital

Yeovil District Hospital is a high performing general hospital with 345 beds providing services including accident and emergency, intensive care, maternity, paediatrics, surgery, outpatients and therapies. The Trust also has a private patients’ facility, the Kingston Wing, which offers single en-suite rooms with a personal service in state-of-the-art clinical facilities. Each year, we see around 20,000 emergency admissions, 3,500 elective admissions, and 18,000 day cases. Around 46,000 people attend our accident and emergency department each year and around 2,000 babies are delivered in our maternity unit. Our intensive care unit looks after hundreds of people every year. In total we serve a population of around 185,000 people every year. Yeovil Hospital has its own registered charity and all the donations we receive are used to improve our facilities. As part of our Flying Colours Appeal, Yeovil Hospital Charity is currently fundraising for a new Special Care Baby Unit with more modern facilities and more space for families. If you would like to donate or help raise funds for your local hospital, please contact [email protected] or call us on 01935 383020. To find out more about the hospital go to www.yeovilhospital.nhs.uk

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YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 35 Secondary, Higher and Further Education

BUCKLER’S MEAD ACADEMY Buckler’s Mead Academy recently celebrated its 55th Anniversary and is looking forward to the next 55 years from a position of great strength and with ambitious plans. Top for Progress In 2013 we were the top 11-16 school or academy in Somerset for the progress our students make, from when they arrive to when they leave the academy. We have also been named as the 60th Most Improved School in England for our results 2011 – 2013. We have had a series of very positive OFSTED reports with Inspectors commenting on “many outstanding features …. Care, guidance and support of the students are outstanding …. Behaviour is good, Leadership and management are good.…. Excellent and well-targeted support for all students.” Two additional single subject/theme OFSTED inspections have both resulted in “outstanding” judgements! Investors in People At Buckler’s Mead we have a deeply founded belief that by appointing top quality staff and training and supporting them fully we are able to provide the very best education for our students. We are a seven times’ Investor in People – unique in Somerset – and are very proud of the quality of our staff and what they do for the students. Premises update We’ve invested almost £1.5 million in our premises in the last two years, with improved access, full double glazing, enhanced ICT facilities, new toilets, more study areas and an extended entrance. We are looking forward to starting the next phase this summer. Sports Development Project We have almost completed our £2million Sports Development Project in association with the English FA, who wish Buckler’s Mead to become a “Centre of Excellence”. This started in October 2009 when a fantastic new floodlit all weather pitch was opened, with subsequent phases of the project including multi surface play areas, new fitness studio, new pitches etc. Our link with the English FA provides a Centre of Excellence, not just for football but for sport in the Yeovil area. All in all, Buckler’s Mead continues to grow and develop. Already highly successful, we have ambitious plans for future progress. You are cordially invited to become part of that success story. Sara Gorrod, Headteacher

THE PARK SCHOOL – Fulfilling your child’s potential “The provision for children’s welfare is outstanding” – ISI Inspection The Park School remains rooted in its Christian foundation with traditional values of care and excellence and a creative, modern approach. We offer exceptional opportunities for girls and boys, ages 3 – 18, day or boarding from age 8. Children in our expanding ‘Saplings’ from the age of 3 thrive in our happy, purposeful environment where they can embark on a learning journey of adventure, exploration and fun. At The Park School children are encouraged to enquire, think independently, take on responsibilities and

36 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 so become equipped for the next stage in their lives. Our aim is to develop the full potential of each individual, achieving success through excellent teaching and encouraging personal talents and interests. We teach the traditional subjects favoured by Universities, with 100% pass rate at A-level for the eighth year running. Pastoral care is a real strength and boarders regard themselves as part of our happy, extended family. We would be very happy to show you around or arrange a ‘taster day’ for your child. For more information please visit www.parkschool.com “Our hopes and expectations have been far exceeded” – Parent We look forward to welcoming you. Jane Huntington - Headteacher

PRESTON SCHOOL – A Business & Enterprise Academy Preston School is a highly successful 11-16 Specialist Business and Enterprise Academy, judged by Ofsted (April 2012) as a good school with outstanding features. Our values are simple and clear. The most important person is the learner, who is central to all that happens. To achieve our motto ‘Excellence for all’, it is crucial for the learning process to be active, fun and adapted to suit all learners. The curriculum needs to be relevant to each individual and the outcomes from their time here must prepare them for life beyond the school.

Goldenstones Leisure Centre

Facilities Contemporary gym with membership journey Diverse GroupExercise programme Sauna / steam room Swimming pool / learner pool Swim school Birthday parties Children's holiday activities Friendly staff Regular events Great membership offers at competitive prices...

Give us a call on 01935 845888 or check out our website www.ledleisure.co.uk

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 37 As a Business & Enterprise Specialist Academy we have a special remit, to develop and share best practice in business and enterprise learning. Our curriculum and the associated learning experiences support the local economy in the following ways:- • Supporting business productivity • Encouraging new enterprise • Delivering skills for the economy • Competing in a global market • Promoting innovation To learn more about Preston School please visit our website (www.prestonschool.co.uk). Alternatively, please come and visit us – you will be made most welcome! Tony Bloxham, Principal

WESTFIELD ACADEMY At Westfield Academy, we see the qualities in each and every child. We want to ensure that all our students are happy and supported to fulfil their potential. We are also determined to be at the heart of the community, so that we can provide a really outstanding all-round education for young people in Yeovil and the surrounding villages. “A rapidly improving school” Described by Ofsted as “a rapidly improving school”, we occupy a green and attractive site where parents know that their children will be well looked after and encouraged to be the best they can be. We have an excellent record of academic achievement and a wide-ranging curriculum that provides opportunities for all students. New developments In the past few years, Westfield Academy has undertaken a process of rapid development that is already bringing enormous benefits to our students and the wider community. In the past year we have built a new music suite (comprising rehearsal rooms, recording studio and a Media suite), a dance studio, fully- refurbished sports hall and new catering facilities. We also benefited from Olympic funding in 2013 that has financed the development of a brand new floodlit and all-weather multi-use sports facility. Funding has also just been agreed for a floodlit, astroturf pitch, opening in Autumn 2014. A broad education Westfield is well-known for its wide-ranging and high quality extra-curricular programme. We strongly believe in providing a broad education for our students, which includes activity additional to the curriculum, including sport, outdoor activities and creative arts. Students also have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of activities and school trips which complement the curriculum including Barcelona Art Trip, Ski Trip, France and Chesil Beach. Last year, we have also launched our ‘International Links’ Programme, which will offer students the fantastic opportunity to take part in visits to our partner schools in India and China. Supportive learning environment We provide a supportive learning environment, with clear expectations of good behaviour and mutual respect. We want students to do well and achieve at the highest possible level, so that they are fully prepared for life after school. We are very proud of Westfield and would encourage you to come and visit us. Our students and staff would be very pleased to show you around and answer any questions you may have. For more information visit our website: www.westfieldacademy.co.uk or call 01935 423 747. Chris Hunt, Principal

38 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 YEOVIL COLLEGE Join the New Success Story… A new era has begun at Yeovil College, the area’s biggest provider of Apprenticeships and Further and Higher Education courses. With the arrival of new principal, John Evans, the College is entering a new phase of development and progress which will see it reassert itself as the destination of choice for people of all ages. Over 5000 Students can’t be wrong! Already, more than 5000 students choose to study at Yeovil College and the University Centre Yeovil each year, completing a wide range of qualifications which will help them progress towards success in their chosen careers. From introductory courses to Master’s degrees, Yeovil College can offer something for everyone, providing the whole community with relevant and valuable personal development opportunities. Develop the Skills Employers Really Want Working with over 700 regional, national and international employers and the local community, Yeovil College constantly reviews its courses, regularly introducing new qualifications, including Apprenticeships, A Levels, vocational courses, degrees and professional training. As a result, at Yeovil College you can gain the skills and personal attributes you will need in your future career. An Inspiring Place to Learn and Grow Students are supported by an enthusiastic and dedicated team of teaching and support staff, all focussed on working for students so that they can achieve their goals. As well as a professional and highly qualified lecturing staff, the College can boast an award-winning Student Support team. The College is proud to have accreditations including Healthy FE College status, the Department of Health’s ‘You’re Welcome’ award and the Buttle UK quality mark.

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 39 Modern, Professional Learning Environment Recent developments including the Leonardo Building for Art, Media, Graphic Design, Photography and Engineering, the Nexus Hair and Beauty salons, Da Vinci Restaurant extension and A Level Academy are just the beginning. With the creation of a brand new Construction Skills Centre and an enrichment centre, which joins other communal areas such as the Renaissance Refectory, Yeovil College is continuing its ongoing programme of improvements to learner resources and facilities. 98% of Students Recommend Yeovil College So what are you waiting for? Find the right course for you at www.yeovil.ac.uk. John Evans, Principal

UNIVERSITY CENTRE YEOVIL The University Centre Yeovil has been Yeovil’s only dedicated provider of Higher Education for more than 10 years. In that time, more than 3000 people have graduated from the University Centre with the skills and knowledge they need to make a valuable contribution to both the community and the economy and have a successful working life. At its campus on Preston Road, students take a wide range of high quality courses, including Honours degrees, HNDs, Higher Apprenticeships, industry- standard professional qualifications and Master’s degrees. The friendly and supportive learning environment means students excel and achieve excellent results that stand them in good stead for the future. Find out more at www.ucy.ac.uk.

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40 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Fire Safety Advice

• Imagine waking up to the smell of smoke • Imagine seeing your home filling with thick black clouds • Imagine seeing flames destroying your possessions and blocking your escape You can prevent most fires in the home by being aware of the dangers that will help you avoid the risks of a fire starting. If you feel that you would like some more advice or if feel you have specific risks within your property call us on 0800 7311 822 to talk about the possibility of a home safety visit by Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service personnel. Remember, if a fire breaks out in your home always get out, stay out, and call 999

Situated in the heart of Yeovil, the Mermaid Hotel offers old world charm combined with every modern facility. Originally a fifteenth century coaching inn, The Mermaid Hotel retains its character, especially in the spacious bars & split level restaurant. 14 comfortable bedrooms all centrally heated, with colour television & refreshment facilities. Our attractive licensed restaurant in Yeovil offers A la carte menus with an excellent selection of hot or cold snacks & meals, readily available in our open plan bar. Our Carvery is freshly cooked & served daily from 12 - 2.30pm. We have live music every Saturday & karaoke every thursday The Mermaid Hotel, Yeovil is situated in the heart of Somerset, ideal for holidays in Somerset area. High Street, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1RE T: 01935 423151 F: 01935 473137 E: [email protected] W: www.mermaidhotelyeovil.co.uk

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 41 Local Information

AMBULANCE SERVICE John Preddy Co Ltd Non-Emergency 111 Preston Grove 01935 433971 Emergency 999 Day Lewis Pharmacy 72 Hendford 01935 423393 ANIMAL WELFARE RSPCA Penn Hill Pharmacy (24 hrs.) 0300 1234999 9 South Street 01935 706604 Co-operative Pharmacy BANKS 67 St John's Road 01935 421768 Santander Superdrug Stores plc 17 Vicarage Street 0845 7654321 15 High Street 01935 422829 Barclays King George Street 0845 7555555 CHURCHES & RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS TSB Baptist King George St 01935 475588 Yeovil Baptist Church Halifax South Street 01935 434404 King George Street 01935 640108 Lloyds Church of England 9 High Street 0845 3000000 St John’s Church HSBC Town Centre 01935 427745 1 Middle Street 0845 7404404 St James Church Natwest Preston Road 01935 414097 2 Hendford 0845 6002803 St Peter Church Nationwide Coronation Avenue 01935 429398 36 Middle Street 0845 2660420 Yeovil Community Church The Gateway CHAMBER OF TRADE AND COMMERCE Addlewell Lane 01935 433146 5 Coronation Avenue Holy Trinity Church Secretary, Gina Farnborough 01935 804 999 Lysander Road 01935 415266 United Reformed Church CHEMISTS Princes Street 01935 411302 Abbey Pharmacy The Forum,Abbey Manor Park 01935 478243 Roman Catholic Boots Church of the Holy Ghost 37 Middle Street 01935 426673 Higher Kingston 01935 423549

42 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 Methodist Church CREMATORIUM 01935 476718 Vicarage Street 01935 432173 ELECTRICITY Other (Emergencies) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Western Power Distribution 0800 365900 Day Saints, Forest Hill 01935 426817 Southern Electric Power Distribution Elim Pentecostal Church 08000 727282 Southville 01935 429214 Jehovah’s Witness FIRE SERVICE Kingdom Hall, Eastland Road 01935 431902 Reckleford 01935 382000 South Somerset Muslim Cultural Emergency 999 Association and Yeovil Mosque, Westminster Street 01935 412685 FLOODLINE 0845 9881188

CINEMA GAS SERVICE Cineworld Emergencies 0800 111999 Advance Booking 0871 200 2000 EDUCATION CITIZENS’ADVICE BUREAU Primary (Age range 4-11 years) See Welfare Birchfield 01935 427609 St Michaels’s Academy 01935 423863 CEMETERY 01935 423742 Holy Trinity C of E 01935 472902

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 43 Huish 01935 474984 HEALTH CENTRES, HOSPITALS Milford Infants 01935 475426 AND CLINICS Milford Junior 01935 474477 NHS Direct 111 Preston C of E 01935 474538 Hendford Lodge Medical Reckleford Infant & Nursery 01935 475938 Centre 01935 470200 St Gildas RC 01935 423630 Penn Hill Surgery St Nicholas Close 01935 470800 Secondary Schools Preston Grove Medical Centre 01935 474353 Bucklers Mead Academy 01935 424454 Yeovil District Hospital Preston Academy 01935 471131 Higher Kingston 01935 475122 Westfield Academy 01935 423747 Yeovil Health Centre (Boots) 37 Middle Street 01935 709269 Special Schools/ Special Needs Centre LAW COURTS Fairmead 01935 421295 County Court, Hendford 01935 382150 Fiveways 01935 476227 Magistrates Court, Petter's Way 01935 426281 Further and Higher Education LIBRARIES Lufton Manor College 01935 403120 Yeovil Library Yeovil College 01935 423921 King George Street 0845 3459177 University Centre Yeovil 01935 845454 Sunningdale Branch Library Monmouth Road 0845 3459177 Independent Music & Drama Library Park School 01935 423514 King George Street 01935 472020 Reference Library GOVERNMENT King George Street 0845 3459177 DEPARTMENTS Local Offices MARKETS Jobcentre Plus General: Federated House, Hendford 0845 6043719 Lower Middle Street Registrar of Births, (Tuesdays and Fridays) 07973725913 Deaths and Marriages, Farmers: Maltravers House Upper Middle Street Petters Way 01935 411230 (4th Saturday of the month) HM Revenue & Customs 0845 0109000 www.somersetfarmersmarkets.co.uk/markets/ Valuation Office Agency yeovil Quantock House, Paul Street Taunton 01823 308200 VAT Enquiries 0300 2003700

GUEST HOUSES/HOTELS Details available from the Tourist Information Centre 01935 462781

HOUSING (Social Rented) 01935 462462 Flagship Play Area Picnic

44 YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 MEMBER OF VOLUNTEERS PARLIAMENT South Somerset Association for Voluntary David Laws MP & Community Action SSVCA Liberal Democrat Office (Community Transport) 5 Church Street 01935 423284 Yeovil Business Centre Houndstone 01935 475914 MUSEUM OF SOUTH (Voluntary Sector Support) SOMERSET Petter’s House, Petter’s Way 01935 475914 Community Heritage Access Centre WATER By Appointment 01935 462855 Emergencies 0845 600 4600

POLICE WELFARE SERVICES & ADVICE Avon & Somerset Constabulary CENTRES Somerset East District Citizens' Advice Bureau Horsey Lane 101 40-42 Hendford 01935 421167 Emergency 999 Age UK 0800 169 87 87 Neighbourhood Watch 101 Somerset Skills & Learning Dolphin House, POST OFFICE 21 Henford 01935 420067 Delivery/Sorting Office Samaritans 103 Huish 0845 57740740 24 Hour Service 0845 790 9090 Enquiries 0845 722 3344 Yeovil Children’s Centre 01935 848942 SOUTH SOMERSET DISTRICT COUNCIL YEOVIL SHOPMOBILITY 01935 420889 Council Offices Brympton Way 01935 462462 YEOVIL TOWN COUNCIL Town House, 19 Union Street, BA20 1PQ SOUTH SOMERSET Town Clerk – Alan Tawse 01935 382424 DISABILITY FORUM 20 South Street 01935 706766

SWIMMING POOL Goldenstones Pools and Leisure Centre, Brunswick Street 01935 845888

THEATRES Octagon Theatre (Box Office) 01935 422884 Swan Theatre, Park Street (Box Office) 07500 376031

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE 01935 462781 The Octagon Theatre

YEOVIL TOWN GUIDE 2014-2015 45 A-Z of Sport & Leisure

ATHLETICS: Yeovil Olympiads Athletics Club: 01935 433388 BADMINTON: Aerosystems Badminton Club: 01935 443095 Wessex Wanderers Badminton Club: 01935 415315 Yeovil Shuttlebusters: 07890 902005 Yeovil Westlands Badminton Club: 01935 705260 Shuttlebusters Badminton Club: 0789092005 BASKETBALL: MARTIAL ARTS: Yeovil Jets Basketball Club: 07850766909 Panthers Martial Arts Academy: 01935 426753 Somerset Karate: 01935 428286 BOWLS AND BOWLING: Yokai Karate Do: 01935 423749 East Coker Short Mat Bowls Club: 01935 864174 Yeovil Judokai: 01935 420638 Odcombe Short Mat Bowls Club: 01935 862861 Yeovil Tae Kwon Do: 07851538458 Yeovil Bowls and Squash Club: 01935 474142 NETBALL: BOXING: Stanchester Netball Club: 01935 825430 Yeovil Amateur Boxing Club: 01935 479794 RUGBY: CANOEING: Ivel Barbarians Rugby Club: 01935 432052 Sutton Bingham Canoe Club: [email protected] RUNNING: CRICKET: Yeovil Town Road Running Club: 07728161164 Hardington and West Coker: 01935 445310 Westlands Sports Cricket Club: 07970111928 SAILING: Sutton Bingham Sailing Club: 01935 862933 CYCLING: Blackmore Vale and Yeo Valley SQUASH: Cyclists Touring Club: 01258 821233 Westlands Squash Club: 07976517088 Yeovil Cycling Club: 01935 434026 SWIMMING: DANCE: Yeovil and District Swimming Club: 07738445309 Helen Laxton School of Dance: 01935 863865 TABLE TENNIS: Yeovil Sequence Dance Club: 01935 415520 Westlands Table Tennis Club: 01935 479669 DISABLED SPORTS: TENNIS: Yeovil Apollo Swimming Club: 01935 479992 Yeovil Tennis Club: 01935 389868 FOOTBALL: TOWN TWINNING: Lufton College of FE: 01935 403120 Secretary: 07795 913868 Westlands Sports FC: 07977102799 Yeovil-Normalair RSL FC: 01935 420254 VOLLEYBALL: Yeovil Volleyball Club: 01935 479603 GYMNASTICS: Jumping Beans Pre School Gym Club: 01935 429012 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Orchard Gymnastics: 01935 425682 Yeovil has a wealth of Clubs, Societies, Organisations, Society and Community Associations HEALTH WALKS and Support Groups and much has been omitted from Abbey Manor Walking Group: 07717 893749 this guide due to lack of space. Full details can be Yeovil Health Walks: 07812 049678 obtained from the SSVCA (01935 475914), Yeovil HOCKEY: Library (0845 345 9177) or South Somerset District Yeovil and Sherborne Hockey Club: 01749 813301 Council (01935 462462).

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