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WELCOME TO YEOVIL

Darren Shutler, 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 and newly upgraded health services, and fantastic educational facilities. Yeovil is home to AgustaWestland plc (Leonardo Helicopters) one of the world’s major helicopter manufacturers, 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 to Yeovil Town Football Club, Yeovil Barbarians Rugby Club, and Yeovil Golf Club which offers the choice of playing 9 or 18 hole course. There are many other sporting facilities available which can be found on pages 30-34. For visitors with limited mobility we haveYeovil 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 22. For the theatre goer why not look at the great shows on offer at the Swan Theatre who stage their own productions and local amateur shows? Alternatively, the Octagon Theatre presents a full programme throughout the year including drama, concerts, comedy, opera and pantomimes. Blue plaques can be seen on numerous historical buildings around the town and a free leaflet highlighting the location of each plaque and the associated history can be found at the Town Council Offices, Tourist Information Centre and Yeovil Library (page 14). Within minutes from the town centre you can be in tranquil surroundings in our award winning Yeovil Country Park (page 20-21). You can be sure of a warm welcome in Yeovil and I hope you will find this guide useful when planning your visit.

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Contents

G G Welcome to Yeovil ...... 3 G G A Mini-History ...... 6 G G Town Council ...... 10 G G Historic Plaques ...... 14 G G Yeovil Town Team ...... 14 G G Yeovil Town Council Allotments ...... 15 G G Yeovil in Bloom ...... 18 G G Chamber of Trade and Commerce ...... 19 G G Yeovil Country Park ...... 20 G G Economic Development ...... 21 G G Access For All ...... 22 G G Yeovil Shopmobility ...... 22 G G Yeovil Maps ...... 23-25 G G Street Index ...... 26-27 G G Attractions in South Somerset ...... 29 G G Things to do in and around Yeovil ...... 30 G G Events in and around Yeovil ...... 35 G G Super Saturday ...... 37 G G Mace Bearer to the Mayor ...... 37 G G Town Criers’ Competition ...... 38 G G Yeovil District Hospital ...... 38 G G Secondary, Higher and Further Education ...... 39 G G Fire Safety Advice ...... 42 G G Local Information ...... 43

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/Rachael 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, Manny Roper and Matt King Wildside Photography for the generous use of their photographs. TOWN TWINNING

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 01935 873979 or email [email protected] COMUNE DI SAMARATE Copyright 2014: SB Publishing, 17 Abbey Way, Willesborough, Ashford, Kent TN24 0HY Tel: 01233 627274 • Email: [email protected] • Website: www.sbpublishing.net

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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 may 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

6 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK Butchers’ Shambles c1830 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 in Yeovil 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 the First. 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. 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 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 of Yeovil’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

WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 7 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 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’ are available to see in the Community Heritage Access Centre (details on page 31) 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 Leonardo* 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 Leonardo* 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 ofYeovil 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 of Yeovil, 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, however, 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.

The Riot Jug - now in the custody of the Town Council

8 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK Post-war projects also gave Yeovil a new dual carriageway through the town centre to meet the heavy demands of motorised traffic, a new pedestrianised shopping centre with multi-storey car park, a college of further and higher education, a purpose built police station and many new housing areas to meet its continued population growth. With the invention of the helicopter (1947), the Leonardo* 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 with 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. Of necessity, this is a shortened version of Yeovil’s history. Further details may be obtained from Yeovil Public Library (0300 123 2224) in King George Street, which has an extensive local history section. Another source of information is theYeovil Archaeological and Local History Society – contact details may also be obtained from the public library. A useful section on Yeovil’s history may be viewed at www.yeovil.gov.uk. For fascinating displays of Yeovil’s history, a visit to the Community Heritage Access Centre is a must. Visits by appointment only – for more information telephone 01935 462855.

* formerly known as the Westland, then AgustaWestland site A J Wakely & Sons Family Funeral Directors 33 Sparrow Road, Yeovil • Tel: 01935 479913 Website: www.ajwakely.com 24 hr Service, Jaguar Cortege Contact Clive Wakely Dp. FD. M.B.I.E. for advice and consultation GOLDEN CHARTER Pre-Paid Funeral Plans GUARANTEED ACCEPTANCE FIXED PRICE PEACE OF MIND

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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 to an end in 1974 when local government was re-organised and the Borough Council was abolished. 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 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.

10 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 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 Yeovil Town Mace about what’s going on in Yeovil and also has information and contact details of local voluntary and community organisations.

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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 using our newly extended outdoor facilities and various extra-curricular clubs including; Sports, Art and Music. We also provide on-site healthy cooked food for our children. 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 taking children from 2 years upwards. Our School Hall and other rooms are available for hire. For further details please visit our website or contact the Head Teacher. 01935 427609 www.birchfieldprimaryschool.co.uk Birchfield Road, Yeovil, Somerset, BA21 5RL

WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 11 The Town House also includes an illuminated museum display, which gives visitors a free opportunity to learn more about Yeovil’s fascinating history. The display changes from time to time and has included an exhibition to commemorate the centenary of World War 1 and the centenary of Westland Aircraft Works. During 2016 the collection will include artifacts relating to “Crime and Justice in Yeovil”. Anyone wishing to learn more about the way the Town Council operates is welcome to visit the Council’s Offices 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 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. • 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 and Yeovil Cemetery, of which the Town Council is the principal owner. • Planning The Town Council is consulted on all planning applications within the Town area and this Committee makes recommendations to the District Council as the local Planning Authority. • 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, including Yeovil in Bloom, the Annual Flower and Gardeners’ Market (now part of Super Saturday - see page 37), 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.

YEOVIL YOUTH COUNCIL As a part of a drive to encourage more young people to play a part in the democratic process, the Town Council supports a Yeovil Youth Council, which has been allocated an annual budget of £1,400 to help it achieve its aims and objectives.

12 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 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 the status of young people in Yeovil • Involvement in the organisation of special events for young people in Yeovil • Seeking to further understanding between group of young people in the Town All the Community Schools in Yeovil and Yeovil College are represented on the Youth Council. Once appointed, members meet on a monthly basis at Town House. Representatives are aged between 12 and 19 and are elected by their fellow students to serve on their behalf. Elections are held at least every two years. A new Youth Council will be elected in the Autumn Term of 2016 which will follow a similar format to how members of the Town Council are elected. The Youth Council have been involved in a number of projects in the past. These include: • Securing funding from Yeovil Recreation Charity for new ramps at Yew Tree Skate Park; • Designing and distributing a survey of young people about their shopping and leisure preferences; • Organising a collection of toys to distribute amongst children at the Yeovil Women’s Refuge and those staying at the Children’s Ward at Yeovil District Hospital. If you would like more information, please contact Yeovil Town Council on 01935 382424

YOUTH SERVICES IN YEOVIL A Youth Services Review Steering Group was formed in 2012 to deal with the shortage in the provision of youth services within Yeovil. This Group now consists of Yeovil Town Council and Yeovil Without Parish Council. Somerset Rural Youth Project are contracted to provide youth services within Yeovil in the form of Youth Clubs and follow up youth work in the communities of Westfield and Milford. If you would like more information, please contact Yeovil Town Council on 01935 382424

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HISTORIC PLAQUES

To help Yeovil celebrate the Millennium, the Plaque at Pen Mill Town Council affixed historic “blue” plaques Railway Station 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 and is the former residence and dental surgery of William Hunt and his son William Alfred, 19th century pioneers in the use of dental anaesthetics. The premises are still used as a dental surgery today. In 2013, 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.

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 action ways of promoting and improving the Town Centre. Under the badge of ‘Love Yeovil’ the Town Team are the driving force behind a number of high profile events promoting the Town Centre, particularly the annual Christmas lights switch on and lantern parade. The Town Team also play an active role in enhancing the Town Centre in other ways, such as improving the street scene and community safety. The Town Team works particularly closely with Yeovil Chamber of Trade, Yeovil One, Yeovil Vision, the Western Gazette, Quedam Centre, Yeovil Town Council and South Somerset District Council.

14 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK YEOVIL TOWN COUNCIL ALLOTMENTS

Yeovil Town Council has approximately 320 allotment plots on the following 11 sites across the town:

Elizabeth Flats Entrance gate on Chelston Avenue near Elizabeth Flats Goar Knap Path to side of pub in Great Western Terrace Gate off car park belonging to children’s nursery, Hillcrest St Michael’s Avenue Larkhill Between 19-21 Springfield Road Entrance off Milford Road near junction with Milford Dip Goldcroft/Sparrow Road Monksdale Along trackway beside Royal Standard Pub in Larkhill Road Newtown Entrance between 26-28 Chelston Avenue Rustywell Path to the rear of Rustywell Caravan Park off Lysander Road St Georges Path between 114/116 Milford Road Sunningdale Into Hathermead Gardens and first turning on left Turners Barn Lane Path off Turners Barn Lane

The benefits of having an allotment include: good source of fresh fruit and vegetables, and therefore a healthy diet less contact with pesticides etc if you grow organically opportunity to spend time outside enjoying nature sense of achievement and well-being giving your mind something positive to focus on chance to learn reduction in stress chance to escape the pressures of modern living helps community spirit and offers an opportunity to meet people from all walks of life environment benefits by providing green spaces and wildlife habitats gardening is a good form of exercise a chance for children to learn where food comes from

Who is eligible for an allotment? Any resident of the Civil Parish of Yeovil Town is eligible to become a tenant of an allotment garden provided he/she resides within this Parish for the duration of the tenancy. A plan indicating the town boundary and allotment site locations is available on request.

For further information or to discuss allotments, please telephone 01935 382424 or email [email protected]

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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 Britain in Bloom South West competition involves contributions from local businesses, schools, residents,Yeovil Country Park 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 Gold in the Britain in Bloom South West Competition in 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2015 . This represents a fantastic effort by the residents of Yeovil including the shops and companies in the town who sponsor hanging baskets and roundabouts and to the residents who enter the Yeovil in Bloom Competition. 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, tend 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.

18 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK YEOVIL CHAMBER OF TRADE & COMMERCE Yeovil Chamber promotes commerce and business opportunities in and around theYeovil area, representing the interests of over 130 local member businesses from all sectors of industry, and ranging in size from one-person enterprises, up to major employers. Good working relationships with local & regional government bodies and major stakeholders in the business community, coupled with a wide and diverse range of high-quality, informative networking events allow Yeovil Chamber to deliver unrivalled support for members, businesses, and the wider business community. Yeovil Chamber is included in the local decision-making process, and is the natural ‘go-to’ organisation for the Yeovil business community. Benefits of Chamber membership: • Regular networking events. Socialise and exchange ideas and opinions with other like-minded business people. • Strong single voice to lobby for local, regional and national issues. • Representing the concerns of business to people who can make positive change. • Access to informed advice. Regular e-communications. Social media presence and distribution. • A wide range of discounted member services. For more information, including the facility to join online, please go to www.yeovilchamber.org, or email [email protected]

Yeovil Tourist Information Centre We can help you with … • Local and national tourist information SWAN THEATRE • Somewhere to stay – both locally and nationwide • Ideas for things to do – days out, attractions and The Swan Theatre is one of the great little events discount vouchers available theatres of the South West. The Swan Theatre • Tickets agents for:- Company presents 6 plays each year for - Berry’s Coaches to London 6-night runs. Plays include comedy, costume - National Express & serious drama. The Swan is run entirely by - South West Coaches daytrips/holidays volunteers who are committed to maintaining • Advance discount tickets for local events its high standards and to extending a warm including no booking fee:- welcome to new members and audiences. - Royal Bath & West Show - Yeovilton Air Day Other local theatre groups - Sherborne Country Fair also perform at the venue. - Dorset Steam Fair • Range of souvenirs SWAN THEATRE Open: Monday - Friday 9.00am - 4.00pm (All Year) 138 Park Street, Yeovil BA20 1QT Yeovil Tourist Information Centre, Email: [email protected] Petters House, Petters Way, Yeovil, Somerset BA20 1SH Website: www.swan-theatre.co.uk Tel : (01935) 462781 Email : [email protected] Telephone: 07500 376 031 www.discoversouthsomerset.com

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YEOVIL COUNTRY PARK

COURTESY OF MATT KING WILDSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY Kingfisher at Ninesprings “Opportunities to enjoy and conserve wildlife and countryside” Each day many people make the five minute 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. A good starting point is the Ninesprings Centre located in Goldenstones car park where Park information and leaflets, can be found as well as public toilets and the Ninesprings Café. There is a cycleway along the old railway lines and in Ninesprings there is an easy access trail with gentler gradients, improved paths and wide kissing gates. A diverse range of public events and activities take place throughout the year, details of which can be found at www.southsomersetcountryside.com Whilst out and about in the Country Park look out for: • Kingfishers and herons on the lake at Ninesprings • Green and great spotted woodpeckers in the woodlands and meadow • Badgers and roe deer in the quieter areas of Riverside Walk • Otters and water voles in Dodham Brook and the River Yeo • Woodland plants in the spring including bluebells, primroses, wood anemones and ramsons.

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20 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK The Ranger Team The Country Park has a small but dedicated ranger team. You will often see them out and about across the site. The rangers are incredibly knowledgeable 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. Contact Information South Somerset District Council, Countryside Service 01935 462462, [email protected] www.southsomersetcountryside.com Find us on Facebook ‘Yeovil Country Park’ or follow us on Twitter @SSDCCountryside

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The next few years look set to be promising for the Yeovil Economy. Road improvements have commenced on both the Western and Eastern Yeovil Corridors as part of a £14million programme of works. As well as increasing the capacity of major junctions and improving traffic flow, the Eastern and Western Corridor schemes are essential to support Yeovil’s economic growth and are necessary to allow major developments to go ahead, including planned housing growth and redevelopment of the town centre. The Yeovil Innovation Centre continues to go from strength to strength as it generates a steady stream of new and successful businesses. Due to its considerable success, plans are progressing for the development of a second phase of the building on the land adjacent to phase one. This project will help us to create valuable investment in the Yeovil economy and help us to create more employment opportunities within the high-tech sector. The Council supported the Western Gazette’s ‘Next Generation’ campaign to highlight opportunities for education, training and careers in Somerset. 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.

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ACCESS FOR ALL

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.accessforall.solutions www.facebook.com/accessforallsolutions Access for All actively promotes equality of opportunity and we challenge discrimination. We provide services such as access reviews for public places, disability awareness workshops and equality training. We 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, as well as working with the NHS, Police and Fire Departments. Our volunteers 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. From time to time we seek new volunteers to assist us with projects. If you are interested in the work that we do we would be pleased to meet you.

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 lends 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

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STREET INDEX

A30 A4/B4 Camborne Place F3 Downleaze A4 Hawkins Way A1 A3088 A3 Camborne Street F2/F3 Drake Road F1 Hawthorn Road F2 Abbey Road B2 Cambridge Close B2/B3 Earle Street E3 Heather Road E1/E2 Abbotts Mead B2 Carisbrooke Gardens C3/D3 Eastland Road E2/E3 Hendford Grove D3 Abbots Way B1/B2 Cavalier Close F1 Eastville E2/E3 Hendford Hill C4/D4 Acer Drive B1 Cavalier Way F1 Eighteen Acre Lane A1/A2 Hendford D3 Addlewell Lane D3/D4 Cecil Street D3/E3 Eliotts Drive B1/C1 Herblay Close F2 Akeman Close B1 Cedar Grove C2 Elliot Close D2 Hertford Road F1 Albert Close C1 Central Acre D3 Elmhurst Avenue E1 High Lea D1/E1 Alder Grove B4 Central Road D3/E3 Elmleigh B2 High Street D3 Aldondale Gardens D3/D4 Century Park B3 Enterprise Mews A4 Higher Kingston D2/D3 Alexandra Road F2 Charles Road E2/F2 Erica Close E1/F1 Higher Ream Park A2 Alistair Close C1 Charleton Close F2/F3 Ermine Street B1 Highfield Road E2 Alistair Drive C1 Chatsworth Road F1 Everton Road D3 Highland Court D2 Allingham Road E1 Chelston Avenue E1/E2 Evesham Avenue A2 Hill View E3 Allington Close A1 Chepstow Court F2 Fairmead Road E1 Hillcrest Close E2 Arundel Road F2 Cherry Tree Drive B4 Felix Place D3 Hillcrest Road E2 Ashford Grove D1 Chestnut Drive C4 Ferndale Gardens B2 Hillgrove Avenue C4 Ashmeade A4 Chilton Grove D1 Fielding Road E2 Hillingdon Court A1 Athelney Way B1 Christopher Close C2 Flax Way A1 Hillbourne Gardens A2 Avon Close E2 Church Street D3 Flushing Meadow F3 Hillside Terrace E3 Bakehouse Mews C3 Clarence Street D3 Folly Fields D1 Holly Tree Walk C4 Balidon Place B4 Clarence Terrace D3/E3 Forde Park A1 Home Drive B2 Balmoral Road F2 Clifton Close F2 Forest Hill B4/C4 Hood Road F1 Barlynch Court B2 College Green D2 Fosse Close B1 Horsey Lane C3 Barnet Close C1 Collingwood Road F1 Fosse Way B1 Horton Close B2 Bartletts Park B3 Colmer Road D2 Fountains Close B1 Houndstone Close A2 Beaconfield Road B4 Combe Close D1 Foxcote A4 Howard Road F2 Beaulieu Drive B2 Combe Gardens D1 Foxes Rest B1 Hudson Road F1 Bedford Road F1 Combe Park C1 Freedom Avenue B1/B2 Huish Gardens C3 Beech Wood B4/C4 Combe Street Lane C1/D1 Friars Avenue B1 Huish C3/D3 Beer Street C3 Coniston Gardens D1 Frobisher Road F1 Hundred Stone Close D1/E1 Bell Chase A2/B3 Constable Close F1 Gainsborough Way F1 Hyde Court A1 Berkeley Court C3 Cook Road F1 Garrett Court A3/A4 Ilchester Road C1/B1/B2 Berkeley Road C3 Cooksons Orchard C3 Garrett Road B4 Ivel Court E3 Bicknell Gardens E1 Coppice Close A4 Gazelle Road B3/B4 Ivy Walk C4 Birchdale A4 Copse Road A1 Gilbert Road F1 Jellicoe Road F1 Birchfield Road E1/F1 Coronation Avenue C1 Givele Close E1 Juniper Close C4 Blenheim Road F1 Court Ash Terrace D3 Glastonbury Court B2 Kenmore Drive D2 Bluebell Road A2 Court Ash D3 Glenthorne Avenue D1/E1 Kiddles E3 Bond Street D3 Court Gardens B1/C1 Glenville Road E2 King Arthur Drive B1 Boundary Close C1 Coverdale Court C2 Glovers Court C3 King George Street D3 Bowleaze B2 Crofton Avenue E2 Glovers Mews E3 King Street D2/E2 Braggchurch Lane D4 Crofton Court D2/D3 Goldcroft D2/E2/E3 Kingsland Grange A1 Brimsmore C1 Crofton Park D2/E2 Gordon Road E2 Kingston D2 Brinsop Crescent D1/D2/E1 Crofton Road D2 Grass Royal E2 Kingston View D2 Broad Leaze A2 Cromwell Road F2/F3 Great Corner A2 Labernum Way A4/B4 Brook Close B1 Cunningham Road F1 Great Western Terrace E3/F3 Larkhill Road B1/B2 Brunswick Street D3 Cyprus Drive B4 Green Mead A2 Larkspur Crescent B1 Brympton Way A3 Dale Court E2 Green Quarry D2 Latimer Lodge C2 Buckland Road F2 Dampier Street E3 Greenhill Road E2/F2 Lea Close E1 Bucklers Mead Road E1 Danielsfield Road C4 Greenwood Road B1 Legion Road C2 Bunford Hollow A4 Derwent Gardens F2 Grove Avenue C2/C3 Lime Kiln A2 Bunford Lane A2/A3 Derwent Way A1/A2 Guinevere Close B1 Lime Tree Avenue B4 Burroughes Avenue C2 Dodham Crescent C3 Harbin Close F3 Linden Road C3 Cabot Road F1 Dorchester Road C4 Harbour A2 Lingfield Avenue E2 Camborne Grove F3 Dore Close A1 Hallett Gardens C3 Lockwood Court C1

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

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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 and 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 summer air-show, and nearby the Fleet Air Arm Memorial Church and military cemetery. Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford boasts the UK’s largest exhibition of the greatest cars from around the world with over 400 amazing cars and bikes from nostalgic classics of the 50s and 60s. The venue also has exhibition areas and conferencing/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 owned by the National Trust 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

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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 & L EISURE 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, the centre gives a sense of community and belonging to our customers. From the Teen Gym session for children aged 14-15, to the Centre Bootcamp and 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. 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.

30 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK COMMUNITY HERITAGE ACCESS CENTRE BA22 8RP – Y EOVIL ’S HISTORY CENTRE

The Community Heritage Access Centre at Lufton, Yeovil stores objects and photographs concerning Yeovil and South Somerset’s history. The objects range from Roman mosaics and other archaeology to a costume collection dating from the eighteenth century, a firearms collection, riot jugs, Angel Inn Panel and everything to do with the history of gloving. We even have Queen Victoria’s hat, stockings and chemise. The earliest photograph in the collection dates from the 1860s and was taken from outside the present day Beales looking down towards the Octagon Theatre 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 of objects and photographs of the local area are gratefully received. For further information telephone: 01935 462855 or 01935 462886. Email: [email protected] Website: www.southsomersetheritage.org.uk Facebook: Community Heritage Access Centre Twitter:@CHACYEOVIL Wordpress: https://chacyeovil.wordpress.com

Alan R Farthing & Son Removals & Container Storage, Commercial Removals, Fully Alarmed, Piano Specialists, Full Packing Service, Part Loads

www.alanrfarthing.co.uk Yeovil 01935 421356 Mob 07801 380743 6 Watercombe Lane, A family Yeovil BA20 2ED business built on recommendation Partners: Alan & Robert Farthing since 1928

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Octagon Theatre

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 6 productions per year and those of other local amateur groups. For productions and tickets visit our website at http://www.swan-theatre.co.uk./ [email protected] or 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, it is easily accessed from Goldenstones Leisure Centre car park. Start a visit to Ninesprings at the Centre located in Goldenstones car park where you will find park information, public toilets and the Ninesprings Café. A short walk away are the 40 acres of wooded valleys, 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.

32 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 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. VIL TOWN YEO F.C. YEOVIL TOWN FOOTBALL CLUB BA22 8YF

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. ACHIEVE BY UNITY

YEOVIL RECREATION CENTRE AND ATHLETICS ARENA BA21 4AW

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.

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Multiplex cinema, ten-pin bowling, health and fitness suite. Located in Old Station Road, just off the Town Centre.

JUNGLE , J UNGLE 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.

READY 2C LIMB BA21 5EA

Indoor Rock Climbing Centre on Buckland Road Yeovil. Telephone 01935 413675

MILFORD HALL BA21 4QD

Recently 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 recently 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, was extensively refurbished in 2010 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.

34 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK Yeovil Town Guide 2016-2017 EVENTS IN & 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 Yeovil Half 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 Sherborne Castle Fair (May) Sherborne Royal Bath and West Show (June) Showground, Shepton Mallet Yeovilton Air Day (July) Fleet Air Arm Museum, nr. Ilchester Somerset Steam Spectacular (July) Low Ham, Langport Wessex Truck Show (August) Yeovil Showground Great Dorset Steam Fair (August) Dorset Super Saturday (September) Middle Street, Yeovil Buskfest (September) Town Centre, Yeovil Somerset Arts Week (September) All over Somerset Yeovil Literary Festival (October) 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

Yeovil Half Marathon Community Heritage Access Centre

SSDC Lufton Depot, BA22 8RP 4 Victoria Avenue, Chard, Somerset TA20 1HE Enjoy local history? Tel: 01460 65596 Come and see us! or find us at www.tpawards.co.uk E-mail [email protected] Just book an appointment by; Tel: 01935 462855 or e-mail: Trophies Supplied & Glassware Supplied & [email protected] Engraved Engraved

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SUPER SATURDAY

A six foot python, a living statue, music on every corner, craft activities and an eclectic mix of market stalls – all this and more on a Saturday in Yeovil. Not just any old Saturday, Yeovil’s Super Saturday takes place on the fourth Saturday in September and plans are already in place to include much of the above and more for future events. This annual opportunity to see a number of talented musicians who give up their own time to busk for a chosen charity (2016 – Action for Medical Research) in selected locations throughout the Town Centre provides a melodic backdrop to the other activities. The church yard becomes a hive of activity with a children’s craft tent and other entertainment, and shoppers can peruse a variety stalls including food, and locally made gifts and trinkets. Super Saturday began as Yeovil Flower and Gardeners’ Market in 2007 and the heart of the event remains the same – the celebration of Yeovil in Bloom. Allotments and gardening awards are made to winners of the Yeovil Gardening Competition and the Best Kept Allotments Competition. Over the past decade the event has evolved and includes music from Yeovil Town Band, face painter, stilt walker, and in 2016 a teddy bear’s picnic and teddy bear craft workshops. Bugfest will be performing their “Live and Deadly” show providing the opportunity to get up close and personal with some of the world’s creepier animals. If you would like more information, please contact Yeovil Town Council on 01935 382424 MACE BEARER TO THE MAYOR

Bruce Trigger is the Mace Bearer to the Mayor of Yeovil. As a Mace Bearer his role is to support the Mayor at civic functions and his engagements. The Mace Bearer carries a ceremonial mace which is a highly ornamented staff. It is carried before the Mayor in civic ceremonies which is intended to represent the Mayor’s authority. The mace, as carried today is derived from a mace used as a weapon. Yeovil’s mace can be dated back to at least 1776, when Thomas Hobbs was Portreeve of Yeovil. A portreeve is the title of an historic official possessing political, administrative or financial authority over a town. In February 2016, Bruce Trigger, the Mace Bearer at Yeovil Town Council was appointed the Prime Warden to the Guild of Macebearers (an organisation for those who assist Chairmen and Mayors to carry out their ceremonial duties).

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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. 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.

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 14 en-suite private rooms and all revenue is re-invested back into the NHS. Each year, we see approximately 20,000 emergency admissions, 3,500 elective admissions, and 18,000 day cases. About 46,000 people attend our accident and emergency department each year and around 1,500 babies are delivered in our maternity unit. Our intensive care unit cares for about 700 people each year. In total we serve a population of around 192,000 people every year. Yeovil Hospital has its own registered charity and all the donations we receive are used to improve patient care at Yeovil Hospital. Yeovil Hospital Charity pays for improvements to the hospital’s facilities and services, making things easier for patients at what is often a difficult time. The support we receive makes a difference to all of our patients, including those who need life-saving or specialist treatment, mums and new babies, and of course the elderly members of our community who often rely on our services the most. If you want to make a difference for local patients, please contact [email protected] or call us on 01935 383020. It’s your hospital. With your help, we can make a difference. To find out more about the hospital go to www.yeovilhospital.co.uk

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BUCKLER’S MEAD ACADEMY – “EDUCATING WITH CARE TO SUCCEED” 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. 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.” Buckler’s Mead Academy is rated as ‘Good’ by OFSTED and two additional single subject/theme OFSTED inspections have both resulted in ‘Outstanding’ judgements. Investors in Careers – first award in Somerset: We have recently been awarded the prestigious Investors in Careers kitemark for the quality of our work with students in preparing them for their future. Encouraging students to aim high, achieving their goals, arranging work experience and informing them about different opportunities and paths – all of these feature in the comprehensive assessment. 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 – also 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 £2.5million in our premises in the last few years, with a refurbished hall, additional classrooms, enhanced ICT facilities, new toilets, more study areas, an extended entrance, improved access and outdoor spaces and new roofing and double glazing. We are looking forward to starting the next phase of refurbishment this summer. Sports Development Project: We have now completed our £2million Sports Development Project in association with the English FA, who wish Buckler’s Mead Academy to become a ‘Centre of Excellence’. This started with the opening of a fantastic new floodlit all weather pitch, 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 Academy 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. Why not visit to find out more? Sara Gorrod, Headteacher

THE PARK SCHOOL - IGNITE POTENTIAL AND ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE! Discover The Park School… The Park School was founded in 1851 and has developed an outstanding reputation for academic excellence. The secret lies in the educational philosophy: ensuring exceptional teaching that is tailored to the individual through encouraging a highly differentiated learning atmosphere. Students at The Park School discover their potential and achieve excellence to become well-rounded and balanced citizens. The School embraces traditional values and students experience a caring, happy and secure environment. The Park School is a day and boarding school welcoming a highly diverse and international student body in which children can grow and flourish with an open-minded worldview.

WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 39 What makes us unique: Achieve Academic Excellence through: • Exceptional teaching tailored to the individual • Igniting your individual potential • Highly differentiated learning and teaching • Embracing traditional values • Well-rounded and balanced curriculum choices • Experiencing care and camaraderie • British and International student body Explore The Park School… Website: www.parkschool.com Our prospectus: www.theparkschool.digital-brochure.co.uk Facebook: theparkschoolyeovil Twitter: @Park_School Contact Admissions: parkschool.openapply.com 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 ‘Bringing Learning to Life & Life to Learning’, it is crucial for the learning process to be active, fun and adapted to suit all learners. Our curriculum is relevant to each individual and the outcomes from their time here must prepare them for life beyond the school in the 21st Century. 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! Gregg Morrison, 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 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 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 Over the last few years, Westfield Academy has undertaken a process of rapid development that continues to bring enormous benefits to the students and wider community with more recent developments including a floodlit, astroturf pitch and installation of 930 solar panels to more than 50% of the roof space.

40 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 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 activities 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 the Barcelona Art Trip, Ski Trip, France and Chesil Beach. We also launched our ‘International Links’ Programme in recent years, which offers 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 YEOVIL COLLEGE has been serving the communities in South Somerset and North and West Dorset for more than 125 years. The College was first formed in 1887 when Somerset County Council began formally organising Science and Art classes in Yeovil. In 1947, the first Principal was appointed to lead Yeovil Technical College and when secondary education in the Yeovil Borough was reorganised in 1974, Yeovil College became one of the early tertiary colleges to be formed in England. Today, Yeovil College remains passionate about its role as a key provider of education and training in South Somerset and North and West Dorset. It remains committed to its role as a tertiary college for the whole community and currently supports around 5,000 full and part-time students. Develop The Skills Employers Want Working with over 1,000 regional and national employers and the local community, Yeovil College regularly reviews the courses and study programmes on offer, introducing new qualifications to meet demand, including Apprenticeships, A Levels, vocational courses, university level and degrees, and professional training. As a result, Yeovil College learners are well-placed to gain the skills and personal attributes required by employers and kick-start their careers. 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 learners so that they can achieve their goals. With the creation of brand new industry-standard facilities, Yeovil College is continuing its ongoing programme of improvements to learner resources and facilities

YEOVIL & DISTRICT MISSED ADVERTISING IN THIS BRANCH GUIDE & WANT TO ADVERTISE Registered Charity No 203644 B IN THE NEXT ONE ? SPUBLISHING Each year the Branch fosters, rehabilitates and finds Contact us on 01233 627274 loving homes for over 100 unwanted cats and kittens in the area and helps to reunite over 100 lost cats or visit our website with their owners via its Lost and Found Register. sbpublishing.net To adopt, report a stray or lost cat or volunteer to help Please telephone 01935 412755 and visit Email us at The website www.yeovilcatsprotection.info Thank you [email protected]

WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 41 Our learners are at the heart of everything we do, and our study programmes cover a huge range of curriculum areas from Sport, IT, Business, Engineering, and Health & Care to Construction, Hospitality and Hair & Beauty – we have a restaurant and a salon that are open to students, staff and the general public. We cover A Levels, vocational courses, apprenticeships and work-based learning, and with our Yeovil College University Centre, you can take your education to university level on your doorstep, without having to travel. So what are you waiting for? Find the right course for you at www.yeovil.ac.uk or www.ucy.ac.uk. John Evans, Principal FIRE SAFETY ADVICE

Call the Service for home fire safety advice

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service offers free home safety advice to members of the public in this area.

Anyone can contact the Service for fire safety advice and may be eligible for a home visit from a trained member of staff.

Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service offers these five smoke alarm top tips: • Install a smoke alarm at least on every level of your home • The ideal position is on the ceiling, in the middle of a room or on a hallway or landing • Consider fitting additional alarms in other rooms where there are electrical appliances and near sleeping areas • Donʼt put alarms in or near kitchens and bathrooms where smoke or steam can set them off by accident • Replace your smoke alarms every ten years. For free home fire safety advice, call 0800 05 02 999.

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LOCAL INFORMATION

AMBULANCE SERVICE • Lloyds 9 High Street 0345 300 0000 • Non-Emergency 111 • HSBC • Emergency 999 1 Middle Street 0345 740 4404 • Natwest ANIMAL WELFARE RSPCA 2 Hendford 0345 788 8444 • Nationwide (24 hrs.) 0300 123 4999 36 Middle Street 0800 554 0420 • Co-op Bank BANKS 1 High Street 01935 426861

• Santander CHAMBER 17 Vicarage Street 0845 765 4321 OF TRADE • Barclays AND King George Street 0845 755 5555 COMMERCE • TSB King George Street 01935 475588 5 Coronation Avenue • Halifax Secretary, King George Street 01935 640108 Gina Farnborough 01935 804999

WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 43 CHEMISTS • Yeovil Community Church The Gateway • Abbey Pharmacy Addlewell Lane 01935 433146 The Forum, Abbey Manor Park 01935 478243 CINEMA • Boots 37 Middle Street 01935 426673 Cineworld • Boots Advance Booking 0871 200 2000 7 Babylon Hill 01935 434621 • John Preddy Co Ltd CITIZENS’ ADVICE BUREAU Preston Grove 01935 433971 • Day Lewis Pharmacy 40-42 Hendford 0344 488 9623 5 The Forum 01935 478243 • Penn Hill Pharmacy CEMETERY 01935 423742 9 South Street 01935 706604 • Co-operative Pharmacy CREMATORIUM 01935 476718 67 St John’s Road 01935 421768 • Superdrug Stores plc ELECTRICITY 15 High Street 01935 422829 (Emergencies) PLACES OF WORSHIP • Western Power Distribution 0800 6783 105 • Southern Electric • Church of the Holy Ghost Power Distribution 08000 727282 Higher Kingston 01935 423549 • Elim Pentecostal Church Southville 01935 429214 FIRE SERVICE • Holy Trinity Church Lysander Road 01935 415266 • Reckleford 01935 382000 • Jehovah’s Witness • Emergency 999 Kingdom Hall, Eastland Road 01935 431902 FLOODLINE 0845 988 1188 • Methodist Church Vicarage Street 01935 432173 GAS SERVICE • South Somerset Muslim Cultural Emergencies 0800 111999 Association and Yeovil Mosque, EDUCATION Westminster Street 01935 412685 • St James Church Primary (Age range 4-11 years) Preston Road 01935 414097 • St John’s Church • Birchfield 01935 427609 Town Centre 01935 427745 • St Michaels’s Academy 01935 423863 • St Peter Church • Holy Trinity C of E 01935 472902 Coronation Avenue 01935 429398 • Huish 01395 474984 • The Church of Jesus Christ • Milford Infants 01935 475426 of Latter Day Saints, • Milford Junior 01935 474477 Forest Hill 01935 426817 • Preston C of E 01935 474538 • United Reformed Church • Reckleford Infant Princes Street 01935 411302 & Nursery 01935 475938 • Yeovil Baptist Church • St Gildas RC 01935 423630 South Street 01935 434404 • Pen Mill Infants 01935 474224

44 WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK • Oaklands 01935 425447 • Penn Hill Surgery St Nicholas Close 01935 470800 Secondary Schools • Preston Grove Medical Centre • Bucklers Mead Academy 01935 424454 Preston Grove 01935 474353 • Preston Academy 01935 471131 • Yeovil District Hospital • Westfield Academy 01935 423747 Higher Kingston 01935 475122 • Yeovil Health Centre (Boots) Special Schools/Special Needs Centre 37 Middle Street 01935 709269 • Oaklands Surgery • Fairmead 01935 421295 Birchfield Road 01935 473068 • Fiveways 01935 476227 • Ryalls Park Medical Centre Further and Higher Education Marsh Lane 01935 434000 • Abbey Manor • Lufton Manor College 01935 403120 Medical Practise • Yeovil College 01935 423921 The Forum 01935 404820 • University Centre Yeovil 01935 845454 LAW COURTS Independent • County Court • Park School 01935 423514 Hendford 01935 382150 • Magistrates Court GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS Petter’s Way 01935 426281

• Jobcentre Plus LIBRARIES Federated House, Hendford 0345 6043719 • Yeovil Library • Registrar of Births King George Street 0300 123 2224 Deaths and Marriages 01823 282251 • Sunningdale Branch Library • HM Revenue & Customs 0845 010 9000 Monmouth Road 0300 123 2224 • Valuation Office Agency • Music & Drama Library General Enquiries 0300 050 1501 King George Street 01935 472020 • VAT Enquiries 0300 200 3700 • Reference Library King George Street 0300 123 2224 GUEST HOUSES/HOTELS MARKETS Details available from the Tourist Information Centre 01935 462781 General: • Lower Middle Street HOUSING (Tuesdays and Fridays) 0797 3725913

• Homefinder 01935 462462 Farmers: • Yarlington 01935 404500 • Upper Middle Street (4th Saturday of the month) HEALTH CENTRES, HOSPITALS 01934 837285 AND CLINICS MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT • NHS Direct 111 • Hendford Lodge Marcus Fysh MP Medical Centre Conservative Office 74 Hendford 01935 470200 21-22 High Street 01935 314321

WWW.YEOVIL.GOV.UK 45 MUSEUM OF SOUTH SOMERSET • Voluntary Sector Support Petter’s House, Community Heritage Access Centre Petter’s Way 01935 475914 By Appointment 01935 462855 • Furnicare 01935 475914

POLICE WATER

Avon & Somerset Constabulary Emergencies 0800 230 0561 Somerset East District 0344 346 20 20 • Horsey Lane 101 • Emergency 999 WELFARE SERVICES • Neighbourhood Watch 101 & ADVICE CENTRES

POST OFFICE • Citizens’ Advice Bureau 40-42 Hendford 0344 488 9623 Delivery/Sorting Office • Age UK 0800 169 2081 • 103 Huish 0845 577 40740 • Somerset Skills & Learning • Enquiries 0845 722 3344 Dolphin House, 21 Henford 01935 420067 SOUTH SOMERSET DISTRICT COUNCIL • Samaritans, 24 Hour Service 116 123 Council Offices • Yeovil Children’s Centre 01935 848942 Brympton Way 01935 462462 YEOVIL SHOPMOBILITY SOUTH SOMERSET ACCESS FOR ALL 01935 420889 20 South Street 01935 706766 YEOVIL TOWN SWIMMING POOL COUNCIL

Goldenstones Town House, Pools and Leisure Centre 19 Union Street, Brunswick Street 01935 845888 BA20 1PQ • Town Clerk THEATRES – Amanda Card 01935 382424 • Octagon Theatre • Town Crier (Box Office) 01935 422884 – Bruce Trigger 01935 822105 • Swan Theatre, Park Street (Box Office) 07500 376031 CLUBS AND SOCIETIES TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE Yeovil has a wealth of Clubs, Societies, 01935 462781 Organisations, Society and Community Associations and Support Groups, many of which VOLUNTEERS have been omitted from this guide due to lack of space. Full details can be obtained from South Somerset Association for Voluntary the SSVCA (01935 475914), Yeovil Library & Community Action SSVCA (0300 123 2224) or South Somerset District • Community Transport Council (01935 462462). Yeovil Business Centre Houndstone 01935 475914

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