Taunton Now

Taunton, with its population of around 64,000 is Somerset’s principal town and home to the County’s major administrative, cultural and retail centres as well as providing the focus for other services including health, education and leisure.

The town is surrounded by some of Britain’s most beautiful landscape including:

• Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
• Quantock Hills (AONB)
• Exmoor National Park
• Somerset Levels

and, it nestles conveniently between the north and south SW peninsular coastlines which, in combination, provide for an unrivalled diversity of out-of-town leisure activities.