Ilminster is a small market town and civil parish in Somerset, sitting on the River Isle roughly halfway between Taunton and Yeovil and close to the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its valley location and road links have long made it a local hub for the surrounding agricultural countryside.
Ilminster has a compact medieval core centred on a prominent parish church whose spire is a local landmark; historically the town grew on the back of cloth and related trades. Today it combines independent shops, light industry and farming, with a lively community arts scene and regular markets and events that reflect its long civic and social traditions.
Postcode districts covering Ilminster
Most populated places nearby
- Taunton 10.5 miles16.9 km
- Yeovil 11.9 miles19.2 km
- Bridgwater 14.7 miles23.7 km
- Burnham-on-Sea 22.1 miles35.5 km
- Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge 21.8 miles35.1 km
- Tiverton 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Bridport 15.3 miles24.6 km
- Chard 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Chard Town 3.7 miles6 km
- Street 15.7 miles25.3 km
- Sidmouth 21.4 miles34.4 km
- Honiton 15.1 miles24.3 km
Neighbouring places
- Ilminster Built-up area 0.2 miles0.3 km
- Dowlish Wake Parish 1.2 miles2 km
- Donyatt Parish 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Whitelackington Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Knowle St. Giles Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Horton Parish 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Horton and Broadway Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Stocklinch Parish 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Ilton Built-up area 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Kingstone Parish 2.5 miles4 km
- Puckington Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Cudworth Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
Example postcodes in Ilminster
TA19 9AB, TA19 0BX, TA19 9AR, TA19 9AJ, TA19 0DW, TA19 0DX, TA19 9GB, TA19 9FX, TA19 0HN … See all
Transport links
- Exeter International Airport 25.3 miles40.8 km
- Bristol Airport 32.8 miles52.8 km
- Crewkerne Railway Station 7 miles11.3 km
- Taunton Railway Station 10.6 miles17 km
Hotels near Ilminster Ad
- The Flying Fish Stables 4 3.2 miles5.2 km
- Farthings Country House Hotel & Restaurant Tunton 3 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The Lordleaze Hotel and Restaurant 3 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Hollies Hotel 3 6.7 miles10.7 km
- The Crooked Swan 5.9 miles9.6 km
- White Hart Hotel 3 7.5 miles12 km
- The Dolphin Hotel 4.1 miles6.5 km
- Holiday Inn Express Taunton East 3 9.2 miles14.8 km
- Parrett Hotel 4 8.6 miles13.8 km
- Holiday Inn Taunton 4 9.2 miles14.8 km
Local points of interest
- Cricket Saint Thomas Estate 4 miles6.5 km
- Forde Abbey Historic site 5.6 miles9.1 km
- Taunton Racecourse Recreation 8.5 miles13.7 km
- Huish Park Stadium 10.7 miles17.3 km
- Newenham Abbey Historic site 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Norton Manor Estate 13 miles20.9 km
- Charmouth Beach Beach 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Dunkeswell Abbey Historic site 13.5 miles21.7 km
- Halswell House Country house 13.7 miles22 km
- Halswell Estate 13.7 miles22 km
- Clarks Village Shopping centre 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Chalice Well Gardens 17.7 miles28.5 km