Yeovil East sits on the eastern side of Yeovil in Somerset, taking in suburban streets, small shopping parades and pockets of green space as the town gives way to the fringes of the Somerset Levels. The ward benefits from good road links towards the A303 and the town centre, and the nearby River Yeo and surrounding countryside make it a quieter, semi-rural edge to an otherwise busy market town.
Locally the area reflects Yeovil's industrial and social history: a mix of family housing, social homes and modern developments, with community halls, schools and clubs active on a neighbourhood level. Its economy is tied into the wider town, historically shaped by leather and glove-making and later by aircraft and engineering, so many residents either work locally in services and light industry or commute to nearby employment hubs.
Postcode districts covering Yeovil East
Most populated places nearby
- Taunton 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Weymouth 23.6 miles38 km
- Yeovil 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Bridgwater 21 miles33.8 km
- Frome 20.3 miles32.7 km
- Dorchester 18.2 miles29.4 km
- Bridport 16.7 miles26.8 km
- Chard 15.9 miles25.6 km
- Chard Town 15.6 miles25.2 km
- Street 13.1 miles21 km
- Blandford Forum 20.8 miles33.5 km
- Wells 17.9 miles28.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Yeovil Central Ward 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Yeovil Without Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Over Compton Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Yeovil Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Mudford Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Yeovil South Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Trent Built-up area 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Yeovil West Ward 1.9 miles3 km
- Bradford Abbas Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Nether Compton Built-up area 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Barwick and Stoford Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Clifton Maybank Parish 2.5 miles4 km
Example postcodes in Yeovil East
BA21 5GE, BA21 5LS, BA21 5DD, BA21 5AD, BA21 5DB, BA21 5JG, BA21 5PJ, BA21 5LZ, BA21 5RZ … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 30.2 miles48.6 km
- Bournemouth Airport 35.7 miles57.4 km
- Yeovil Pen Mill Railway Station 0.5 miles0.7 km
- Yeovil Junction 1.8 miles2.9 km
Hotels near Yeovil East Ad
- The Hillbrook Hotel & Spa - Sherborne 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Pen Mill Hotel 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Halfway House Inn Country Lodge 3 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Lanes Hotel 3 3.8 miles6.1 km
- The Cross Keys Sherborne 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Eton House 1.3 miles2.2 km
- The Grange at Oborne 5.3 miles8.6 km
- Northover Manor Hotel 3 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Newell Bistro and Rooms 3 4.2 miles6.7 km
- Summer Lodge Country House Hotel 5 7.8 miles12.6 km
Schools in Yeovil East
- Birchfield Community Primary School Primary
- Fiveways Special School Special
- Primrose Lane Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Huish Park Stadium 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Clarks Village Shopping centre 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Cricket Saint Thomas Estate 13.8 miles22.1 km
- Chalice Well Gardens 13.9 miles22.4 km
- Oaks of Avalon Archaeological site 14.1 miles22.7 km
- Forde Abbey Historic site 15 miles24.1 km
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 15.7 miles25.2 km
- Stourhead Estate 16.7 miles27 km
- Poundbury Camp Historic site 17.7 miles28.5 km
- Charmouth Beach Beach 19.5 miles31.4 km