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 miles
- Weymouth 23.6 miles
- Yeovil 1.5 miles
- Bridgwater 21 miles
- Frome 20.3 miles
- Dorchester 18.2 miles
- Bridport 16.7 miles
- Chard 15.9 miles
- Chard Town 15.6 miles
- Street 13.1 miles
- Blandford Forum 20.8 miles
- Wells 17.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Yeovil Central Ward 0.7 miles
- Yeovil Without Parish 1.2 miles
- Over Compton Parish 1.3 miles
- Yeovil Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Mudford Parish 1.6 miles
- Yeovil South Ward 1.7 miles
- Trent Built-up area 1.8 miles
- Yeovil West Ward 1.9 miles
- Bradford Abbas Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Nether Compton Built-up area 1.9 miles
- Barwick and Stoford Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Clifton Maybank Parish 2.5 miles
Example postcodes in Yeovil East
BA21 5SS, BA21 5RP, BA21 5ST, BA21 5DN, BA21 5RE, BA21 5ET, BA21 5XR, BA21 5RX, BA21 5JY … See all
Transport links
- Bristol Airport 30.2 miles
- Bournemouth Airport 35.7 miles
- Yeovil Pen Mill Railway Station 0.5 miles
- Yeovil Junction 1.8 miles
Hotels near Yeovil East Ad
- The Hillbrook Hotel & Spa - Sherborne 3.6 miles
- The Cross Keys Sherborne 4.3 miles
- Halfway House Inn Country Lodge 3 2.9 miles
- Lanes Hotel 3 3.8 miles
- The Grange at Oborne 5.3 miles
- Newell Bistro and Rooms 3 4.2 miles
- Northover Manor Hotel 3 4.7 miles
- Summer Lodge Country House Hotel 5 7.8 miles
- The Eastbury & Spa 5 4.5 miles
- The Warehouse 1.1 miles
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 miles
- Wincanton Racecourse Recreation 11.8 miles
- Clarks Village Shopping centre 13.4 miles
- Cricket Saint Thomas Estate 13.8 miles
- Chalice Well Gardens 13.9 miles
- Oaks of Avalon Archaeological site 14.1 miles
- Forde Abbey Historic site 15 miles
- King Alfred's Tower Historic site 15.7 miles
- Stourhead Estate 16.7 miles
- Poundbury Camp Historic site 17.7 miles
- Charmouth Beach Beach 19.5 miles