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Yeovil in General

Newest Review: ... However two years on my views have changed a great deal, driving around the town almost every day on lessons and being dragged around the shops by my other half gradually made me realise the place does have many good points. I would even consider living there now! Where is it? The town itself is located just off the A30 in Somerset, close to Sherborne in Dorset. Is it easy to get to/from? Transport links to and from Yeovil seem to be good, there are two train stations, Yeovil Junction and Yeovil Pen Mill which run direct trains to London and Exeter. Neither of them are close to the centre of town but are certainly not miles away either,... more

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Yeovil in General: Yo it's Yeovil! (688 words)
by - written on 10/05/09 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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I'm from Essex and moved to North Dorset almost two years ago to live with my partner. At the time I hadn't heard of Yeovil believe it or not and for the first few months of living here didn't consider paying a visit when my OH suggested it. My first trip to Yeovil was born from necessity rather than desire; I was learning to drive and unfortunately had to retake the theory test as my original certificate had expired. The nearest test centre to my horror was in Yeovil, which meant a half hour ride on the bus, I wasn't impressed or looking forward to going there as my work colleagues who live in the area were forever putting the place down and encouraging me ... Read the complete review

yeovil town (296 words)
by - written on 08/11/08 (Very useful, 18 readings)
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As i come from the small town of yeovil im not going to boast thats it something it's not but i have to say it is quite a nice little place not much to do but enough. We have a shopping centre and one currently being built now which will have 70 new stores in and will be ready in the 2010.we have a a centre with a bowplex a few rsturants such as frankie and benny's and pizza hut and with a cinema complex too good for the kids. We also have some lovely takeaways and resturants in the centre of our town. We have two snooker and pool clubs. I must say our hospital is alfull they are really rubbish and do not really care about there ... Read the complete review

Yeovil in General: Desolate Urban Wasteland (428 words)
by - written on 30/06/08 (Very useful, 86 readings)
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Being a town of over 40,000 inhabitants I was rather surprised to be the first to write a review on Yeovil but then again it is possibly the most down trodden town in England which I have set foot in and has very few things to boast about. Yeovil in located just of the A30 in South Somerset and provides the perfect contrast to the surrounding countryside with an ugly metropolis filled with mortgage brokers and pawn shops (no wonder T.S Eliot is buried in nearby East Coker - for those who have not had the delight of encountering his work, he wrote frequently on the subject of urban waste lands). In its favour, it is one of the few towns in the Dorset/ Somerset ... Read the complete review