South Petherton has a quiet charm with many small shops and this site is in a quiet location away from the main road into the town. South Petherton has many primary schools and secondary schools such as Wadham which is 4 miles from the site at Crewkerne. There are also nearby independent schools at Chard School, The Park School at Yeovil and Perrott Hill School at Crewkerne. Crewkerne has Waitrose whilst Asda can be found at Yeovil which is just 6 miles from South Petherton. Yeovil is one of Somerset’s largest towns and has all amenities including sports facilities, a very good shopping centre and of course Yeovil F.C. Other notable destinations in this area are Montacute, just 4 miles from here, Muchelney Abbey some 5 miles and Forde Abbey and Gardens is 8 miles from South Petherton.