PROJECTS
PROJECT 2023/24
SOMERTON SHOPS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 2023 – 2024
PROJECT 2022/23
Somerton Tourist Leaflet
As their project for 1995 the Association produced a Somerton Tourist Leaflet with the support of South Somerset District Council, Somerton Parish Council and Mid Somerset Rural Development Area Community Chest. These proved to be very popular and reprints were printed in 1997, 2000. A new version was printed in 2004 with revised editions in 2007, 2009 and 2013 These were produced with the support from The Somerton Town Council, Somerton Tourism and Heritage Partnership and South Somerset District Council Area Development Group North. A new revised edition has now been printed for 2023. These were produced with the support from The Somerton Town Council and Somerton Tourism and Heritage Partnership
PROJECT 2018
SOMERTON SHOPS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 2019 – 2020
The Association has now published the 16th edition of the Somerton Shops & Services Directory 2019/2020 which was first published in 1987.
The 2019/2020 edition has been delivered to over 12,200 addresses by the Royal Mail door to door delivery service. They guarantee delivery to every letter box in the postal areas TA10, TA11 and TA12, which includes Somerton, Langport, Martock and surrounding villages
Members of the Association received a FREE line entry under there chosen category heading, ie Accountants, Bed and Breakfast, Builders, etc. with their address, phone number, fax number, mobile number, E-Mail address and website address if required.
Somerton is small by many standards but shops carry an outstanding range of stock and quality, providing a personal service that still makes shopping in Somerton a pleasure, this also applies to the wide range of non retail services it has to offer.
Copies can be obtained from the Local Tourist Information Centre in the Somerton Library in Cox’s Yard Car Park or The Somerton Printery, Canvin Court, Somerton Business Park. FREE of charge.
Click here for information re becoming a member
PROJECT 2017
‘Visit Somerton’ page on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram
A ‘Visit Somerton’ page has been set up on Facebook/Twitter/Instagram in conjunction with The Somerton Business and Trade Association. This is to enhance the digital presence of Somerton online.
The opportunities for this is to help promote the businesses under the SBTA banner, but also to promote events and important dates, which will be used to help drive people into the town.
Having a central hub that is easy for people to get up to date information, will allow people from not only within Somerton, but outside of Somerton to see what is going on, especially if they are not following individual communities or businesses. There will be links from the www.somerton.co.uk website.
The plan is for regular posts on all aspects of Somerton. If any of the businesses would like to promote anything on these pages then if they can please contact me through the email address visitsomerton@gmail.com Whilst many businesses already have social media pages, this can very much be used to duplicate the messages, getting our message out to a wider audience.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me for more information, Claire Robertson visitsomerton@gmail.com
The details for all the pages:
Facebook: @VisitSomerton
www.facebook.com/VisitSomerton/
Twitter: @Visit_Somerton
www.twitter.com/Visit_Somerton?lang=en
Instagram: visit_somerton
www.instagram.com/visit_somerton/?hl=en
PROJECT 2016
SOMERTON SHOPS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 2017 – 2018
The Association has now published the 15th edition of the Somerton Shops & Services Directory 2017/2018 which was first published in 1987.
The 2017/2018 edition has been delivered to over 11,900 addresses by the Royal Mail door to door delivery service. They guarantee delivery to every letter box in the postal areas TA10, TA11 and TA12, which includes Somerton, Langport, Martock and surrounding villages
Members of the Association received a FREE line entry under there chosen category heading, ie Accountants, Bed and Breakfast, Builders, etc. with their address, phone number, fax number, mobile number, E-Mail address and website address if required.
Click here for information re becoming a member
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PROJECT 2015
SHOPPING BAGS
The Association have had designed jute shopping bags in two sizes and colours to promote Somerton and the businesses of the town through the website.
The larger bag is in red with the logo “Somerton the Heart of Somerset” with the Somerton Community website address and the smaller green bag with the logo “Somerton Cider Apple Country also with the Somerton Community website address
The red bag was produced first and proved to be very popular with local people as well as visitors and was sold out in a couple of weeks. So a second order was placed and the smaller green bag was also introduced.
These were available for sale in selected shops in Somerton. The larger red bag at a price of £3.00 and the smaller green bag at £2.00.
PROJECT 2014
SOMERTON SHOPS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 2015 – 2016
The Association has now produced the 14th edition of the Somerton Shops and Services Directory 2015/2016 that is printed in full colour. First published in 1987 it has proved to be a very useful addition to the main directories. Somerton is small by many standards but shops carry an outstanding range of stock and quality, providing a personal service that still makes shopping in Somerton a pleasure, this also applies to the wide range of non retail services it has to offer.
The 2015/2016 edition has been delivered to over 11,800 addresses by the Royal Mail door to door delivery service. They guarantee delivery to every letter box in the postal areas TA10, TA11 and TA12, which includes Somerton, Langport, Martock and surrounding villages.
Members of the Association receive a FREE line entry under there chosen category heading, ie Accountants, Bed and Breakfast, Builders, etc. with their address, phone number, fax number, mobile number, E-Mail address and website address if required.
PROJECT 2013/2014
Somerton Tourist Leaflet
As their project for 1995 the Association produced a Somerton Tourist Leaflet with the support of South Somerset District Council, Somerton Parish Council and Mid Somerset Rural Development Area Community Chest. These proved to be very popular and reprints were printed in 1997, 2000 and in 2004 a new version was printed with over 95,000 copies. In February 2007 a further revised version was printed 92,000 copies. In May 2009 a further revised version was printed 50,000 copies and in 2013 an updated version was printed, 50,000 copies. These were produced with the support from The Somerton Town Council, Somerton Tourism and Heritage Partnership and South Somerset District Council Area Development Group North
The leaflets are available free from, the local Tourist Information Office in the Somerton Library in Cox’s Yard off West Street.
PROJECT 2012
SOMERTON SHOPS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 2013 – 2014
The Association produced the 13th edition of the Somerton Shops & Services Directory 2013/2014 that was printed in full colour.
The 2013/2014 edition was delivered to over 11,500 addresses by the Royal Mail door to door delivery service who guarantee delivery to every letter box in the postal areas TA10, TA11 and TA12, which includes Somerton, Langport, Martock and surrounding villages.
Members of the Association received a FREE line entry under there chosen category heading, ie Accountants, Bed and Breakfast, Builders, etc. with their address, phone number, fax number, mobile number, E-Mail address and website address if required.
PROJECT 2010
SOMERTON SHOPS & SERVICES DIRECTORY 2011 – 2012
The Association produced the 12th edition of the Somerton Shops & Services Directory 2011/2012 that was printed in full colour.
The 2011/2012 edition was delivered to over 11,300 addresses by the Royal Mail door to door delivery service who guarantee delivery to every letter box in the postal areas TA10, TA11 and TA12, which includes Somerton, Langport, Martock and surrounding villages.
Members of the Association received a FREE line entry under there chosen category heading, ie Accountants, Bed and Breakfast, Builders, etc. with their address, phone number, fax number, mobile number, E-Mail address and website address if required.
PROJECT 2009
Somerton Tourist Leaflet
As their project for 1995 the Association produced a Somerton Tourist Leaflet with the support of South Somerset District Council, Somerton Parish Council and Mid Somerset Rural Development Area Community Chest. These proved to be very popular and reprints were printed in 1997 and 2000.
In 2003/2004 a new version was printed with over 95,000 copies. This was made possible due to support from Somerset Levels and Moors Partnership, Leader +, South Somerset District Council, Defra and Somerton Town Council.
In February 2007 a further revised version was printed 92,000 copies. This also made possible due to support from The Somerton Town Council and Somerton Tourism and Heritage Partnership.
In May 2009 a further revised version was printed 50,000 copies. This also made possible due to support from The Somerton Town Council, Somerton Tourism and Heritage Partnership and South Somerset District Council Area Development Group North
The leaflets are available free from, the local Tourist Information Office in the Somerton Library in Cox’s Yard off West Street.
PROJECT 2008
SOMERTON SHOPS AND SERVICES DIRECTORY 2009 – 2010
This 11th edition was distributed free to all letter boxes in the TA10, TA11 and TA12 postal addresses, which covers Langport, Somerton, Martock and the surrounding areas, over 11,200 copies.For 2009-10 edition Mobile and Fax numbers were included and with the ever increasing use of the computer, E-Mail and Website addresses were also included.
Members of the Association received a FREE line entry under there chosen category heading, ie Accountants, Bed and Breakfast, Builders, etc. with their address, phone number, E-Mail address and website address if required.
