Local area guide
Living in Taunton
Around The Oaks at St Luke Cotford St Luke by Lovell Homes · Somerset
The schools, transport, shops and green spaces that shape day-to-day life — plus local trades who already work in Taunton.
Area at a glance
Taunton, at a glance
Schools, transport, what’s nearby — written for new-build buyers settling in.
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Cotford St Luke sits in a quiet fold of countryside west of Taunton, close to the foot of the Quantock Hills — the first landscape in England to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and still a place of beech hedgebanks, bridleways and red deer. The village has a village-hall-and-playing-field sort of rhythm, with a small cluster of everyday shops and a community centre at its heart rather than a high street. Taunton, a short drive east, supplies the rest: the county town's shopping streets, Vivary Park, the Somerset County Ground and the Brewhouse Theatre. Further afield lie Hestercombe Gardens, the Wellington Monument on the Blackdowns and the open moorland of Exmoor, while the M5 and A358 put Bristol, Exeter and the coast within easy reach. What surprises most newcomers is how dark the skies get here — the Quantocks keep light pollution low, and the stargazing on a clear winter night is remarkable.
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