Taunton

County hall

County Hall Our Taunton office

Grade II listed, County Hall is the main office and meeting place for the council – and a handy couple of minutes’ walk from the town centre. It’s an old-and-new mix of three buildings: A Block, B Block and C Block. B Block, for example, is a SMART office, arranged into teams but designed for hot desking. But whichever building you’re in, there are bookable meeting rooms and break out areas. Beyond County Hall’s doors, a short walk down the road, you’ll find restaurants, cafés, bars, banks and shopping. Vivary Park’s nice and close and is a great spot for lunch (weather permitting). Getting here’s straightforward too: the bus stop’s really close and the train station’s a 20-minute walk away.

In and around the office

Canteen onsite

Car parking nearby

Bike storage

Showers

Breakout areas

Kitchen facilities

Train station nearby

Bus station nearby

Shopping nearby

Food nearby

Wellness room

Electric car charging

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We've got it all Living and working in Somerset

Thirst-slaying cider and super-tasty Cheddar cheese. Glastonbury Festival and world-famous Carnival. And anyone for cricket? When you think of Somerset, a few of these will immediately spring to mind. But there’s so much more to our special county.

Beautiful stretches of sandy coastline, caves, moors, the unique Somerset Levels, get-away-from-it-all areas of outstanding natural beauty, cool-list towns, internationally renowned art galleries and great food. And yes, cider. It’s all here. You’ll find historic villages and bustling market towns, rich heritage and history, sitting side-by-side with buzzing nightlife, great shopping and more family-friendly things-to-do than you can shake Merlin’s legendary staff at.

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