The Rumwell Manor Hotel
Taunton, Somerset

Set amid 5 acres of landscaped grounds, with stunning country views, this hotel is still conveniently located just 3.2 km (2 miles) from Taunton. The Best Western Rumwell Manor Hotel is ideally located for both leisure and business guests visiting Taunton and the West Country. The hotel is renowned for its friendly, relaxing atmosphere and is the ideal base from which to explore the many attractions to be found in Somerset and the West Country. Despite the rural location, the hotel is conveniently located on the A38, only 6.4 km (4 miles) from junction 26 of the M5 motorway.

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Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. Taunton civil parish has a population of 44,050[1]. Suburbs of the town include Bishops Hull, Staplegrove and Galmington, giving a total population for the "Taunton Urban Area" of 58,241 according to the 2001 census, up 4.3% since 1991. At some time before the Domesday Survey Taunton had become a borough with very considerable privileges, governed by a portreeve appointed by the bishops. It did not obtain a charter of incorporation until that of 1627, which was renewed in 1677. The corporation existed until 1792, when the charter lapsed owing to vacancies in the number of the corporate body, and Taunton was not reincorporated until 1877. The medieval fairs and markets of Taunton (it still holds a weekly market today), were celebrated for the sale of woollen cloth called "Tauntons" made in the town. On the decline of the west of England woollen industry, silk-weaving was introduced at the end of the 18th century.