The Express by Holiday Inn
Taunton, Somerset

This newly refurbished hotel combines good value, modern accommodation with friendly service and enjoys a great location for exploring Taunton and Somerset or en route to Devon and Cornwall. This contemporary hotel is situated at junction 25 of the M5. Easily accessible from Taunton railway station, the hotel is just 1.5 miles from Taunton town centre and Somerset County Cricket Club. The Express by Holiday Inn in Taunton features fully-equipped en suite rooms with power showers and complimentary parking in one of 150 spaces. There is also a spacious guest lounge and licensed bar, where you can enjoy a drink or take advantage of the Wi-Fi high-speed internet access, which is available both here and in all rooms. Whether your stay is for business or pleasure, the combination of great facilities and helpful staff will make your stay a memorable one.

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.