Holiday Inn Taunton
Taunton, Somerset

Conveniently situated off junction 25 of the M5, this is the only hotel in the county with 99 fully air conditioned bedrooms, ideally located for all your business and leisure needs. Taunton is a bustling town dating back to Saxon times with many attractions. This hotel's excellent facilities and superb location makes it perfect for visiting your favourite places of the West Country, including Cornwall, Exeter, Dartmoor and Exmoor, which boasts 14 areas of natural beauty and over 600 miles of dramatic coastline.

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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.