SHOPPING

You will want to know that Compton Pauncefoot does not have a shop or a pub but…

There is extensive general shopping in Wincanton (7 miles). As you arrive you will find a large Morrisons with petrol. Next door is Lidl. Go into the town, on the one way system and you will find an excellent butcher, Andrew Barclay, in the High Street, as well as a local beautician, Essence of Beauty, an Ironmonger, Florist, Post Office and a couple of banks.

Rather more sophisticated shopping in the nearby historic towns of Sherborne with its Abbey, Shaftesbury, Bath & Wells, which are all within in easy reach of the cottage.

Clarks Village www.clarksvillage.co.uk, at Street is an excellent discount outlet centre, and Kilver Court www.kilvercourt.com is the local designer fashion centre in Shepton Mallet.