Babcary Directory
Local suppliers, places of interest and a host of useful contact numbers
MEDICAL
DR SIMON HUINS
Queen Camel Medical Centre,
West Camel Road, Queen Camel
Enquiries & emergencies:
01935 850225
Medicines:
01935 850379
DR M ROYLANCE
New Surgery,
Milbrook Gardens,
Castle Cary
T: 01963 350210
CASUALTY DEPARTMENT
Yeovil District Hospital
(nearest 24 hour emergency facilities)
T: 01935 475122
DEFIBRILLATOR
There is a defibrillator in the old telephone kiosk (as well as a store of emergency sandbags for floods). In the event of someone collapsing; run to the kiosk, take the defibrillator to the casualty and it will give you simple voice instructions to follow. Anyone can use it – you’ve nothing to lose!
DENTAL
BRAMCOTE SURGERY
Woodcock St, Castle Cary
NHS
T:01963 350123
G E WILSON
18 Magdalen St,
Glastonbury
(Private)
T:01458 832215
PHILIP JENKINS
141 High Street,
Street
(Private)
T: 01458 442036
VETERINARY
WESSEX VETERINARY GROUP
The Old Band House,
West St, Somerton
T:01458 274021
DELAWARE VETERINARY GROUP
Delaware House, Woodcock St,
Castle Cary
T:01963 350307
SCHOOLS
KEINTON MANDEVILLE COUNTY PRIMARY SCHOOL
Chistles Lane,
Keinton Mandeville
T:01458 223452
ANSFORD COMMUNITY SCHOOL
Maggs Lane,
Ansford
T:01963 350895
LOVINGTON C OF E PRIMARY SCHOOL
T:01963 240305
PUBS
THE RED LION
Charlie and Claire Garrard
T:01458 223230
Real ales, good food, quiz nights, B&B, pizza oven, marquee for events
LOCAL POST OFFICE & STORES
SPA SHOP & FILLING STATION
Lyford Crossroads
Opening times:
Sunday to Thursday – 6am to 10pm
Friday & Saturday – 7am to 10pm
POST OFFICE
Charlton Adam post office is sadly now closed. The nearest Post Office will be either be in Castle Cary @ The Market Garden, Fore St, Castle Cary BA7 7BQ Phone: 01963 350650
Opening times ; 09:00-17:00
or
Queen Camel, High Street, Queen Camel, Yeovil, BA22 7NG How to find us Opening times ; Mon- Friday 09:00-13:00. 14:00-17:30 ; Saturday: 09:00-12:30. Telephone:01935 850432
BABCARY LAST POST
Monday to Friday 9:30 am (but often much later!) Saturday midday.
MAIN POST OFFICE
Castle Cary (now closed)
See local post office link
Somerton (now closed)
BAKERY AND BUTCHER
WREFORDS BAKERY
On the A303 200yds
West of Steart Lane junction
LIEVITO BAKERY
On the B3153 at Lovington
For bread, pizzas, pasta
and Italian specialities.
T: 07976 953464
SYCAMORE FARM SHOP
Barton Rd, Keinton Mandeville
for fine locally reared meat
DELIVERIES TO THE VILLAGE
MOBILE LIBRARY
4 weekly Thursdays
2.30 to 3 pm by the bus shelter
MILKMAN
Westfield Dairy
Keinton Mandeville for fresh
milk delivered in a bottle
T: 07976 953464
OVERTON FARM
Babcary award winning Hurdlebrook cream, yoghurt, crème fraiche and green-top Guernsey milk. Available from Dave Paull at Overton Farm.
NEWSPAPER
Coopers News, Langport
Deliver to the village
T: 01458 251419
COAL. Both deliver weekly.
Darch, Pen Mill
Trading Estate,
Yeovil. T:01935 421731
Snows, Castle Cary
T: 01963 350289
OIL SYNDICATE
There is no formal syndicate now. But Boiler Juice – https://www.boilerjuice.com/uk/help-centre and
The Oil Club- https://www.oil-club.co.uk/ both operate into Babcary and the villages in Six Pilgrims.
Residents are always advised to ”phone around’ for best quotes. If we co-ordinate group purchases for the same date we can usually get a better price than ordering individually.
Contact philsketchley8@gmail.com for more information if needed.
REFUSE COLLECTION
Large Black Wheelie bins are only emptied every three weeks early on Thursdays, so recommend you put out on Weds night! . Recycling – Blue Bags, Black and Green boxes for paper, cardboard, plastic, bottles etc. is every week.
After a Bank Holiday weekend bins are emptied on Fridays.
For more details contact: https://www.somersetwaste.gov.uk/
RECYCLING COLLECTION
Blue Bags, Black and green boxes emptied every Thursday- paper, glass,
plastic bottles, tins, shoes and textiles.
GARAGES
SOAR GARAGE AT LYDFORD
(FILLING STATION
Steart Road Garage, West Camel
T: 01935 850343
SERVICES & MORE
PLUMBER
G P Davis at Street
T:01458 447810
CHIMNEY SWEEP
Roger Dodd
T:01935 813989
SOUTH SOMERSET DISTRICT COUNCIL
Brympton Way
Yeovil
T:01935 462462
https://www.southsomerset.gov.uk/
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Weekly bus to Yeovil on Wednesday mornings.
See bus shelter for details.
NON EMERGENCY POLICE
Yeovil:01935 415291
Somerton:01935 402177
BABCARY TODDLER GROUP
Contact Mel Goymer on 01458 224408.
Temporarily suspended due to a lack of toddlers!
BARTON ST DAVID PLAYGROUP
For age three upwards, everyday
during term time from 9 am to midday
in Barton St David Village Hall.
RUBBISH DUMP
Dimmer Dump, Torbay Road,
Clanville (1 mile South off the
Castle Cary Road).
PLACES OF INTEREST NEARBY
- Glastonbury Abbey Ruins and Glastonbury Tor
- Stourhead House and Gardens (NT)
- Yeovilton Fleet Air Arm Museum
- Haynes Motor Museum, Sparkford
- Wells Cathedral
- Lytes Cary House, Charlton Mackrell (NT)
- Sherborne Castle and Abbey
- Montacute House near Yeovil (NT)
- The Newt, Hadspen, Castle Cary
- Wookey Hole Caves and Cheddar Gorge
