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19/4/2011 at 2:11pm
Location: woburn sands
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Hi All
Anybody know if there is a bus service that runs from/nearby Five Acres Campsite at Beetham, Chard to the town of Chard?
Thanks
Laura
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19/4/2011 at 3:59pm
Location: North Wales
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Laura, Chard is very small, we love Honiton though, it has a market day, which is great, and if you can get up early you can park in the car park, unless you are very large. The shops there are great, lots of independent ones, lots of charity shops to mooch around, cafes, Antique shops, especialyl down the bottom of town there is a Antique shop that is a collection of sellers under one roof, if you know what I mean, have I sold it to you yet?
I would plump for Honiton, or the other way is Yeovil, which also has lots of nice shops. Have you been to Five acres before?
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19/4/2011 at 4:10pm
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Don't think you'll find much in the way of buses in the vicinity unless you walk to Buckland St Mary and there may be a servict to Taunton from there.
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19/4/2011 at 4:47pm
Location: woburn sands
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Thanks for all the info - sounds like Honiton it is then!!! Sounds just the sort of place my fiance and I love to find! We have a motorhome that is 3.5m in length and isn't usually a problem parking apart from when there is a height restriction.
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19/4/2011 at 7:08pm
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When you live in Somerset you get used to living without buses I'm afraid but I don't know why everyone has a downer on Chard. I like Chard. tourist info:
http://www.touruk.co.uk/somerset/som_chard.htm
Chard is famous as the home of the first powered flight (no you are quite wrong - it was not the wright brothers)
http://www.chardmuseum.co.uk/Powered_Flight/
It was also the home of the first woman cabinet minister and Chard is also famous for pioneering artificial limbs.
So much to do & see in and around Chard.
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19/4/2011 at 7:52pm
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Err We're local and I'd choose Honiton over Chard anyday!
Chard in recent times looks worse than it ever did, it has a lot of boarded up shops and isn't very attractive.
Honiton has a nice high street, lots of charity shops (if you like that sort of thing!), some antique shops and food shops all within an easy walk.
You can also get the train from Honiton to Exeter Central and go to the museum, cathedral and the bigger shops there.
Chard does have a very good carnival, usually in September.
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19/4/2011 at 8:13pm
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If you go there pay a visit to the Farmshop at the top of Snowdon Hill just outside of Chard toward Honiton,excellent local produce of all types.
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20/4/2011 at 5:06pm
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Chard is not a pleasant place regardless of the history associated with it.
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Albino, Can"t say fairer than that !
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20/4/2011 at 7:42pm
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Definitely Honiton and Exeter over Chard and Yeovil. Farm shop is called Farmer Barleymows. Chard reservoir is ok to walk around.
Ali
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