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nths a number of suitcase traders have supported the market on a regular basis which has attracted local interest the furniture store haskins which originated in the town in 1938 has its main showroom in the high street haskins retail centre 110 this includes other shops a supermarket edinburgh woollen mill ponden home pavers shoes and an outlet clothing store retail jobs rose in 2006 2007 with a new shopping development including a tesco supermarket a clothes store and other retailers on a site just south of the town centre once held by a footwear factory this attracted national media attention when protesters occupied the site to try to block the felling of an avenue dating back to the 19th century 111 it also split opinion in the town between those awaiting revitalisation and those who feared that local traders would fail to compete bringing further high street decline 112 kilver street has a mulberry factory shop near the old mulberry headquarters 113 97 the babycham fawn outside the brewery shepton mallet housed three major alcoholic drinks producers gaymer cider company closed in 2016 114 115 constellation brands former owners of gaymers still produces babycham 116 family run brothers drinks produces brothers cider 117 and runs a contract bottling operation for other drinks firms in october 2016 it was announced that the cider factory and bottling plant would be taken over by brothers drinks 118 119 as well as an annual royal bath and west show and other agricultural shows the royal bath west showground near evercreech 2 5 mi 4 0 km south east of the town hosts events such as new wine christian festival and the national adventure sports show fairs and markets including shepton mallet international antiques collectors fair and exhibitions and trade shows such as the national amateur gardening show 120 until 2017 royal bath and west show hosted the soul survivor christian festivals transport edit charlton viaduct seen from kilver court gardens the a37 runs north south through shepton mallet along the line of the fosse way between the south of the town and ilchester the a361 from frome and trowbridge skirts the eastern edge of shepton on its way to glastonbury and taunton the a371 from castle cary passes through on its way west to wells for some distance both routes follow the line of the a37 the nearest motorway connections are at junction 23 of the m5 motorway via the a361 and a39 and at junction 1 of the m32 via the a37 121 shepton mallet had railway stations on two lines both now closed the first called shepton mallet high street in british railways days was on the east somerset railway branch line from witham and opened in 1859 122 it was extended to wells in 1862 and later connected to the cheddar valley line branch of the bristol exeter railway from yatton to wells via cheddar through services between yatton and witham started in 1870 the line was absorbed into the great western railway in the 1870s a second shepton mallet charlton road railway station opened in 1874 with the building of a bath extension to the somerset dorset joint railway 123 this station was some distance east of the town centre and approached over charlton viaduct the somerset dorset joint railway bath bournemouth line near shepton mallet in 1959 both stations closed in the 1960s under the beeching cuts shepton mallet high street lost its passenger services on the yatton to witham line in 1963 though part of the old east somerset line remains open for freight and as a heritage railway shepton mallet charlton road was lost in 1966 with the closure of the somerset dorset line today the nearest network rail station is at castle cary eight miles 13 km south of shepton mallet the nearest station on the east somerset railway is mendip vale a mile and a half away proposals endorsed by mendip district council 124 exist to restore passenger services in shepton mallet endorsed by mendip district council 125 and wells mp james heappey 126 a bus service to the town is provided by first west of england it is served by berrys coaches daily superfast service to and from london 127 landmarks edit there are 218 listed buildings in shepton mallet which receives funding to restore chosen town centre buildings from english heritage heritage economic regeneration scheme and the national lottery townscape heritage initiative 128 the town centre and bowlish darshill and charlton form a conservation area 129 the hexagonal town centre market cross 50 ft 15 m high dates from a 20 bequest by walter buckland in 1520 5 and was re erected in 1841 130 also in the market place is the shambles a medieval market stall though much restored 131 former hm prison shepton mallet sometimes known as cornhill was built in 1610 132 it lies close to the town centre next to the parish church on 10 january 2013 the government announced it was one of seven english prisons to close 3 on 24 december 2014 it was announced that it had been sold to a housing development company and public consultations were taking place on its future use 133 134 old bowlish house grade ii listed there are several fine houses in older parts of the town around lower lane and leg square 94 95 135 and in outlying suburbs such as charlton and bowlish 42 old bowlish house which now offers pre arranged tours dates from the earlier 17th century and was remodelled in about 1720 in palladian style 136 bowlish house also in palladian style is now a hotel and restaurant 137 it was built in 1732 by a prosperous clothier 138 139 a spring is reported to rise in the cellar park house in forum lane dates from about 1700 and was altered about 1750 140 others of the 19 grade ii listed buildings in bowlish include coombe house built about 1820 141 14 15 and 16 combe lane from about 1700 with 18th century alterations 142 26 29 combe lane a former mill from about 1700 enlarged in 1850 143 and 30 31 combe lane two weaver s cottages from about 1850 144 what is now a stained glass studio in ham lane was once a coal store for a stable belonging to a pub next door the butcher s arms which ceased trading in 1860 the studio has provided stained glass among others for the roman catholic church of the holy ghost midsomer norton 145 due to its historic nature bowlish is included in shepton mallet s conservation area 146 as well as being a site of archaeological interest darshill silk mill the hamlet of darshill on the road from shepton mallet to wells has a silk drying shed 147 known locally as a handle house three walls of which are full of holes to allow the passage of air to aid in the process of drying teasle heads which were used to raise the nap on cloth in the textile process the anglo bavarian brewery built in the 1860s still dominates the western parts of shepton mallet 48 nearby is a workhouse that became the norah fry hospital 148 built in 1848 149 and has now converted into housing 150 two disused railway viaducts are to be found charlton viaduct with 27 arches 151 each spanning 28 feet 8 5 m is on a curve of 30 chains radius falling at 1 in 55 from each end to the midpoint 152 the market cross the prison and prison wall the merchants house 8 market place 153 anglo bavarian brewery charlton viaduct the former st michael s roman catholic church at townsend and bowlish house old bowlish house and park house 42 are the town s nine grade ii listed buildings the town centre was remodelled in the 1970s with moneys from the cider making showering family included was a new library a copy of a demolished inn the bunch of grapes and a concrete entertainment complex the centre on the east side of the market square 154 a probably roman chi rho amulet was found in fosse lane in the 1990s the complex was renamed the amulet after it but is now the academy 155 156 shepton has a sizeable park on a gift of land from the local landowner john kyte collett as a boy he was thrown out of the grounds of local estates for trespass in later life he purchased and gave land to the town to provide a public space collett park named in his honour opened in 1906 157 religious sites edit parish church of st peter and st paul the grade i listed parish church of st peter and st paul dates from the 12th century but the current building is largely from the 15th century with further rebuilding in 1836 the oak wagon roof made up of 350 panels of different designs separated by 396 carved foliage bosses supposedly every one different and with 36 carved angels along the sides was described by british historian nikolaus pevsner as the finest 15th century carved oak wagon roof in england it was restored at a cost of 5 000 in 1953 1954 158 159 160 st michael s roman catholic church of 1804 is now a warehouse 161 a catholic church of 1966 in park road 162 is served by the community of our lady of glastonbury 163 there was also in 1810 1831 a convent of the order of the visitation of holy mary salesian sisters 164 in draycott road 165 166 the building now sales house 167 became a freemasons lodge 168 and now holds social housing the salvation army has meeting rooms 169 while the methodists who previously worshipped in a chapel in paul street built in 1810 now a community centre 170 have agreed to share the parish church with the anglican congregation 171 the baptist chapel in commercial road was built in 1801 as a congregational church 172 there were previously other non conformist chapels in shepton the most notable being the unitarian chapel on cowl street built in 1692 and enlarged in 1758 but now a dwelling 173 174 education edit there is one primary school in the town and two infant schools st paul s junior school the primary school in paul street was assessed as good in 2014 175 shepton mallet infants school in waterloo road was rated good by ofsted in 2018 176 as was bowlish primary school in 2012 177 education for 11 16 year olds is provided by whitstone school a technology college 178 in 2013 it was assessed by ofsted as good 179 for post 16 education students travel to colleges such as frome community college strode college in street and norton radstock college in midsomer norton culture edit collett park on collett day a town fete called collett day is held in june in collett park a free one day agricultural mid somerset show is held in fields on the edge of shepton mallet in august 180 the academy formerly the amulet the glastonbury festival europe s largest music festival is held slightly west of the village of pilton some 3 5 miles 5 6 km south west of shepton the bath festival of blues and progressive music 1970 was held at shepton mallet the town hosts an annual shepton mallet digital arts festival founded in 2009 181 the town is holds a carnival featuring illuminated carts and masqueraders in november it is the 5th carnival in the west country carnival circuit 182 in 2007 the amulet complex in the town centre became a base for the bristol academy of performing arts bapa and was renamed the academy 156 in 2009 bapa went into administration 183 and was briefly replaced by the musical theatre school before that also failed 184 the complex s auditorium has the only suspended seating system in the united kingdom 155 the town s weekly newspaper part of the mid somerset series is the shepton mallet journal 185 events are also covered by the shepton gazette fosse way magazine and mendip times local news and television programmes are provided by bbc west and itv west country television signals are received from the mendip tv transmitter 186 local radio stations are bbc radio somerset heart west greatest hits radio south west and radio shepton a community based station that broadcasts online 187 in 2007 shepton mallet came to international attention when westcountry farmhouse cheesemakers broadcast the maturation of a round of cheddar cheese called wedginald the event attracted over 1 5 million viewers 188 in the summer of 2010 the television production company wall to wall filmed a series for bbc one in the town centre broadcast from 2 november 2010 called turn back time the high street it features several families running traditional bakers butchers grocers dressmakers and a tea room as they would have been in victorian and edwardian times in world war ii and in the 1960s and 1970s 189 190 there was a museum in the town started around 1903 191 in 1933 it was based at the town council offices 191 sport and leisure edit shepton mallet has a non league football club shepton mallet f c which plays at the playing fields 192 it also has a hockey club which play at the leisure centre 193 the bowling green of the lawn bowls club is found in frithfield walk 194 the club plays in the wessex mixed friendly league the mid somerset men s league and the mid somerset mixed league the ladies play in the wild league shepton mallet is also the home of a park run a free 5km event held weekly at 9 00 am on saturdays in the towns collett park 195 notable people edit john lewis 1920s edmund adams 1915 2005 cricketer 196 simon browne 1680 1732 a dissenting preacher and theologian preached at old jewry in london and in portsmouth 197 198 199 christopher cazenove 1945 2010 cinema television and stage actor lived at ham manor in bowlish as a child 200 william henry coombes 1767 1850 catholic theologian was a priest in shepton mallet in 1810 1849 then retired to nearby downside abbey 201 charles dowding born 1959 horticulturalist and author has pioneered modern no dig gardening and organic soil management 202 herbert foxwell 1849 1936 economist 203 arthur foxwell 1853 1909 an english physician sir ronald gould 1904 1986 general secretary of the national union of teachers in 1947 1970 was educated at shepton mallet grammar school 204 205 madeleine harris born 2001 actress grew up locally she starred in paddington and its sequel 206 racey helps 1913 1970 children s writer and illustrator lived in the town in the 1940s 207 hugh inge or ynge died 1528 archbishop of dublin and lord chancellor of ireland was a native of shepton mallet 208 209 john lewis 1836 1928 founder of the british john lewis group was born in town street 210 francis showering 1912 1995 drinks manufacturer and inventor of babycham was born in the town ken snellgrove 1941 2009 cricketer played in 106 first class cricket matches for lancashire 211 frank tuohy 1925 1999 novelist and short story writer lived in shepton mallet after retirement and died there 212 wallace wyndham waite 1881 1971 one founder of waitrose attended shepton mallet grammar school 213 twin towns edit shepton mallet is twinned with misburg in germany 214 bollnäs in gävleborg county sweden and oissel sur seine in haute normandie france 215 references edit 2021 census parish profiles nomis office for national statistics retrieved 11 may 2026 to get individual parish data use the query function on table pp002 towns and cities characteristics of built up areas england and wales census 2021 census 2021 office for national statistics 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