Wellington is a popular and busy former Market Town approximately 7 miles to the west of Taunton. It has first class motorway communications via the M5 motorway and is within easy access of mainline railway stations in nearby Taunton and Tiverton Parkway. With a growing population of about 12000 people Wellington has seen recent housing development to its southern and western outskirts, a welcome addition to the town and a benefit for the future.

The town centre, an unspoilt High Street of Victorian origins, offers a good range of small stores and shops in addition to national outlets such as Boots, W.H. Smith and various supermarkets. Somerset's County Town, Taunton, offers a more comprehensive range of day to day facilities including a recently built out of town retail park just off the M5 at Junction 25. Taunton also offers a public golf course and three surrounding private courses.

Wellington offers educational facilities to include nursery, primary and secondary schools and the very popular private Wellington School. Leisure facilities are well catered for with a sports centre, newly refurbished cinema and a variety sports clubs to suit all ages and abilities. Rural pursuits including horse riding, fishing, walking etc are to be found on the nearby Blackdowns, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Quantock and Brendon Hills are also within easy distance, as are the beautiful National Parks of Exmoor and Dartmoor.