Looking for a taxi transfer to a Cruise Ship Terminal from Yeovil? Why not start your cruise in style, we offer cost effective travel from Yeovil to the following ports:

• Yeovil to the Port of Dover
• Yeovil to the Port of Greenock/Glasgow
• Yeovil to the Port of Harwich
• Yeovil to the Port of Hull
• Yeovil to the Port of Liverpool
• Yeovil to the Port of Portsmouth
• Yeovil to the Port of Southampton
• Yeovil to the Port of Leith/Edinburgh
• Yeovil to the Port of London Tilbury
• Yeovil to the Port of Felixstowe
• Yeovil to the Port of Newcastle

With many years’ experience in ensuring our customers arrive at their destination on time, Cars Exec offer the very best in service with our excellent chauffeurs.

Our chauffeur driven taxi service provides comfort, style and luxury, all in one trip, to any of the major UK cruise ports from your home or airport. We will then be there on your return, ready to take care of you and your luggage, returning you home with the minimum of stress.

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Professional corporate travel

We provide a trusted, professional but discreet service to our business and corporate clients in Yeovil, with impeccable chauffeur driven cars as well as luxury people carriers to Yeovil based UK Companies, international business and discerning private clients, travelling to and from London.

Cars Exec offer cars to and from important meetings, a meet and greet service from major airports and train stations across mainland UK. as well as a daily commute service locally, or long distance to London and other UK cities

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Want to make your special event even more stylish? We will sweep you off to a day at the races, a concert, a birthday treat or even a proposal in our comfortable, luxurious cars. Just sit back and relax as you ride in style in executive chauffeur driven hire,

• Wimbledon.
• Birthday Treat / Surprise.
• Ascot.
• Silverstone.
• Wembley / O2 Arena.
• Anniversary celebrations.

Our VIP car service is the perfect prestige car hire service for you if you want to make the right impression, but at comparable taxi prices.

Yeovil in Somerset

Yeovil is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, close to the border with Dorset. The aircraft and defence industries that developed in the 20th century meant it became a target for bombing in the Second World War. They are still major employers. Yeovil Country Park, which includes Ninesprings, is one of several open spaces with educational, cultural and sporting facilities. 

The name Yeovil was first mentioned in a Saxon charter dated 880 as Gifle.  It derives from the Celtic river-name gifl “forked river”, an earlier name of the River Yeo

History of Yeovil

Yeovil is on the main Roman road from Dorchester to the Fosse Way at Ilchester. The Westland site has evidence of a small Roman town. There were several Roman villas (estates) in the area. Finds have been made at East Coker, West Coker and Lufton.

Like all Medieval towns, Yeovil suffered from the Black Death in 1348-49. It may have killed half the population. Then in 1349, a riot occurred in St Johns church when the Bishop of Wells was visiting. For some time, there had been arguments between the townspeople and the clergy over the markets and these boiled over into violence. When the bishop was in the church some people attacked the priests, who were with him. 

In the early 14th century, the first glove makers were mentioned. In the following centuries, the glove-making industry grew to be the most important industry in Yeovil.

In the 17th century glove making continued to flourish in Yeovil. There was also a parchment making industry. Yeovil was also an important market town for the surrounding area. The market was especially noted for cheese, hemp and linen thread. In 1685 the Duke of Monmouth led a rebellion against the king in Southwest England. He was defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor. Afterwards 8 of his supporters were hanged, drawn and quartered in Yeovil.

In the early 20th century Yeovil had around 11,000 inhabitants and was dominated by the defence industry, making it a target of German raids during World War II. The worst of the bombing was in 1940 and continued until 1942. During that time 107 high explosive bombs fell on the town. 49 people died, 68 houses were totally destroyed and 2,377 damaged.

Yeovil today

AgustaWestland manufactures helicopters in Yeovil, and Normalair Garratt, (Honeywell) builder of aircraft oxygen systems, is also based there.

Yeovil’s role as a centre of the aircraft and defence industries continued into the 21st century despite attempts to diversify and the creation of industrial estates. The main employer is the aviation group AgustaWestland, created through the acquisition of Westland Helicopters by Finmeccanica in 2000.

One symbol of Yeovil is “Jack the Treacle Eater”, a folly consisting of a small archway topped by a turret with a statue on top. This stands in the village of Barwick, just to the south of the town. The Hamstone Abbey Farm House was built about 1420 by John Stourton II, known as Jenkyn, as was Abbey Barn.

Ninesprings Country Park is in the south-east near Penn Hill, linked by a cycle way along the route of the old railway to Riverside Walk, Wyndham Hill and Summerhouse Hill, forming the 40-hectare (99-acre) Yeovil Country Park.