Local business directory
Axbridge Town Council is pleased to provide this listing for the benefit of local residents and businesses alike, although it should not be taken as an endorsement by the Council of goods or services provided.
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Building Conservation, Renovation & Restoration
Conference, Meeting & Training Venues
Foreign Language Tuition and Translation
Promotional Marketing Operational Management
Beta Six Computer Support & Repair
Damian Surr - Close-Up Magician
Damian Surr - Computer Animation
Electrical Design Installation
Enable (Marketing and Promotions) Ltd
Accommodation
Compton House
Hotel & Function Venue; Conference, Meeting & Training Venue. Civil weddings.
Townsend, Axbridge BS26 2AJ
Telephone: 01934 733944
Email: info@comptonhse.com
Website: www.comptonhse.com
Number 36 and the Roxy
Self-catering accommodation; team meetings, training and presentations.
36 High Street, Axbridge BS26 2AF
Telephone: 07808 806573
Email: juliet@julietmaclay.com
Website: www.number36andtheroxy.co.uk
The Oakhouse
The Oakhouse hotel is an 11th century building that sits proudly in the historical market square
in the town of Axbridge. Only two miles away from Cheddar Caves and near Bristol airport the hotel
has 9 rooms all ensuite with tv, dvd and coffee making facilities. The hotel also has a fabulous
restaurant serving excellent rustic meals from locally sourced ingredients which caters for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AP
Telephone: 01934 732444
Email: info@theoakhousehotel.com
The Parsonage
Ensuite B & B
Cheddar Road, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 733078
Fax: 01934 733078
Website: www.the-parsonage-axbridge.co.uk
Quince Cottage Axbridge
Self-catering accommodation, sleeps 6
Telephone: 01934 733939 or 07818 665729
Email: rhema@onetel.net
Reservoir View Motel
Hazeldene, Cheddar Road, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732180
Mobile: 07867 755719
Email: reservoirviewmotel@fsmail.net
Website: www.reservoirviewmotelaxbridge.co.uk
Animation
Damian Surr
Computer Animation for short films and TV
Telephone: 01934 733817
Mobile: 07715 575701
Email: damian@daminator.com
Website: www.daminator.com
Arts Consultancy
Ginkgo Projects Ltd
St Judes Studio, 15 High Street, Axbridge
Email: info@ginkgoprojects.co.uk
Website: www.ginkgoprojects.co.uk
Antique Furniture Restoration
Mike Freestone
Cabinet Maker, Furniture Maker and French Polishing
1 Starrs Close, Axbridge, Somerset BS26 2BZ
Telephone: 01934 732614
Email: mikepfreestone@aol.com
Bridal & Weddings
Traction Wedding Cars
Classic Citroen Traction Avant Saloons available for wedding hire
Eastern Cottage, 62 Claverham Road, Yatton, BS49 4LD
Telephone: 01934 834274
Email: tractionweddingcars@f1550.fsnet.co.uk
Website: www.tractionweddingcars.co.uk
Builders
Jacek Stankiewicz Painting & Decorating & Plastering
Interior and exterior painting, decorating, wallpapering, plastering, tiling.
Reliable and trustworthy with 10 years of experience.
CSCS registered. Free quotes.
5 Harvest Rise, Moorland Street, Axbridge BS26 2FH
Telephone: 01934 733705
Mobile: 07935 606564
Email:jpspaintingdecorating@gmail.com
Newman & Dodd
General Builders & Plastering
27 Old Church Road, Axbridge BS26 2BE
Telephone: 01934 732665
Mobile: 07971937187
Email: newman885@aol.com
Building Conservation, Renovation & Restoration
Fry's Floor Sanding
The Crooked Cottage, Moorland Street, Axbridge BS26 2BA
Telephone: 01934 733115
Mobile: 07702889685
Email: nickfry@beeb.net
Butchers
Moorland Farm Shop
Moorland Street, Axbridge BS26 2BA
Telephone: 01934 733341
Email: scottliz@btinternet.com
Catering & Parties
Mendip Buffets
9 Bailiffs Close, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732269
The Party Shop
Outside catering, china & glass hire, party goods
8 High Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 733014
Chemists
Axbridge Chemists
Dispensing chemist
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AR
Telephone:
01934 733230 (during opening hours)
01934 733319 (at other times)
Opening hours:
Mon - Fri 9.00am - 6.00pm
Sat & Sun CLOSED
Child Minding
Lottie Fudge
Nanny and babysitting. School runs morning and afternoon. £7.50/hour.
St Mary Street, Axbridge BS26 2BN
Telephone: 07528269632
Email: fudge_charlotte@hotmail.com
Children's Toys
Kiddimoto Ltd
30 High Street, Axbridge BS26 2AF
Telephone: 01934 733654
Email: info@kiddimoto.co.uk
Website: www.kiddimoto.co.uk
Computers and IT
Beta Six
Residential Computer Repair & Support
Phil Bristow
Townsend
Telephone: 0330 223 0605
Email: support@betasix.co.uk
Website: www.betasix.co.uk
Wedmore IT
Computer repair and IT consultancy
32 Hippisley Drive, Axbridge BS26 2DE
Telephone: 01934 733361
Mobile: 07876 652200
Email: peterholmes@wedmoreit.com
Website: www.wedmoreit.com
Conference, Meeting & Training Venues
Compton House
Hotel & Function Venue; Conference, Meeting & Training Venue. Civil weddings.
Townsend, Axbridge BS26 2AJ
Telephone: 01934 733944
Email: info@comptonhse.com
Website: www.comptonhse.com/
Curtain Making
Dexter Design
Curtains made to measure and soft furnishings.
21 West Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732126
Email: sidneyanne.miller@tiscali.co.uk
CV Writing & Jobsearch Consultancy
Sally Potter
34 Houlgate Way, Axbridge BS26 2BY
Telephone: 01934 733576
Eating Out & Food Guide
SomersetFood.org
Website with sections on eating out, shopping & producers and a what's on guide.
Sally Campbell
Houlgate Way, Axbridge BS26 2BY
Email: sally@somersetfood.org
Telephone: 07979 740729
Electricians
Electrical and Design Installation (EDI).
All aspects of commercial and domestic work including full and part rewires,
burglar and fire alarms, installation of electrical appliances and carrying
out of inspection and testing including issue of certificates.
3 Old Church Road, Axbridge BS26 2BQ
Telephone: 01934 732987
Mobile: 07955667887
Email: gonk43@btinternet.com
Chris Norman Electrical.
Commercial and Domestic Electrician.
Consumer unit replacement, faultfinding, extra sockets and lighting,
PAT testing, Inspection Reports. Part P Approved, Fully Insured.
6 Walnut Close, Axbridge BS26 2DT
Mobile: 07717 858598
Telephone: 01934 732066
Email: info@c-n-e.co.uk
Website: www.c-n-e.co.uk
Entertainment
Damian Surr
Close-Up Magician
Telephone: 01934 733817
Mobile: 07715 575701
Email: damian@gingermagic.com
Website: www.gingermagic.com
Estate Agents
Chappell and Matthews
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AS
Telephone: 01934 732268
Fax: 01934 733227
Email: via website
Website: http://www.chappellandmatthews.co.uk/
Events Planning
The Party Shop
8 High Street, Axbridge BS26 2AF
Telephone: 01934 733014
Fax: 01934 733014
Florists
The Secret Garden Florist
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AR
Telephone:07467 144423
Email: thesecretgarden-florist@hotmail.com
Website: www.thesecretgarden-florist.co.uk
Opening hours:Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sat 9:00am - 5pm, Wed 9am - 1pm
Specialists in fresh, silk & dried floristry. Over 30 years experience, aiming to give you the best quality around.
Food Stores
Co-op Stores
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AR
Telephone:01934 732228
Opening hours: 5.30am - 10pm every day
Foreign Language Tuition and Translation
Jane Bolado Associates
Spanish tuition and translation
2 Millstream Close, Axbridge BS26 2DU
Telephone: 01934 733878
Email: jane.bolado48@btinternet.com
Website: www.tailormadespanish.co.uk
Axbridge Language Services
Providing French tuition and translation. Czech services also available for the adventurous!
Contact: Clare Horackova
1 The Myrtles, Moorland Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732001
Email: clare.jena@talktalk.net
Galleries
The Drugstore Gallery
Exhibition of photographic prints taken by
photographers Barry Cawston and Soraya Schofield
N.B. opens during Farmers' Markets or by appointment
4, High Street, just off the Square
Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732588
Email soraya@thedrugstoregallery.com
Website: thedrugstoregallery.com
Garage Services
W.P. Counsell & Sons Ltd
Weare Garage, Lower Weare, Axbridge BS26 2JG
Telephone: 01934 732248
Email: enquiries@wpcounsell.co.uk
Website: www.wpcounsell.com/
Garden Services
Phil Brown Garden & Landscape Design
25 West Street
Axbridge
Somerset
BS26 2AA
Telephone: 01934 733864
Mobile: 07765 485021
Email: mail@philbrowndesign.com
Website: www.philbrowndesign.com
Space 2 Play
Creating inspiring outdoor learning environments for
schools and private gardens. Grow your own food, explore the environment
and learn to care about nature.
tel: 01934 733651
Mobile: 07968 326856
Email: jcplayspace@gmail.com or info@space2play.co.uk
Website: www.space2play.co.uk
Graphic Design & Advertising
Sore Thumb
Graphic design and advertising
Brookside Cottage, 3 The Myrtles, Moorland Street, Axbridge BS26 2BA
Telephone: 01934 732700
Email: ouch@sorethumb.co.uk
Website: www.sorethumb.co.uk
Hair Styling
Acutabove Hair Salon
1 High Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 733666
Email: acutabove.hair@googlemail.com
Website: www.acutabovehair.co.uk
Kelibe Hair Salon
11 High Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732711
Home Maintenance
Just the Job - www.justthejobonline.com
Carpenter & Professional Handyman!
32 Houlgate Way, Axbridge BS26 2BY
Contact Malcolm on: 07872 613948, 01934 733869 or info@justthejobonline.com
Peter Smith
Plumbing, decorating and general home repairs. Most small jobs undertaken promptly.
The Gardens, St. Mary's Street, Axbridge, BS26 2BN
Telephone: 0777 203 4646
Email: p.smith.188@btinternet.com
Keep Fit Classes
1 to 1 fitness
5 Penn Court, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 733404
Email: paulakirkup@virgin.net
Lal Adamson
Contact by telephone or e-mail
Telephone: 01934 733899
Email: lal@hotboots.freeserve.co.uk
Internet and new media
Higgins and Macfarlane
Photography, new media, Internet presence
31 West Street, Axbridge BS26 2AA
Telephone: 01934 732723
Mobile: 07712897926
Email: info@higginsandmacfarlane.com
Website: www.higginsandmacfarlane.com/
Lighting Solutions
Pace (UK) Ltd
Custom-made LED lighting solutions
The Rising, The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AP
Telephone: 01934 733121
Email: les@paceuk.com
Website: www.paceuk.com/
Music Tuition
Stella Moore ARCM
3 Moorland Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732282
Email: davestellamoore@aol.com
Nursing & Residential Care
St. Michael's Cheshire Home
Day & respite services for young disabled people
Cheddar Road, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732358
Telephone: 01934 732809
Email: johndyer@btconnect.com
Painting & Decorating
GOT Decorating
Painting and Decorating, City and Guilds, Free estimates, over 30 years experience.
58 Knightstone Close, Axbridge BS26 2DJ
Telephone: 01934733476
Mobile: 0773 664 4452
Jacek Stankiewicz Painting & Decorating & Plastering
Interior and exterior painting, decorating, wallpapering, plastering, tiling.
Reliable and trustworthy with 10 years of experience.
CSCS registered. Free quotes.
5 Harvest Rise, Moorland Street, Axbridge BS26 2FH
Telephone: 01934 733705
Mobile: 07935 606564
Email:jpspaintingdecorating@gmail.com
Pets
Friends for Pets
Pet care services.
Dog walking, doggy day care, home from home dog boarding and cat sitting.
Axbridge and the surrounding villages. All pet carers are CRB checked and fully insured.
Telephone: 07584 050544
Email: contactus@friendsforpets.co.uk
Website: friendsforpets.co.uk
Photography
Barry Cawston Photography
Freelance photography business, working commercially for English Heritage,
The Telegraph and Guardian newspapers amongst others
The Drugstore Gallery
4, High Street, just off the Square
Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732588
Email: barry@barrycawston.com,
Website: barrycawston.com
Elaine Turner Photography LBIPP LRPS
Freelance photographer and photographic tutor.
Maricourt
St Mary's Street
Axbridge
BS26 2BN
Telephone: 07714 762718
Email: eac@elaineturner.co.uk
Website: www.elaineturner.co.uk
Playgroup
Axbridge Playmates
For children aged 2+
Axbridge Methodist church schoolrooms
West Street
Axbridge
BS26 2AA
Telephone: 01934 744266
Promotional Marketing Operational Management
Enable (Marketing and Promotions) Ltd
Acknowledged industry expert ensuring your promotional marketing campaigns meet best practice,
are code compliant, free from fraud or theft and are logistically sound.
All aspects of conventional inpack, onpack and printed promotional marketing covered as well as
online, mobile, text and social media promotions and associated judging and auditing requirements.
Bank House, The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AP
Telephone:01934 853 770
Email:neil.barnes@enablemp.com
Website: www.enablemp.com
Property Development Abroad
Apolonia Properties Ltd
Axbridge based property developer specialising in the building
of luxury holiday apartments on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast
St Mary's Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732459
Email: info@apolonia-properties.com
Website: www.apolonia-properties.com
Pubs & Restaurants
The Almshouse Tea Shop
The Almshouse Tea Shop offers a range of great quality teas and coffees together with a wide
selection of tasty cakes, snacks and light lunches in a lovely 15th Century Almshouse.
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AR
Telephone: 01934 733720
Website: www.thealmshouseteashop.co.uk
Compton House
Hotel & Function Venue; Conference, Meeting & Training Venue. Civil weddings.
Townsend, Axbridge BS26 2AJ
Telephone: 01934 733944
Email: info@comptonhse.com
Website: www.comptonhse.com/
The Crown Inn
Fine ales, skittle alley, pool table, sky sports and prem plus
St. Mary Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732518
The Lamb Inn
The Square, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732253
Website: www.butcombe.com/lamb
The Oakhouse
The Oakhouse hotel is an 11th century building that sits proudly in the historical market square
in the town of Axbridge. Only two miles away from Cheddar Caves and near Bristol airport the hotel
has 9 rooms all ensuite with tv, dvd and coffee making facilities. The hotel also has a fabulous
restaurant serving excellent rustic meals from locally sourced ingredients which caters for breakfast,
lunch and dinner.
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AP
Telephone: 01934 732444
Email: info@theoakhousehotel.com
Website: www.theoakhousehotel.com
Stationery
The Post Office
St Mary Street, Axbridge
Telephone: 01934 732227
Stress Management
Stress Busting Angels
Contact by telephone or e-mail
Telephone: 07736451300
Email: maggie@stressbustingangels.co.uk
Website: www.stressbustingangels.co.uk/
Take-away Food
see Almshouse Tea Shop,
Taxation & Accountancy Services
Axbridge Chambers Ltd
The Square, Axbridge BS26 2AP
General enquiries to Carl Becker
Telephone: 01934 732888
Fax: 01934 732446
Email: carl@axbridgeaccountancy.co.uk
Taxis
BBS Taxis
Hazeldene, Cheddar Road, Axbridge
Mobile: 07770 837560
Email: billhobbs34@live.co.uk
Therapies, Reiki and Pamper Parties
Acacia Holistics
Clair Griffin
Windyridge, Hillside, Axbridge
Telephone: 07974 665295
Email: Clairgriff@aol.com
Website: www.acacia-holistics.co.uk
Axbridge Therapies
Various locations around Axbridge
Telephone: 07736451300
Email: maggie@paceuk.com
Website: www.axbridgetherapy.co.uk/
Pace Therapy
Contact by telephone or e-mail
Telephone: 07736451300
Email: maggie@paceuk.com
Website: www.pacetherapy.co.uk
Somerset Reiki
Randa Lloyd
12 Parkfield, Axbridge, BS262DD
Telephone: 01934 733696 or 07791 673813
Email: randalloyd@hotmail.co.uk
Website: www.somersetreiki.co.uk
Tutoring
Karen Tyrrell
Teacher with over 25 years experience now has spaces for private tuition in the following areas:
Piano, theory and listening skills (towards ABRSM and GSM exams if preferred); English and Maths for ages 3-12+; Socialisation and confidence-building for ages 3-12+
Other subjects within the Primary Curriculum are available. Just ask for details. References available on request. Please contact for more information.
Telephone: 07792 707383, email: ketyrrell@hotmail.co.uk.
Emma Waldon
Head of Geography offering GCSE tutoring in Geography, RE, Biology and Environmental Science.
Also exam revision and skills training so learners can gain confidence and exam skills
Available evenings and can be booked as a one off or as a continuous programme.
£15 per hr one off, £12.50 per session if booking 2, £10 per hr if booking more than 2 sessions.
The Georgian House, Axbridge
Telephone: 07989264381
Email: emajosurf@yahoo.com.