Bus services at Silk Mills P&R 'temporarily suspended'

It follows what Somerset Council are calling an 'unauthorised encampment'

Author: Oliver MorganPublished 26th Mar 2025

Buses to Taunton's Silk Mills Park and Ride have been temporarily suspended due to an "unauthorised encampment".

Somerset Council says security staff are on site and a legal process is underway.

It adds that the service will operate as usual between Taunton Gateway, town centre and Musgrove Park Hospital, terminating in Mountway Road - the Gateway Park and Ride at junction 25 will be operating as normal.

In a statement sent to Greatest Hits Radio, the authority told us: "Bus services to the Silk Mills Park and Ride have been temporarily suspended following an unauthorised encampment.

"Anyone with a vehicle parked at the site will be dropped at the gates and can collect their vehicles this evening.

"Service 1E will also be suspended from entering the site this evening until further notice.

"From tomorrow morning the park and ride service will remain suspended until the situation is resolved. Security staff are on site and a legal process underway.

"The service will operate as usual between Taunton Gateway, town centre and Musgrove Park Hospital, terminating in Mountway Road.

"The Gateway Park and Ride at junction 25 will be operating as normal."

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