Welcome to Chard and its Town Council

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Chard is a lovely market town in the county of Somerset, England, situated on the main A30 road close to the borders of Devon and Dorset, only 15 miles from the M5 junction 25.

Chard has a population of around 14,000 and, at an altitude of 121 metres, is the highest town in Somerset.

 In 1685 Chard was one of the towns in which Judge Jeffreys held some of the Bloody Assizes after the failure of the Monmouth Rebellion. Chard is the birthplace of aviation, as it was here in 1848 that the Victorian aeronautical pioneer John Stringfellow (1799-1883) first demonstrated that engine-powered flight was possible.

Sign post to EuropeChard has embraced the idea of closer links with our partners in Europe and has long-standing twinning arrangements with Helmstedt in Germany, Morangis in France and Comuna Seica Mare in Romania.

 

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