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# Orchard Portman

Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taunton.

[Plan a trip to Orchard Portman](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Orchard%20Portman) [From Cardiff](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Orchard+Portman)

## Every way there

- Cardiff → Orchard Portman 55 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £12–15 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-orchard-portman) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Orchard+Portman)
- Bristol → Orchard Portman 62 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £7–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-orchard-portman) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Orchard+Portman)
- London → Orchard Portman 213 km · quickest by road, 3h 21m · £22–29 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-orchard-portman) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Orchard+Portman)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Orchard Portman, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Orchard Portman](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/orchard-portman)

What Orchard Portman has

- Y Scheduled flights Cardiff (CWL), 49 km
- N Trains and coaches no timetable feed known for this country
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Taunton, 4 km.

50.988°, -3.077°

The village has a population of 150.

How locals move

## Getting around Orchard Portman the local way

- Get in Within the West Country itself are two seaports offering international ferry services: Plymouth receives ferries from Roscoff and St Malo in France, and Santander in Spain, while Poole receives ferries from Cherbourg and St Malo in France, plus Santander and the Channel Islands.

From [Wikivoyage: West Country](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/West_Country), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-06.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_Portman), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Leonard Knijff (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


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