J Gliddon & Sons Ltd - Taunton

Katherine B.

Highly recommend the machinery side....clothing side very rude. Kicked out as it's more important for the owners to have lunch than provide any form of customer service. The sarcastic "goodbye" was not appreciated...won't be spending anything there.

Jay T.

My go-to shop for hardware, kitchenware, garden supplies and outdoor clothing.
Staff are very welcoming and helpful about all manner of different things.

Tom P.

My first experience of dealing with this company (Garden Machinery) on Saturday. I'm very impressed. Pete offered some useful advice and took the trouble to explain a few things, even though other customers were waiting. The parts I wanted were, mostly, available and at a fair price. This visit was worth the 50 mile round trip that I made. Thank you.

Dee M.

A shop like Alladins cave full of good quality home ware items, from paint: cooking pots etc: even jam pot covers; garden products of all descriptons; nails; screws; just amazing shop with friendly helpful staff

Ben W.

It's a pity it isn't possible to review the two shops - garden machinery and hardware - separately because one really drags the other down.
The hardware shop is great. It's the garden machinery side that is the problem. It's run by a very rude overbearing man who would rip off his own mother if she came in to buy something. Everything is hellishly expensive to start with and whatever you try to buy you get a really hard upsell. Some have compared this guy to Arkwright but he's nowhere near as charming so even for the thickest skinned shoppers it's a painful experience.
I cannot recommend strongly enough that you go elsewhere. Try Tom Williams in Minehead, they are super friendly and helpful and much more reasonably priced.

Jose F.

Overly delays but ok if it's in stock .discounts and ok service .

Just bad for parts

Susan W.

The store that sells almost everything. Great place!

Henry J.

Have used this place for years and have purchased a fair bit through them over time.
I got my first chainsaw from here back in 2014 and when it was stolen last year I was amazed to find they still had the full details of the purchase on record including the serial numbers which could be handed to the police.
If you know what you want and can find it cheaper then go for it, an intentional beat down on price won’t get you far these guys are to long in the tooth for those games.
At Gliddons you’re paying for professional knowledge built over many years of experience and in my experiences I’ve found Pete to not only advise me and my previous customers well on what to purchase but has always been competitive on price. The equipment I bought only failed me when I didn’t listen to their advise or tried to penny pinch, which left me going back with my tail between my legs until
I learnt my lesson. Only then I could continue with my work in confidence knowing I had the right tool for the job!

Having now moved into a different profession, I’ll continue to recommend Gliddons in an honest way, the same way it was recommended to me many years ago.