The Blackdown Motor Company site in Walton is empty. Picture: Paul Jones/Somerset Leveller

Somerset car dealership closes last site after 50 years in business

Paul JonesJanuary 9, 20250 Comment0

A LANDMARK Somerset motor dealership has closed.

Blackmore Motor Company, which was based in Main Street, Walton, near Street, closed before Christmas.

Latterly a Subaru dealership and service centre, the family-owned business operated in Somerset for more than 50 years, including running Rowcliffes dealerships, including in East Reach, Taunton.

However, it is understood all remaining staff at the Walton centre were made redundant before Christmas.

The move came after Blackdown Motor Company previously closed down sites in Yeovil in July 2024, as well as its Rowcliffes dealership in Taunton, which shut in June 2023.

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Paul Jones

I am the editor in chief of Blackmore Vale media, which includes the New Blackmore Vale, New Stour & Avon, Salisbury & Avon Gazette and the Purbeck Gazette, having been a reporter for some 20 years. In my spare time, I am a festival lover, with a particular focus on Glastonbury. I live in Somerset with my wife and two children.