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Dolphin Public House

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A traditional public house on Silver Street in Ilminster, Somerset, trading as the Dolphin.

Last updated September 26, 2026

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Overview

The Dolphin Public House is a pub in Ilminster, a small town in South Somerset, England. It trades simply as the Dolphin and is located at 22 Silver Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0DR. The pub is a local, independently run drinking establishment rather than a branded chain outlet, and it is known in the town by its address and its telephone number, 01460 57904. As a public house, the Dolphin's core offer is the traditional British pub experience: a bar serving beer, ale, cider, spirits and soft drinks in a social setting. According to the pub's own website, it no longer serves food, so its business is focused on drinks and the pub atmosphere rather than on dining. This makes it a drinks-led local rather than a food-led destination pub. The Dolphin is a small, single-site business. It does not appear to be part of a large managed pub group or a national hospitality brand, and no parent company, ownership group or listing status is recorded in the available evidence. Its presence in the brand knowledge base rests on its identity as a named, addressable commercial hospitality venue in Ilminster, with its own website and contact details. Because the pub is a local venue, public information about it is limited. The available evidence confirms its name, its status as a pub in Ilminster, South Somerset, and its address and telephone contact. Details such as its founding date, its current owner or licensee, and its full trading history are not established by the supplied sources and are therefore left unstated here.

History

The Dolphin Public House is a pub in Ilminster, South Somerset, England. The available evidence identifies it as a public house in the town and gives its trading address at 22 Silver Street, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 0DR, together with the telephone number 01460 57904. The pub's own website presents it under the name "Dolphin, Ilminster" and notes that it no longer serves food. Ilminster is a historic market town in South Somerset, and its pubs form part of the town's traditional social and commercial fabric. The Dolphin belongs to this class of small, locally rooted public houses. As a named venue with its own website and contact details, it operates as an independent, single-site business rather than as an outlet of a national pub chain. The supplied sources do not establish when the Dolphin was founded, who owns or operates it, or how its business has changed over time beyond the current position that food is no longer served. Its history is therefore documented here only to the extent the evidence supports: a pub in Ilminster, South Somerset, trading as the Dolphin at 22 Silver Street, with a drinks-focused offer.

Products and positioning

A small, locally run traditional pub in Ilminster, Somerset, focused on drinks rather than food.

  • Pub bar service (drinks)

    The Dolphin operates as a public house serving drinks; its website states that it no longer serves food.

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