Wincanton is a village and also selecting ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The community lies off the A303 road, a primary course between London as well as South West England, as well as has some light industry. The community and selecting ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company bought a neighborhood creamery. In 1908, after developing a dried milk talcum powder, it changed its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as dairy items factory had its very own house sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, supplying accessibility for milk trains. In order to handle the transport troubles across its quickly expanding creamery, milk bottling as well as front door distribution network, Cow & Gate developed a committed logistics arm in 1920. Drawn out in 2002 from follower firm Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second largest logistics business. The firm still has a milk items base in the town, although its head office function moved to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate sold its remaining dairies products to Dairy Crest, which still has a creamery as well as milk processing plant in the community, but has actually marketed celebrity business to Adams Foods Ltd., producer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand name of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand name in the UK.