Wincanton is a small town and electoral ward in South Somerset, southwest England. The town exists off the A303 road, a primary course in between London and South West England, as well as has some light market. The town as well as selecting ward has a population of 5,272. In the late 1890s the West Surrey Central Dairy Company acquired a regional creamery. In 1908, after creating a dried milk talcum powder, it altered its name to Cow & Gate. The creamery as well as milk products manufacturing facility had its own house sidings from the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway station, giving access for milk trains. In order to cope with the transportation problems throughout its promptly expanding creamery, milk bottling as well as doorstep shipment network, Cow & Gate formed a specialized logistics arm in 1920. Spun out in 2002 from successor business Unigate, Wincanton PLC is the UK's second biggest logistics company. The firm still has a milk items base in the town, although its head office function transferred to Chippenham, Wiltshire in 2005. In 1999, Unigate marketed its remaining milks to Dairy products Crest, which still has a creamery as well as milk handling plant in the town, however has marketed celebrity company to Adams Foods Ltd., manufacturer of the Pilgrim's Choice brand of Cheddar cheese, in 2010 the second best marketing brand name in the UK.