Gillingham (Dorset)

Gillingham is the most northerly town in Dorset on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.

St. Georges Church, Langham Lane

Get in

By car

Five minutes from the A303, main route to the West Country from London.

By train

South West trains run to 🌍 Gillingham station from London Waterloo in 2 hours. The station is on the London Waterloo to Exeter main line.

By bicycle

National Cycle route 25 or alternatively the Stour Valley Way long distance path

By plane

Compton Abbas Airfield

Get around

• Infrequent local buses with very few routes.
• Star Taxis, ☎ [phone]. 
• T A Taxis, ☎ [phone]. 

See

• 🌍 Stourhead, near Mere, BA12 6QD, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. National Trust gardens.  
• 🌍 St. Georges Church, Langham Lane. A thatched church built in 1921 as a memorial to the first world war. (updated Mar 2016)
• 🌍 The local museum, Chantry Fields, SP8 4UA, ☎ [phone]. M 10AM-1PM, Tu Th F 10AM-5PM, Sa 9:30AM-4PM. Free, donations welcome.. 
• Ecliffe Mill. and the river Stour 

Do

• Ascend Top Gear's favourite, Zig Zag Hill.
• Culver’s Farm Fishery, ☎ [phone]. Carp, bream, roach and tench fishing. 
• Walk the Stour Valley Way which follows the river Stour from its source at Stourhead to the sea at Christchurch.

Events

• Carnival processions in October.

Buy

• Neal's Yard Remedies Factory and shop, Peacemarsh, ☎ [phone]. 
• Chester Jefferies Ltd, ☎ [phone]. Glove manufacturers, Factory and shop. Makes a speciality of gloves for the film industry. 

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 The Ship Inn & Hotel, West Stour, ☎ [phone]. Country pub and restaurant with 5 rooms. (updated Oct 2017)

Connect

Go next

Routes through Gillingham

Exeter ← Wincanton ←

W  E

→ Stonehenge → London