Gillingham (Dorset)

town and civil parish in Dorset, England

Gillingham (with a hard G, as in "get") 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

See

Do

  • 🌍 Zig Zag Hill (On the B3081). Ascend Top Gear's favourite, Zig Zag Hill purportedly the bendiest road in the UK. Comparable to the alpine roads in Switzerland. 
  • Culver’s Farm Fishery, ☏ +44 1747 822466. 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

Eat

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next

Routes through Gillingham
Exeter ← Wincanton ←  W  E  → Stonehenge → London



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