Gillingham (Dorset)

Gillingham (with a hard G, as in "get") is the most northerly town in Dorset on the edge of the Blackmore Vale.



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

By train
South West trains run to 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.

Do

 * Walk the Stour Valley Way which follows the river Stour from its source at Stourhead to the sea at Christchurch.
 * Walk the Stour Valley Way which follows the river Stour from its source at Stourhead to the sea at Christchurch.
 * 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.