Gillingham (Dorset)

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

• Infrequent local buses with very few routes.

• Star Taxis

  phone: +44 1747 822228

• T A Taxis

  phone: +44 1747 821111

• Stourhead

  phone: +44 1747 841152
  address: near Mere, BA12 6QD
  National Trust gardens.

• St. Georges Church

  address: Langham Lane
  A thatched church built in 1921 as a memorial to the first world war.

• The local museum

  phone: +44 1747 826235
  address: Chantry Fields, SP8 4UA

• Ecliffe Milland the river Stour

• Ascend Top Gear's favourite, Zig Zag Hill.

• Culver’s Farm Fishery

  phone: +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.

• Neal's Yard Remedies Factory and shop

  phone: +44 845 262 3145
  address: Peacemarsh

• Chester Jefferies Ltd

  phone: +44 1747 822629
  Glove manufacturers, Factory and shop. Makes a speciality of gloves for the film industry.

• The Ship Inn & Hotel

  phone: +44 1747 838640
  address: West Stour
  Country pub and restaurant with 5 rooms.