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Gillingham (Dorset) Voyage Tips and guide

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    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

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    By car

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

    By train

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    South West trains run to 1 Gillingham station from London Waterloo in 2 hours. The station is on the London Waterloo to Exeter main line.

    By bicycle

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

    By plane

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    Compton Abbas Airfield

    Get around

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    Map
    Map of Gillingham (Dorset)

    See

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    Do

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    • 1 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

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    • Carnival processions in October. [1]

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    Sleep

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    Connect

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    Go next

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    Routes through Gillingham
    ExeterWincanton  W  E  StonehengeLondon




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