Local News

Links to sites with news for Gillingham and the surrounding area

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This page ...

... is not about us at St. Mary's: if you are looking for our news click here.

Rather, this page provides links to other websites that provide news of events of particular interest to those living in or visiting the Gillingham area.

The Town Website

The main source of information about the town online can be found here.

Three Rivers

The Three Rivers Partnership is a community partnership which aims to bring the communities in and around Gillingham together to plan for the future and to make that plan happen. It does not replace local town or parish councils but lends strength to their work by co-operating closely with them and with district and county councils and other bodies. At present a lot of effort is going towards getting a new new community leisure centre for the town.

Other local sites

The North Dorset Net is "A North Dorset Living Guide". It aims to encourage local activity, with information about local festivals, classes, gardens open, shopping ...

The Slade Centre is a business and arts venue in Gillingham - their website shows what classes and other events are taking place there.

Gillingham Festival

Gillingham Festival takes place in roughly the first two weeks of July each year. Information can be found here.

The local authorities

Dorset County

The Dorset County Council website has sections on

as well as the more obvious council concerns - amongst which is the library section (which includes the facility for you to renew your library books). Gillingham library has its own page.