Gillingham
Gillingham is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It lies on the B3095 and B3081 roads, approximately four miles south of the A303 trunk road and five miles northwest of Shaftesbury.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gillingham railway station and St Mary the Virgin.
Gillingham railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gillingham railway station serves the town of Gillingham, Dorset, England. It is on the West of England Main Line, 105 miles 23 chains down the line from London Waterloo.
St Mary the Virgin
Church
Photo: John Barrett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's Church is the parish church for the town of Gillingham in the Blackmore Vale in the north of Dorset. The church is in the Diocese of Salisbury in the Church of England, and part of the Anglican Communion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bourton and Mere.
Bourton
Village
Photo: Phil Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bourton is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England, situated north of the A303 road on the border with Somerset and Wiltshire between Mere and Wincanton. Bourton is situated 3 miles northwest of Gillingham.
Mere
Town
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mere is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It lies at the extreme southwestern tip of Salisbury Plain, close to the borders of Somerset and Dorset. Mere is situated 3½ miles north of Gillingham.
Gillingham
- Type: Locality
- Location: North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.0421° or 51° 2′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.2783° or 2° 16′ 42″ westElevation
249 feet (76 metres)Open location code
9C3V2PRC+RMGeoNames ID
7291563
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