Gillingham (Dorset)

16°CFog

• Today: 18° / 16° · 87% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

60 reported · July 2026▲ 94% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour17
• Violence & sexual offences17
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Other theft6

Neighbourhood team: Gillingham and Shaftesbury · Dorset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

686 reported road collisions (2024)

156 killed or seriously injured · 883 casualties · 18.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

76 food businesses within 2 miles

• 71 rated 4–5 ★ (70 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gillingham (0.6 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,410 average▲ 1.6% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,051 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £728
• 2 bed £961
• 3 bed £1,184

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (0.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (6.7 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: ASDA Gillingham (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches17
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 197 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

184 schools · 51,332 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 68 of 86 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

158inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

385 CQC-registered services

• Care homes121
• GP practices59
• Dentists84
• Homecare agencies86
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 96% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• In a conservation area (Gillingham Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 44 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

662 applications decided

92.4% granted · 612 granted, 50 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Simon Hoare

Conservative

North Dorset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green coalition

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,515 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

91 jobs advertised · £37,231 avg

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Catering Assistant, Production Operative

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

52% low-carbon electricity

Wind 30% · Gas 27% · Imports 21% · Biomass 15%

136 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Dorset:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership353 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership341 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office306 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s286 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases260 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  St Mary the Virgin, Gillingham, Dorset · 0.1 km

  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.

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  Gillingham, Dorset · 0.1 km

  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.…

• Gillingham (liberty) · 0.1 km

  Gillingham Liberty was a liberty in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:Bourton Gillingham Motcombe

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  Gillingham railway station (Dorset) · 0.5 km

  Gillingham railway station serves the town of Gillingham, Dorset, England. It is on the West of England Main Line, 105 miles 23 chains (169.4 km) down the line from London Waterloo. Today it is managed by South Wester…

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  Gillingham School · 0.6 km

  Gillingham School is a coeducational school situated in Gillingham in North Dorset, England. Gillingham Grammar School can trace its foundation back to 1516. It was founded as a Free School, paid for out of the procee…

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  Peacemarsh · 0.6 km

  Peacemarsh is a section of the town of Gillingham in the north of the county of Dorset. It lies on the northern side of Gillingham, on the B3095 about 4 miles south of the A303. A neighbouring village is Milton on Sto…

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