Areas of Responsibility
Town Hall
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- School Rd
- Postcode
- SP8 4QR
- Description
- Former Magistrates Court. Police Authority occupy the adjoining building.
- Additional
Information - Part of the building was purchased by Town Council in 2002 for £150k. The building dates from 1890 of red brick load bearing masonry with wooden floors. Town Council accommodation comprises: offices, Council Chamber and conference facilities. Room hire available.
Community Office
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Chantry Fields (behind Waitrose supermarket)
- Postcode
- SP8 4UA
- Description
- Former public conveniences.
- Additional
Information - Traditional construction of red facing bricks. Freehold transferred from North Dorset District Council to the Town Council in 2010 with £5k for capital contribution towards refurbishment. Office accommodation used by Community Resource Worker. Small meeting room available for hire.
Public Conveniences & Town Bridge Office
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- High Street
- Postcode
- SP8 4AB
- Description
- Public convenience. Currently open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Additional
Information - Traditional construction of red facing bricks. Comprising of 1 self-contained disabled / unisex WC 'pod with baby changing facilities. The toilets are cleaned daily by the Town Orderly.
Chapel
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Garden of Remembrance off Cemetery Road
- Postcode
- SP8 4AZ
- Description
- Victorian style structure.
- Additional
Information - The structure is a 19th century building with dressed stone walls with stone parapets and buttresses with stone lintels over stained glass windows. The roof is pitched with clay tiles. The building is used for funerals and a place for quiet reflection upon request.
Former Mortuary Building
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Garden of Remembrance off Cemetery Road
- Postcode
- SP8 4AZ
- Description
- Victorian style structure.
- Additional
Information - The structure is a 19th century red brick building with stone quoins on one elevation with red brick extension built in 1996. Stone surrounds to glazed windows. Clay tiled pitched roof.
Public Open Spaces
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Various
- Postcode
- Various
- Description
- The Town Council is responsible for 27 hectares of public open space (68 acres)
- Additional
Information - Refer to summary of public open space.
Play Areas
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Various
- Postcode
- Various
- Description
- Refer to summary of public open space.
- Additional
Information - The Town Council is responsible for 12 play areas of various sizes.
Harding’s Park
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Site adjoins RiversMeet Leisure Centre
- Postcode
- SP8 5HX
- Description
- Refer to summary of play areas.
- Additional
Information - Large site which has undergone significant refurbishment during 2016/2017.
Cemetery
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Off Cemetery near Rolls Bridge
- Postcode
- SP8 4AZ
- Description
- The cemetery covers 1.64 hectares.
- Additional
Information - The cemetery was purchased in 1890. The cemetery is still in use but nearing capacity.
Garden of Remembrance
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Cemetery Road
- Postcode
- SP8 4AZ
- Description
- The Garden of Remembrance covers 0.48 hectares.
- Additional
Information - The cemetery was purchased in 1860 following closure of St Mary's Churchyard. This cemetery is now closed. This is a peaceful place which has public seating. A few specimen trees have been planted over the years. A Butterfly Garden and Snowdrop Walk is being desinged for 2017/18.
Workshops
- Assets
- Leased
- Location
- Old Market Centre, off Lower Station Road.
- Additional
Information - This industrial unit provides a store for grounds maintenance equipment and vehicles.
St Mary's Churchyard (Closed)
- Assets
- PCC
- Location
- St Mary's Church, High Street
- Description
- This is a closed church yard
- Additional
Information - The last internment in this cemetery was in 1864. The maintenance of this churchyard is undertaken by Gillingham Town Council on behalf of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)
Wesley Gardens
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Queen Street
- Postcode
- SP8 4BP
- Description
- Former cemetery for Wesleyan Chapel.
- Additional
Information - The Town Council took on the responsibility for this area in 1999 and restored it as a Millennium Project in 2000. The garden is currently maintained under licence by a volunteer who lives nearby.
Allotments - Cemetery Road
- Location
- Cemetery Road
- Postcode
- SP8 4AZ
- Description
- The allotments cover 0.39 hectare.
- Additional
Information - There is currently a waiting list for this popular allotment site.
Allotments - Park Farm
- Assets
- Private landowner
- Location
- Park Farm, Shaftesbury Rd
- Description
- This is a small allotment site located near Orchard Park Garden Centre along Shaftesbury Road.
- Additional
Information - This is a temporry allotment site kindly offered to the Town Council by the late Mrs Sheila Clark in 2009.
Planted areas
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Le Neubourg Way
- Postcode
- SP8 4EF
- Description
- Planted area to rear of GTS Garage at Lodbourne.
Verges and planted areas
- Assets
- DCC
- Location
- Various
- Postcode
- Various
- Description
- GTC cuts a total of 2.68 hectares of grassed verges in the town.
- Additional
Information - Grassed verge cutting carried out under a service level agreement with DCC Countryside. Planted areas at Lodbourne and Newbury and Station Road are maintained under licence with DCC Highways.
Trees
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Various
- Postcode
- Various
- Description
- GTC responsible for trees on town council-owned land only.
- Additional
Information - A tree condition survey and risk management plan was undertaken in March 2014 by a qualified arboriculturalist. All trees above a certain trunk size have been recorded and recommended works have been undertaken. Information on donating a tree please refer to a separate document.
Street Cleaning (Town)
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Town
- Additional
Information - A full time Town Orderly is employed whose duties include litter picking and litter bin emptying. There are nearly 40 litter/dog waste bins in the town. Most are emptied by GTC with a few emptied by DWP.
Grit Bins & Sand bag storage
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Various
- Postcode
- Various
- Additional
Information - GTC provide 16 grit bin. In addition the police provide 2 bins, Spectrum Housing provide 2 bins and The Barn Surgery 1 bin. The grit is for highway/pavement use. NOT household use! Additional grit bins have been purchased to store sandbangs near areas prone to floooding.
Public Seating
- Assets
- GTC
- Location
- Various
- Additional
Information - There are 33 seats around the town. Seats can be donated, please refer to separate document for more information.