NEWS: Beaminster awarded £98,000 for Skate Park Project The Town Council is delighted to announce that Beaminster has been awarded over £98,000 by the National Lottery Communities Fund, (NLCF), to enable us to deliver the Skate Park Project in 2021. It has taken a while but it will be worth the effort. In 2012, members…
Lockdown 3.0: Fear not, Beaminster! We’re still here if you need us. This week, the UK was placed into a new lockdown. And while, for many of us, we’ll be finding ourselves in similar positions to where we were in March 2020, one positive that we can take from this is that as a community,…
Just before Lockdown 1.0, the Businesses of Beaminster got together to create a new business networking group called BOB (Businesses of Beaminster). Covid-19 hit, and all best intentions were placed on hold while we focussed on maneuvering our way through 2020. Recently, a few members of the business community decided to resurrect BOB with a…
The Beaminster Festival is a joy to behold – and brings a new found electricity and excitement to our town during the summer months! And with 2020 being what it has been, things were a bit different this time around. But that hasn’t stopped the team from planning for an uptake! Lois Pearson, Artistic Director…
The community of Beaminster are being innovative again – and this time, it’s looking at how they can bring some of their own Festive Cheer to their neighbours around them. Laura Anderton has been in touch about something a group of them are doing in Myrtle Close on 18 December at 6pm, with a view…
Beaminster is abundant with business-owners. Not just the shops you see in the high-street, but service providers and sole trading, self-employed superheroes who have chosen to build a business, either alone or with others, in Beaminster. From architects to lawyers, accountants, marketers, tree surgeons, garden landscapers, plumbers, carpenters, cleaners to carers – Beaminster is a…
Happy to report that the Dorset Council has published a list of areas across Dorset that will benefit from free car parking on selected days, during the festive season, and Beaminster is one of these! Free parking in the Square and Yarn Barton car parks will apply on: Saturday 5, 12 and 19 December 2020…
In Summer, the Scarecrows took over our town – and with the approach of Christmas, we’re hardly surprised that the Christmas Elves have decided to set upon Beaminster for the weeks leading up to Christmas! They’re up to their usual mischief – but this time, there’s something in it for you too! From Wednesday 2…
Julie’s Guide to Beaminster: Take a stroll through Beaminster with Julie Montagu Julie Montagu, Viscountess Hinchingbrooke, is a wonderfully familiar face in Beaminster. Not only is she an American entrepreneur, yoga instructor, blogger and more, she also runs the Mapperton Estate with her husband when she’s not in London. Many would know Julie for her…
