Christmas Lights Switch On Save The Date! Friday, 29th November.. Beaminster Christmas Tree Display 2024 Please join us in Beaminster Town Square to help celebrate the start of the Christmas season with 6pm CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON. Food stalls, refreshments and festive carol singing will all add to the joyful event. Beaminster School PTA CHRISTMAS FAIR…
Scarecrow Trail Summer Challenge HEROES & VILLAINS The Scarecrow Trail is Back! This year’s theme is ‘Heroes & Villains’, and the competition runs from Thursday 1st August and entries close on 31st August 2024. The competition will run throughout August, so pick up or download a trail map and search the town for the Scarecrows…
BEAMINSTER COMMUNITY GRANTS Beaminster Town Council is committed to supporting local groups and initiatives to enhance the quality of life for its residents. For many years, grants had been given annually to a small number of organisations. With the financial climate during and post the Covid pandemic being somewhat challenging, the Town Council felt it…
VACANT SEAT ON THE TOWN COUNCIL Following the resignation of Rachel Goode a vacancy exists on Beaminster Town Council. To be eligible to take a seat on the Town Council you must meet one of the criteria set out in the Local Government Act 1972 section 79 – • a Beaminster resident on the electoral…
BEAMINSTER COMMEMORATION 80th Anniversary of D-Day 6th June marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, when Allied forces mounted the largest amphibious invasion the world has ever witnessed. Beaminster will be commemorating the event along with the rest of the nation. BEAMINSTER COMMEMORATION 80th Anniversary of D-Day Thursday, 6th June 3pm-8pm Beaminster Museum Exhibition in Town…
CB3 Beaminster Community Bus Run by our brilliant local volunteers since 2018 and supported by Beaminster Town Council, the CB3 community bus project began when Dorset County Council donated a minibus that was surplus to its own fleet and helped to train volunteer drivers for the service. The popular service provides a connection between Crewkerne, Beaminster…
Beaminster Honorary Townsperson Award 2024 On Friday, 12th April, a ceremony was held in Beaminster Town Hall to celebrate the Honorary Townsperson Award 2024. The Beaminster ‘Honorary Townsperson’ award goes back several decades, with the earliest record on our board in the Town Hall dating back to 1991, bestowed to Norman C Welsford MBE and…
Become a Town Councillor! A message from Cllr Craig Monks, Beaminster Town Council Chairman Build Tomorrow’s Beaminster – it’s in your hands! This coming May, town and parish councils will be holding elections. Over the past 5 years (4 as Chairman), I have seen Beaminster town council achieve so much and been involved in so…
Calling all Beaminster businesses! Chairman Craig Monks and Cllr Rachel Goode will be hosting a second business focused session with all local businesses, to understand what we as a council can do to help you and to develop some of the ideas discussed at our first meeting last year. We hope to update you in…
Ripple Kitchen Every 3rd Friday of the month from 11.30-1pm Doing little things together, nurturing big ideas A community lunch at Beaminster Public Hall organised by Ripple Workshop’s Young Parents group on the 3rd Friday of the month at 11.30am. The first one takes place on Friday, 17th November The Young Parents group meets on…