If you want to make sustainable shopping choices, you can’t do better than follow the new Pre-LOVEd Rainbow Trail round Wimborne’s second-hand and charity shops.
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Wimborne Music Trail
As part of its contribution to Wimborne Town of Culture 2026, Planet Wimborne is developing a series of themed town trails. First up this year is the Wimborne Music Trail – a walking trail around the town, celebrating our local musicians, events and venues, and including some tips on how to enjoy music sustainably. The Music Trail will be launched on Saturday 31st January at 4 pm in Square Records, Wimborne, where local folk musician Dorset Phil will be playing some of his wonderful songs.
Apple Pressing at the Green Fair
Emily Metcalfe, a Creative Media student at Poole College, reports on Wimborne Green Festival’s apple pressing event.
Upcoming events
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up on Sunday March 1st.
Start at the Fairground Shop in the Cornmarket at 11.30, and finish up until 1pm.
All ages welcome. Kit available for borrowing. Please let us know if you would like to join us - it helps us prepare - by emailing wimbornewaronwaste@gmail.com.
Future dates:
April 26
May 31
We will do others in between as and when there is a need.
Sun, Mar 1 2026, 11:30am - 1pm
Wessex Water and Bournemouth Water invite you to a Drop-in Session at Wimborne Library, Monday 2nd March, 10am - 12pm and 1pm - 2pm.
Wessex Water and Bournemouth Water are continuing their face-to-face sessions in 2026 to give their customers the opportunity to speak with them face to face, about anything water-related—whether it’s bills, supply, wastewater, saving water, preventing blockages or support for those struggling with payments. We will be on hand to offer advice and explain the help available.
Mon, Mar 2 2026, 10am - 2pm
World Wildlife Day is on March 3 every year to raise awareness of endangered animals and plants, and ways to fight against wildlife crime.
Tue, Mar 3 2026, All day
Wimborne Community Theatre invites local quiz groups and individuals to another fund-raising Quiz Night with Ploughman’s Supper on Wednesday, March 4, to support the development of WCT’s next community theatre project on the theme of HOME, which will be part of Wimborne Town of Culture.
As always, WCT’s Quiz promises to be a fun and entertaining evening of questions on a wide range of subjects from local interest topics, environmental, science and cultural themes, from easy to challenging, and everything in-between.
Wed, Mar 4 2026, 7:30 - 9:30pm
Wimborne War on Waste offer Fancy Dress outfits for free for World Book Day.
Bring those book characters to LIFE!
Available at the Fair Ground shop in the Corn Market, Wimborne.
Outfit donations also gratefully received.
Thu, Mar 5 2026, All day
In March each year we focus the world’s attention on an important but often unseen climate change issue: food waste.
In 2026, Food Waste Action Week’s theme is Make Your Food Go Fuuuuuuuurther: for your pocket, for our planet.
By preventing food waste, using up leftovers, and recycling anything that can’t be eaten, we can unlock more value from the food we already have by helping it to stretch further.
We’d love you to be part of it.
Mon, Mar 9 - Sun, Mar 15 2026, All day
Other news
Wimborne Green Festival 2025, 11-18 October
The 2025 Green Festival will be officially opened at 10:30am on Saturday 11th October (on Minster Green) by Paralympic silver-medal-winning canoeist Jack Eyers, with Wimborne’s Deputy Mayor, Cllr Simon Wheeler; Town Crier, Chris Brown; and Planet Wimborne Chairperson, Linda Bunting.
What happens to the IT kit you Donate?
Iconic Wimborne Cup successfully launched at Folk Festival
The Wimborne Cup was successfully launched at this year's Folk Festival. The iconic design certainly caught the eye, with many people buying the cup as a memento of the Festival. 11 pubs and one brewery took part and sold most of the 8,500 cups ordered. The good news is that. anecdotally, there was much less plastic litter in the streets.