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.
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.
Planet Wimborne Green Festival 2025 - Recordings of talks now available
Planet Wimborne is extremely grateful to all the speakers for their inspirational and informative talks and for allowing them to be recorded.
You can now find the following videos and accompanying presentation slides from the 2025 Planet Wimborne Green Festival festival at this link.
As part of the 2025 Planet Wimborne Green Festival, we've issued a challenge:
Submit a photo of an outfit for an event or activity, accompanied by a title explaining the event or activity it is intended for.
The outfit and any accessories should include at least three pre-loved items from three different sources.* (Existing own clothing/items can be included, but nothing new apart from haberdashery, i.e. ribbons, buttons).
Competition closing date: 6th October.
Mon, Oct 6 2025, All day
National Hedgehog Awareness week - British Hedgehog Preservation Society. Aims to highlight the problems hedgehogs face and how you can help them.
Sun, May 4 - Sat, May 10 2025, All day
Wessex Water and Bournemouth Water invite you to a Drop-in Session at Wimborne Library, Monday 29th June, 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, Jun 29 2026, 10am - 2pm
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
Papers will be provided at the meeting:
Agenda
Introductions
CIO update
Finance and Accounts
Annual Report
Plans for 2026
AOB
Wildlife Quiz
Thu, Jan 29 2026, 7:30 - 9:30pm
The launch event for the Music Trail takes place at 4 pm on Saturday 31st January in Square Records.
Local folk-singer, Dorset Phil, will play a few of his songs.
It’d be great to see some of you there! It’s a very informal event, please just drop in.
Sat, Jan 31 2026, 4 - 5pm