The Threshold Centre
Contacts, Links & How to Find Us
Cole Street Lane, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5JQ, UK
How to find out more
For details and bookings for courses, events and study visits, or if you
would like to visit on one of our open afternoons, please contact us on
01747 821929 or email: info@thresholdcentre.org.uk
We produce a regular newsletter, so also tell us if you would like to be included on our email (or snail mail) list and receive updates.
For other information about co-housing elsewhere, see www.thevillageforest.com/cohousing.html
Bridport Cohousing Community
Alan Heeks, who initiated this project, is acting as a consultant to a group of potential residents working to create a cohousing community of around thirty homes in or near Bridport.
Synergy Housing Group, the housing association involved in the Threshold Centre, has agreed in principle to work as a partner for the Bridport scheme, and a local eco-developer, Ecos Homes, is also involved as a potential partner.
A feasibility study is due to begin in June 2009, and the aim is to complete a development by the end of 2012.
You can find out more on the Bridport Cohousing website, http://www.bridportcohousing.org.uk/, or contact Alan on 07976 602787.
How to find us
The Threshold Centre
Cole Street Farm
Cole Street Lane
Gillingham
Dorset
SP8 5JQ
By Public Transport
By Bus
Gillingham is on the 58/58A bus route Shaftesbury - Gillingham - Yeovil. Buses run irregularly so please check timetable before travelling.
A timetable can be downloaded from: http://www.dorsetforyou.com/media/pdf/1/n/North_Dorset_Bus_Timetables08.pdf
This service calls at the Gillingham railway station (see below).
By Train
There are regular trains to the West country from London Waterloo via Salisbury calling at Gillingham Station. You can view a timetable at: http://www.southwesttrains.co.uk/SWTrains/pdfs/TimetablesApril2009/PTT20.pdf
You may be able to be picked up from Gillingham by prior arrangement. If not there is a taxi service based at the station.
By Car
By road from the north and east via A303
Leave the A303 at Mere and take the B3095 south to Gillingham. Go through Gillingham, following the signs for Shaftesbury - A3081. First right turn past the big roundabout (with Sydenhams builders' merchant) is Cole Street Lane. The Farm is on the right hand side after about a quarter of a mile - look out for the white sign.
From the north and west.
Take the B3081 to Gillingham, then as above.
From the south and east via A30/Shaftesbury.
Take the B3081 from Shaftesbury to Gillingham.
Cole Street Lane is the first turning on the left after the 40 mph speed limit and Gillingham town sign. Cole Street Farm is a quarter of a mile on the right
From the south and west
From the A30 take the B3092 to Gillingham. On the south edge of the town centre, turn right onto the B3081 towards Shaftesbury. Then as 1st paragraph.
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