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.
Planet Wimborne aims to bring the community in Wimborne and surrounding areas together in response to the climate and ecological emergency.
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Invitation to Planet Wimborne's AGM 2026
You are invited to come along to our AGM on Wednesday 21st January 2026 at 7pm for a 7.30pm start at the Lion Hotel. This is an opportunity to meet the Trustees and hear about our work over the past year and what our plans are for the coming one. Here is a link to the Agenda and Papers.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards
Trustees:
Linda Bunting (Chair)
Neil Smith
Jeff Hart
Adrian Newton
Judy Windwood
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, starting at the Fair Ground Shop, in the Cornmarket and finishing at Hanham Road car park.
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.
Next dates:
March 1
April 26
May 31
We will do others in between as and when there is a need.
Sun, Jan 25 2026, 11:30am - 1pm
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
It is important to remove old tree guards as they pollute the environment with broken plastic and prevent normal development of the trees.
Please join Trees For Wimborne to remove tree guards and add mulch around newly planted trees at the Dogdean SANG on Saturday 14th February
Sunday 2nd March 10am.
See the map about this event for the meeting place.
For more information please email: TreesForWimborne@gmail.com
Sat, Feb 14 2026, 10:30am - 1pm
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up
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.
Next 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
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up, starting at the Fair Ground Shop, in the Cornmarket and finishing at Hanham Road car park.
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.
Next date: May 31
We will do others in between as and when there is a need.
Sun, Apr 26 2026, 11:30am - 1pm
Join Wimborne War on Waste's Community Clean Up, starting at the Fair Ground Shop, in the Cornmarket and finishing at Hanham Road car park.
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.
Sun, May 31 2026, 11:30am - 1pm
Other news
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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.
Planet Wimborne's Spring Green a great success
Planet Wimborne, together with its community groups, delivered a number of inspiring and engaging events to celebrate Earth Day. Earth Day falls on 22nd April every year and issues a call to action for people across the world to come together to help protect our fragile planet. Planet Wimborne takes this 'Think Global, Act Local' principle to provide a great way for local people to come together and feel part of a bigger community effort.