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Age Concern Dorset

Age Concern

Sturminster House, Bath Road,
Sturminster Newton,
Dorset,
DT10 1AS

01258 475582

Age Concern North Dorset, based in Sturminster Newton, aims through its services and activities to help make later life more enjoyable and to make retirement a time to celebrate.

 
Chase Community Friends

Chase Community Friends

01725 552572

A registered charity providing a monthly social day – includes coffee tea and biscuits, a three course freshly cooked meal and entertainment in Sixpenny Handley Village Hall for the villages of the Cranborne Chase area.

 
Citizens advice bureau

Citizens Advice in East Dorset & Purbeck

0800 144 8848

We are a Registered Charity, providing free, confidential and independent information about almost anything. Our clients' most common problems generally relate to benefits, employment, debt, housing, consumer affairs and family relationships.

 
Crossroad Cafe - every Wednesday and Monday - Library open too! Crossroad Cafe - every Wednesday, Sixpenny Handley Parish Office

Crossroads Cafe

Parish Office, 6 Town Farm Workshops,
Sixpenny Handley,
SP5 5PA

01725 552721

Drop in for a cuppa and a friendly chat. 9.00 am - 12.00 pm every Monday & Wednesday 2.00 - 4.00 pm on the last Sunday of the month

 
Sixpenny Handley Doctors Sixpenny Handley Doctors Surgery

Doctors - The Sixpenny Handley and Chalke Valley Practice

Sixpenny Handley Surgery Dean Lane,
Sixpenny Handley,
Salisbury,
SP5 5PA

01725 552500

We have two fully equipped surgeries with disabled access. Sixpenny Handley and Broad Chalke. During the week there is usually a doctor on duty every day in both surgeries. The main dispensary is in Sixpenny Handley.

 
Police

Dorset Police

Peel Road,
Verwood,
BH31 7PU

01202 222222

07825 521761

Nicholas Lee, Verwood Police Station Emergency number 999 Police non-emergency number 101

 
Home Watch

Home Watch Team

01725 552022

Set up to raise crime awareness in our Parish and to encourage simple crime prevention measures and assist Dorset Police.

 

Magnificafe & Teddy Bears

St Mary's Church,
Sixpenny Handley,

Cafe for young and old alike - from 9am until 12pm. Drop into the church during these times for cake, coffee and company

 
Big Picnic

Sixpenny Handley & Pentridge CCIO

01725 552211

The core function of the CCIO is to fundraise and allocate grants for groups and projects within the parish. It also provides an administrative base for any organisation or group functioning in the parish that choses to integrate.

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Sixpenny Handley Allotment Association

Sixpenny Handley Allotment Association

01725 552397

bmjcurtis@aol.com

We are responsible for the letting and management of the two Parish Council allotment sites. You can join if you are a parishoner of within 3 miles of the parish boundary.

 
Sixpenny Handley Parish Office Sixpenny Handley Parish Council Logo

Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge Parish Council

Parish Office, 6 Town Farm Workshops,
Sixpenny Handley,
SP5 5PA

01725 552211

Sixpenny Handley & Pentridge Parish Council. The Parish Office located on the crossroads are available to hire.

 
Sixpenny Handley CLT

Sixpenny Handley Community Land Trust (CLT)

simon@sixpennyhandleyclt.org.uk

We are a voluntary group of locals who are working towards providing affordable houses in Sixpenny Handley for local people.

 
Sixpenny Handley First School

Sixpenny Handley First School & Nursery

Common Road,
Sixpenny Handley,
Salisbury,
SP5 5NJ

01725 552356

office@sixpennyhandley.dorset.sch.uk

We encourage a positive, happy and welcoming environment where each child is valued and encouraged to develop their talents to the full.

 
Sixpenny Sessions Live Music Nights

Sixpenny Sessions

Sixpenny Handley Village Hall, Common Road,
Sixpenny Handley,
SP5 5NU

sixpennysessions@gmail.com

Run by a small team of volunteers with a passion for live music to raise money for the Community Fund, Sixpenny Sessions now includes the BIG Session, our annual summer family festival on the cricket pitch. Our news and events are on our Facebook page

 
St Marys Church Sixpenny Handley

St Mary's Church, Sixpenny Handley

The Vicarage, 60 High Street,
Sixpenny Handley,

01725 552182

ask@handleychurch.org.uk

The Church meets in three beautiful buildings; St Mary's, St Rumbold's and St Andrew's.

 
St Andrew's, Gussage St Andrews, Dorset

St. Andrews, Gussage St Andrew

The Vicarage, 60 High Street,
Sixpenny Handley,
Salisbury,
SP5 5ND

01725 552608

St Andrew’s Chapel, Gussage St Andrew has medieval wall paintings. Holy Communion is held here every other week.

 
St Rumbold's, Pentridge, Dorset

St. Rumbold's Church, Pentridge

St Rumbold's, Pentridge,

01725 552608

ask@handleychurch.org.uk

Services are held in Pentridge every 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of each month at 11:15am. A list of headstones can be found in a folder located inside the church. St Rumbold’s Church serves Pentridge and neighbouring Woodyates.

 
Aster Synergy Housing

Synergy Housing

0333 400 8222

Aster - Synergy housing - we’re proud to serve over 75,000 customers in central southern and south west England. We do this by building affordable houses to buy or rent, providing care for the vulnerable or elderly, and by maintaining or repairing homes.

 
The Downsman, parish magazine for Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge

The Downsman

Parish Office, 6 Town Farm Workshops,
Sixpenny Handley,
SP5 5PA

editor@thedownsman.org.uk

The parish magazine for the Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge Parish is a bi-monthly magazine which goes free to over 700 homes.

 

The Parish Library

The Parish Office, Unit 6, Town Farm Workshops,
Sixpenny Handley,
SP5 5PA

Do you know we have over 500 books? Fiction and Non Fiction. Do you know you can borrow our books free of charge? Opening Times: Tuesdays 10.00am -12.00 am Friday 8.30am-10.00am Wednesday 10.30am – 11.45am (Crossroads Café) 1st & 3rd Thursday (ea