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Adventure is at the heart of everything we do. It is the single most important thing that sets Scouts apart. Through the everyday adventure of Scouting, young people and adult volunteers regularly experience new challenges that enrich their lives. From camping and hiking to surfing and paragliding, there are hundreds of activities that Scouting offers. Join in and see for yourself.

Care For Your Neighbours was started just before lockdown. John and Helen Wright of Great Dunmow gave a note to people at St Mary’s Church and immediate neighbours asking them if they needed any help. We help anyone who us unable to get out and needs shopping and prescriptions.

Dunmow has been twinned with the town of Dourdan in France since 1991 and this is the official site containing information about their town. There are also 2 other websites about the town:
www.dourdan.com
www.dourdandunmow.fr

We are twinned with Dourdan, a beautiful and historic French town of similar size to Dunmow, located 30 miles south west of Paris in an ancient royal hunting forest. Dourdan has a fine medieval castle, many beautiful old buildings and a timbered Saturday market.

Everyone is welcome at the Dunmow Carnival, which takes place in September each year. Traditionally, children and visitors throw money into the collection buckets and 100% of the proceeds from the carnival go towards community projects.

The Dunmow Club is a members only club, members may sign guests in as per the rules. Ladies are allowed into the Bar on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. The Bar is the hub of all that happens in the Club. Events such as our quizzes, entertainment, poker evenings and discos are all held here.

Dunmow and District Horticultural Society is a friendly society for anyone interested in gardening. You don't have to be an expert, just want to get together with people who share your interest.

We are a very sociable group and typically meet on Tuesday evenings from 7:30-9:30pm in St Mary's Room (next to the Angel & Harp pub) in Dunmow. Please see the Calendar page for details about when we're meeting and what we're covering.

Fun, friendship and trying something new and exciting, that's what Round Table is all about. From sports to arts and nights out at restaurants to family social events, Round Table prides itself on giving its members the chance to embrace life to the full.

Design guidance for enhancing and protecting the character of Dunmow: The purpose of a town design statement is to set out the community's aspirations for the design of future development of a town based on an analysis of its character.

Dunmow Young Farmers club has huge variety of members, all coming from different backgrounds including a florist, graphic designer, photographer, landscaper and the odd farmer! So it's true you don't have to be a farmer to be a young farmer!

This web site is a directory which aims to promote businesses and services that supply Great Dunmow and the surrounding communities.

Policing is about partnership and we need your valuable assistance and that of our partner agencies to help improve community safety and reduce crime. We also invite you to our policing meetings as we value your contribution, whether it be critical or supportive, to aid us in sharing good practice and improving core services.

Evo Inflatables is a bouncy castle and party entertainment hire company operating from Dunmow in areas such as Braintree, Bishops Stortford, Stansted, and Chelmsford.

We are a group of local people who are passionate about helping everyone have better access to the whole length of the Flitch Way. The aim of our group is to create a multi user off-road path reconnecting the Flitch Way through Dunmow to form a continuous definitive bridleway between Rayne and Bishops Stortford.

The Foakes Hall is a spacious venue located near the centre of Dunmow, which can be used for many different types of events, for example: plays, shows, exhibitions, craft fayres, celebrations, parties and meetings. Local residents and organisations based in Uttlesford are eligible for preferential rates when arranging to hire the hall, but rates are very competitive overall.

The Friends of Dunmow’s Open Spaces was formed in 2015 as a community group to improve local spaces for wildlife. We try to meet on the first Sunday of every month to carry out work on green spaces around the town, specifically to encourage wildlife.

The Flitch Way is a Country Park around part of the disused railway line between Braintree and Bishops Stortford which is managed by Essex Country Parks. ​We are the volunteers who work to help to maintain and improve the environment for the benefit of the community.

Post Office branches are for 'the little things that make the big things happen' providing products and services that offer value for money and are valuable to customers' lives. Our reach means that over 94 percent of people live within a mile of a branch and often visit us more than once a week - that's about 41 million customer visits.

The aim of the campaign is to contain the development of Stansted Airport within tight limits that are truly sustainable and, in this way, to protect the quality of life of residents over wide areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk, to preserve our heritage and to protect the natural environment.