Betfred Opening Times Gillingham
Opening times for the Betfred betting shop in Gillingham, at 82 High Street, a few minutes from the station. The shop shows whether it is open right now and how long you have before it closes today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Gillingham
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— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, 82 High Street (ME7 1AX), on the High Street, a few minutes from the station.
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Betfred Gillingham opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Gillingham
- 1 branch
- With published weekly times
- Yes, the full week
- Opening time
- 08:00 Mon–Sat, 09:00 Sunday
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — every day of the week
- Christmas Day
- Both shops closed — required by law
Gillingham has a single Betfred, and it trades long hours: 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday. The 22:00 close holds every day of the week, which puts this one-shop town ahead of Chesterfield, Castleford, Bury and Darlington, none of which reach 22:00 on any day. It is not, though, the earliest-opening betting shop in Gillingham: the Paddy Power a few doors along opens at 07:30.
Betfred on the High Street
The town’s only Betfred, at 82 High Street. The row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, High Street82 High Street, Gillingham ME7 1AX
82 High Street carries its own published weekly times: 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday. It sits on the pedestrianised stretch of the High Street with a Paddy Power at 118a and a Coral at 171–173, both within a couple of minutes, and a William Hill round the corner on Green Street. Distances are straight-line estimates from the middle of the High Street. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Gillingham Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for the shop in one table. Today’s column is highlighted.
With one shop in the town the table is short, but the pattern is worth reading. The closing time never moves: 22:00 on all seven days. The only change anywhere in the week is the Sunday opening, an hour later at 09:00. That still beats the 09:30 or 10:00 starts that several bigger towns settle for, and it means the shop is open before the first racing on every day of the year bar Christmas Day.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Street82 High Street, ME7 1AX | 08:00–22:00 | 08:00–22:00 | 09:00–22:00 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Gillingham
Full weekly times are published for the shop, so this section covers every day of its week.
Open earliest
08:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 on a Sunday. That is a solid start but not the earliest in the town: the Paddy Power at 118a High Street opens at 07:30 every day, half an hour before the Betfred. Across these pages only Coventry’s city-centre pair open earlier than 08:00 on a weekday, at 07:30.
Open latest
22:00, every single day. There is no weekend drop-off and no shorter Sunday evening. It is worth noting that the other Gillingham bookmakers all close at 22:00 too, so the town as a whole trades late — a contrast with the Chatham page next door, where the Walderslade branch shuts at 21:00 and the Medway suburbs wind down earlier.
The one to remember, because it is the only one: 82 High Street runs 08:00 to 22:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 to 22:00 on a Sunday. Fourteen hours a day six days a week, thirteen on a Sunday, and a 22:00 finish every day of the year bar Christmas Day.
Betfred Gillingham Sunday opening times
Sunday in Gillingham costs you an hour at the start of the day and nothing at the end.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Street82 High Street, ME7 1AX | 09:00 | 22:00 |
82 High Street runs thirteen hours on a Sunday, 09:00 to 22:00 — the same closing time as every other day. Among the towns covered on this site only Brighton, Chelmsford, Cheltenham, Croydon and Bournemouth match a 22:00 Sunday finish, and all of those have more than one shop to spread the load. Here a single branch does it, and so do the other four bookmakers on the same street.
Betfred Gillingham bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so the Gillingham shop closes on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Gillingham branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off the High Street shop. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect the Gillingham shop to follow its usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before, and the shop would lose two hours if it applies.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Gillingham times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Gillingham |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, both shops |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Gillingham branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The shop sits on the pedestrianised High Street, so its festive hours tend to track the town centre’s trading pattern. The live countdowns on this page follow the standard weekly times and the Christmas Day closure only, so check the window card before travelling on 24, 26 or 31 December or 1 January.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Gillingham (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the 82 High Street branch, which is the only Betfred in Gillingham. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. After the last close it switches to counting down to opening the next morning.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and the page measures your distance to the shop, and the directions button plans a route from wherever you are.
Betfred near Gillingham
Gillingham runs straight into Chatham and Rainham, and the Medway towns each have their own Betfred branches listed under their own names.
Chatham is the closest, about a mile west, with two branches: 192 High Street in the town centre and the Walderslade Centre three miles south. Rainham’s Parkwood Green shop is three miles east, and beyond the Medway towns there are branches at Maidstone, Sittingbourne, Snodland and Gravesend. A former Chatham branch at 168 Rainham Road has closed.
All the Medway branches, in Gillingham, Chatham and Rainham alike, are licensed by Medway Council, so the post town is the only thing separating them. If you are at the western end of Gillingham or heading into Chatham, use the location button above: the directions button routes to 82 High Street, but the Chatham High Street branch may well be closer, and it keeps the same 22:00 closing time.
Other bookmakers in Gillingham
Gillingham has five betting shops in total, and all of them trade until 22:00 — an unusually late-closing town centre.
Paddy Power is at 118a High Street, a couple of minutes from the Betfred and the earliest opener in town at 07:30. Coral trades at 171–173 High Street, further along the same street, and William Hill has two: 52 Green Street round the corner from the Betfred, and 186–188 Canterbury Street towards the Brompton side of town. Both William Hills open at 09:00 and the Coral at 08:00.
This is one of the few towns covered on this site where every bookmaker closes at the same time, 22:00, so the choice comes down to the morning. The Paddy Power opens at 07:30, the Betfred and the Coral at 08:00, and the two William Hills at 09:00. For an early bet the Paddy Power is first open; for everything after eight the Betfred is as good as any. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Gillingham
| Trading name | Betfred |
|---|---|
| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Medway Council |
| Branches in Gillingham | 1 betting shop |
| With published weekly times | Yes |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about 250 miles north-west. Gillingham is a one-shop town for Betfred, which understates the company’s presence across the Medway towns: Chatham a mile west has two branches and Rainham three miles east has another, all licensed by Medway Council. The single Gillingham shop sits on the pedestrianised High Street rather than out on an estate, which is why it keeps full town-centre hours.
For travellers, 82 High Street is a few minutes from Gillingham railway station on the line from Victoria and St Pancras, and a short walk from the High Street shops and the Medway campus. For Gillingham FC at Priestfield Stadium, it is the nearest Betfred at about half a mile north-west of the ground. Hempstead Valley shopping centre, two miles south-east, has no betting shop, so the High Street remains the place to go in this part of Medway.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Gillingham?
- One: 82 High Street, licensed by Medway Council. Chatham, a mile west, has two more, and there are further branches at Rainham and across the Medway towns. Directory listings sometimes show four or five betting shops in Gillingham, but the others are a Paddy Power, a Coral and two William Hills rather than Betfred branches.
- What time does Betfred open in Gillingham?
- 08:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 on a Sunday. It does not bring its opening forward for a Saturday, and it is not the earliest betting shop in the town — the Paddy Power a few doors along at 118a High Street opens at 07:30.
- What time does Betfred close in Gillingham?
- 22:00, every day of the week including Sunday. That gives it a fourteen-hour day Monday to Saturday and thirteen hours on a Sunday, which is a strong week for a single-shop town.
- Is the Gillingham Betfred open on a Sunday?
- Yes, 09:00 to 22:00. The closing time is the same as every other day, so Sunday costs you only the hour at the start. Among the towns covered on this site only Brighton, Chelmsford, Cheltenham and Croydon match a 22:00 Sunday finish.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Is Betfred in Gillingham open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred has in past years announced a chain-wide 20:00 close on bank holiday Mondays, which would cut two hours off the High Street shop. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally close early, and New Year’s Day opens later.
- Which Betfred is nearest to Gillingham station and Priestfield?
- 82 High Street is the only Betfred in the town and is a few minutes from Gillingham railway station and the High Street shops. For Gillingham FC at Priestfield Stadium, it is about half a mile north-west of the ground, the closest Betfred to it.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Gillingham?
- Tap “Use my current location”. The list re-orders from your position and the directions button routes you to 82 High Street. If you are at the western end of the town, the Chatham branches may be closer.