DO YOU ENJOY…
…meeting new people? …learning about other cultures? …having fun?
DID YOU KNOW that Romsey has 3 twin towns in Europe?
Town twinning exists to promote and foster friendship and understanding between towns, with a pattern of regular visits to and from each town and social events throughout the year in Romsey. It is great fun, a wonderful way to make new friends both in Romsey and on the continent, and to get a personal view of life across the Channel.
Romsey Twinning organises exchange visits between our 3 twin towns, Paimpol in France, Battenberg in Germany, and Treviglio in Italy. Over the years, Romsey’s links with the twin towns have helped foster shared experiences for community groups such as choirs, sports clubs, and theatre groups.
Romsey Twinning runs fundraising activities and social events for members and friends, such as skittles and quiz nights.
Which are our twin towns?
Paimpol, a small fishing town which lies on the north coast of Brittany in France, was Romsey’s first twinned town. The relationship started in 1960 and continues to this day.
Battenberg in Germany and Romsey have been twinned since 1987. This small market town in central Germany is historically associated with the Mountbatten family of Broadlands.
Lying in the Lombardy plain east of Milan in Italy, Treviglio is the newest town to be twinned with Romsey. The relationship developed from a school exchange between The Romsey School and Liceo Simone Weil, and the town twinning agreement was signed in 2014.
You can learn much more about these twin towns and the history of our links, as well as details of how to join us, on the Romsey Twinning website
We warmly welcome new members from Romsey and the surrounding area at any time. You do not need to speak another language or have an existing association with any of our twinning countries. The fun lies in learning about them through visits and other events we organise, as well as the continued development of new friendships not only across the continent but locally.
