North Dorset, Blandford Forum

#2 among attractions in Blandford Forum

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North Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. It was largely rural, but included the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset was in the River Stour valley and is called the Blackmore Vale. The economy of North Dorset was largely dairy agriculture based. ()

Alternative names: Area: 235.22 mi²Coordinates: 50°51'39"N, 2°9'42"W

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North Dorset – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Badbury Rings, Fiddleford Manor, St. Hubert's Church, Hambledon Hill.

5.3 miSE
Nature and wildlife, Scenic walking areas, Park
Badbury Rings, Wimborne Minster
136 min walk • Badbury Rings is an Iron Age hill fort and Scheduled Monument in east Dorset, England. It was in the territory of the Durotriges.
6.8 miNW
History museum, Museum
Fiddleford Manor, Sturminster Newton
174 min walk • Fiddleford Manor is a medieval manor house located near Sturminster Newton, Dorset. It is thought to have been originally built around 1370 for William Latimer, the sheriff of Somerset and Dorset, after the manor passed to him in 1355.
7.6 miSE
Church
St. Hubert's Church, Poole
195 min walk • St Hubert's Church is a 13th-century Church of England parish church in Corfe Mullen, a district of Wimborne, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, on the south coast of England.
4.3 miNW
Forts and castles
Hambledon Hill
111 min walk • Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum.
4.9 miNW
Museum, Historical place
North Dorset Railway
125 min walk • North Dorset Railway is a heritage railway based at Shillingstone railway station on the former Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway.
3.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Hod Hill
81 min walk • Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.
5.2 miS
Church
St Mary
132 min walk • Church of Mary is a Grade I listed church in Almer, Dorset, England. It became a listed building on 18 March 1955. According to Arthur Mee's The King's England: Dorset, "the embattled tower is 15th Century, and has a fine arch.
1.7 miE
Museum, Military museum
Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Forum
44 min walk • The Royal Signals Museum is a military museum based at Blandford Camp in the civil parish of Tarrant Monkton, northwest of the town of Blandford Forum in Dorset, England.
2 miE
Sport, Sport venue
Blandford Camp
51 min walk • Blandford Camp is a military base comprising some 390 hectares of downland lying 2 miles north-east of Blandford Forum in the county of Dorset in southern England. Significant areas of the camp are Sites of Special Scientific Interest.