Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum is a town in Dorset. The town is noted for its Georgian architecture

Understand

Blandford Forum suffered a major fire in 1731 which destroyed most of the town leaving 480 families homeless. The town was rebuilt in the next ten years in a grand Goergian style to the designs of local architect brothers John and William Bastard.

The town has a population of 10,600. A major local employer is the army which has a camp (opened in 1724) two miles outside the town.

Get in

There is no train service to Blandford Forum. The nearest main line station is at Salisbury or Wimborne Minster. The town is 15 miles (24 km) from Poole railway station and 15 miles (24 km) miles from Bournemouth Airport.

Get around

See
  • 🌍 Royal Signals Museum, Blandford Camp, DT11 8RH, ☎ +44 1258 482248. All year: M-F 10AM-5PM; Feb-Oct: also on Sa Su 10AM-4PM. Museum about the army Royal Corps of Signals. The museum is inside an army camp and photo ID (passport etc) is required for entry. £8. (updated Jan 2018)
  • 🌍 Blandford Town Museum, Beres Yard, Blandford Forum DT11 7HQ. Apr-Oct: M-Sa 10AM-4PM. Museum of town history with a model railway and Victorian child's playroom. free. (updated Jan 2018)
  • 🌍 Blandford Fashion Museum, Lime Tree House, The Plocks. Mid-Feb - mid-Nov: M Th-Sa 10AM-4PM (to 5PM Apr-Sep). Ten-room museum of fashion history covering the period from 1740 to 1970. £5. (updated Jan 2018)
  • 🌍 Church of St Peter and St Paul. Parish church designed and built by John and William Bastard between 1733 and 1739. The church has a particularly fine interior. Coffee is served in the church every Saturday 10A-noon. (updated Jan 2018)

Do

Events
  • Great Dorset Steam Fair: TBA–TBA August 2019 (On the Salisbury Road). Steam fair, and show with many steam powered vehicles on Show. 2018 marked the 50th anniversary of this event with numerous full-size steam engines on display.  (date needs fixing)

Buy

Eat

There is a variety of restaurants and fast food in Blandford Forum. Try:

Out of town

  • 🌍 Lay-by food van, A354 (Where the Dorset-Hampshire border signs are on the road to Salisbury). Great road-side, cooked to order, bacon, egg and sausage sandwiches (updated Apr 2016)

Drink

Sleep

Connect

Go next
Routes through Blandford Forum

Warminster ← Shaftesbury ←  N  S  → merges with (Poole and Bournemouth)
Salisbury ← Cashmoor ←  NE  SW  → merges with (Dorchester) → Weymouth and Isle of Portland


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