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Blandford Forum works well as a base: 15 minutes from Shillingstone, 28km from Lulworth Cove.
Blandford Forum is in England, United Kingdom, with about 12,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Shillingstone, about 7 km away.
Blandford Forum ( BLAN-fərd) is a market town in Dorset, England, on the River Stour, 13 miles (21 km) north-west of Poole. It had a population of 10,607 at the 2021 census.
The town is notable for its Georgian architecture, the result of rebuilding after a major fire in 1731; it was assisted by an Act of ParliamentRead more
and a donation by George II, to designs by local architects John and William Bastard.
The town's economy is based on a mix of the service sector and light industry. Blandford Camp, a military base, is on the hills 2 miles (3 km) north-east of the town. It is the base of the Royal Corps of Signals, the communications wing of the British Army, and the site of the Royal Signals Museum.
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Within an hour or so of Blandford Forum: Gold Hill, Shaftesbury (16 km), Cerne Abbas Giant (23 km), Gurston Down Motorsport Hillclimb (24 km), Bournemouth Beach (26 km).
The nearest famous roads are Rhinefield Ornamental Drive, Military Road, Isle of Wight and Cheddar Gorge Road (B3135).
Blandford Forum is in England, United Kingdom, about 7 km from Shillingstone.
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photogenic
Steep cobbled street lined with thatched cottages, plunging past the buttressed walls of Shaftesbury Abbey with views over Blackmore Vale. Made famous by Ridley Scott's 1973 Hovis bread advert.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A 55 m chalk hill figure of a club-wielding naked man above a Dorset village, now dated to the late Saxon period.
23 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
A 1,000-yard chalk downland hillclimb in Wiltshire with a fearsome uphill Karousel corner, run by enthusiasts since 1967 and one of the best places in Britain to watch sprint cars up close.
24 km · about 25 min drive
beach
A seven-mile stretch of golden sand along the Dorset coast, one of England's most popular seaside destinations.
26 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Atmospheric ruins of a thousand-year-old royal castle perched on a hilltop, dramatically slighted during the English Civil War.
26 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Almost perfectly circular cove formed by the sea eroding through Portland limestone, creating one of the world's finest examples of coastal geology.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Iconic natural limestone arch jutting into the sea on Dorset's Jurassic Coast, one of the most photographed landmarks in Britain.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A natural limestone arch and a near-perfect circular cove on the Jurassic Coast, linked by a clifftop path.
28 km · about 30 min drive
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