Blandford Forum is a good base for a last minute break or weekend short break in Dorset.

Countryside holiday accommodation around Blandford Forum offers pet friendly holiday cottages and large holiday properties for special family occasions. You will find our hosts charming and helpful.

Holiday cottages near Blandford Forum will give you the best of all worlds. Good value family holiday accommodation, weekend holiday cottages, luxury holiday cottages, and four star weekend cottages.  Farmhouse bed and breakfast and farm cottages are also popular.

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Blandford Forum is a well-preserved Georgian town nestling on the banks of the River Stour in the northern part of the county of Dorset.

The town’s activities are focussed around the Market place where there are an array of specialist shops and on Thursdays and Saturdays there is a delightful town market. To find out more about the history of the town visit the Blandford Forum Museum located at Market place.

The Royal Signals Museum is also worth a visit at Blandford Army Camp as it retraces the history of military communications. If you visit in September, the annual Great Dorset Steam Fair is held in Blandford Forum, which is the largest display of steam tractors and stationary engines in the world.

North of Blandford Forum on the road to Salisbury is Chettle House, a beautiful country house with splendid grounds.

Blandford Forum was largely destroyed during the Great Fire and was rebuilt by two Georgian architects in 1731. The churches of St. Peter and St. Paul, which were built in Georgian style after the fire, are alleged to have some of the finest architecture of that period. Just a short walk away, is one of the oldest buildings in the town ‘The Old House’ which was built before the Great Fire.

Nearby places of interest include Shaftesbury, Wimborne Minster, Dorchester and Sherborne.