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Itinerary #11 - Blandford Forum and Around Itinerary #11 - Blandford Forum and Around 4 Crown copyright 10 3 1 2 8 5 9 7 6 Blandford Forum developed The Military have been present in beside the River Stour, where it this part of North Dorset since the Blandford Forum breaks through the chalk between Iron Age. The Romans had a fort & Around the Dorset Downs and Cranborne at Hod Hill, while later the British Chase. It was for hundreds of Army used Race Hill, northeast of years a fording point on the river Blandford for camps long before and an important market town in the 20th century wars. Blandford 1. Blandford Forum 242 this fertile agricultural area. Camp remains an active Army Blandford Museum 243 Base, with the small, but excellent Fashion Museum 243 Railways The Somerset and Royal Signals Museum. Hall & Woodhouse 243 Dorset Joint Railway ran from 2. River Stour 240 Bath to Bournemouth from 1860 During WWII there was a huge 3. Blandford Camp 246 to 1964. Its closure meant that RAF base at Tarrant Rushton from Blandford’s importance as a mar- which gliders and their tugs Royal Signals Museum 246 Horsa ket town was diminished. Today departed during D-Day and later 4. Gt Dorset Steam Fair 244 the town has a bypass, diverting WWII offensives. After the war, it 5. Tarrant Rushton 247 the busy A354 and A350 roads was a base for the Berlin airlift and 6. Spetisbury Rings 250 from the town centre. for innovative work on in-flight re- 7. Milton Abbas 251 fuelling. Milton Abbey 251 Hillforts There are four Iron 8. Woolland Hill 251 Age hillforts in the vicinity of The Great Dorset Steam Fair, Blandford, all defending the gap in held annually at Tarrant Hinton 9. Bulbarrow Hill 250 the chalk ridge. They range from has become a nationally important 10. Hod Hill 248 the diminutive Spetisbury Rings to event, attended by over 200,000 Hambledon Hill 249 the gigantic Hod Hill, though per- visitors each year. This major fes- haps Hambledon Hill is the most tival started in a small way in 1967 impressive. and has grown every year since. Dorset Guide Book 1st edition by Charles Tait 350 What to Do and See - Dorset ORDNANCE SURVEY 1:50,000 & 1:25,000 MAPS OF OS Landranger Map194 Dorchester & Weymouth; Map 195 Bournemouth & Purbeck OS Explorer Map 117 Cerne Abbas & Bere Regis; Map 118 Shaftesbury & Cranborne Chase Blandford Forum & Around 1. Blandford Forum (page 242, popn. 2011, 5. Tarrant Rushton (page 246), 3mi (5km) east 11,694), situated in a loop of the River Stour, is said of Blandford, is nowadays quiet. During WWII to the the finest Georgian town in the country. It a major airbase was built here during the run up suffered a catastrophic fire in 1731 which destroyed to the invasion of France. Large numbers of Horsa most of the buildings. It was rebuilt by builders gliders, towed by Halifax bombers, flew from here Bastard & Co in Georgian style. The centre has suf- on D-Day and during other operations. All that fered very little 20th century redevelopment so that remains is a memorial in the northeast corner of the the 18th century look survives. The Corn Exchange former RAF base, together with a black T2 hangar. and church are stone-built but most of the buildings 6. Spetisbury Rings (2ha, page 250) is a small Iron are of brick with stone details. Age hillfort overlooking the River Stour 4mi (6km) Blandford Museum (page 243) has artefacts and southeast of Blandford. It occupies a prominent documents relating to the history of the town. small hill with panoramic views all around. The Fashion Museum (page 243) is housed in a Crawford Bridge, below the hillfort, dates from the grand Georgian mansion. The collections date from 15th century. It is a Grade I listed building and an the early 1700s to the 1970s. ancient monument. The Hall & Woodhouse Brewery (page 243) is 7. Milton Abbas (page 251) was built in the 1780s on the south side of river; it was founded in 1777. as a planned village to replace Middleton, which The Brewery Visitor Centre tells the story of the spoilt the view from the big house. company and the process of brewing. Milton Abbey was established in AD933, but the 2. The River Stour (page 240) rises at Stourhead abbey church was burnt down in 1309. The new in Wiltshire and flows for 60mi (97km) to the sea church was unfinished at the Dissolution in 1539. at Christchurch. Most of the abbey buildings were demolished to 3. Blandford Camp (page 246) is situated on Race build the adjacent big house, now a school. Down, 2mi (3km) northeast of Blandford. The site 8. Woolland Hill (261m, page 251), 3mi (5km) had been used for annual horse races and for mil- northwest of Milton Abbas offers dramatic views to itary traing for many years before a large camp was the northwest over Blackmoor Vale. set up in WWI. It was used throughout WWII 9. Bulbarrow Hill (page 250) is home to a large and continues to be the base of the Royal School Bronze Age barrow as well as Rawlsbury Camp, a of Signals. small Iron Age hillfort with impressive ramparts. The Royal Signals Museum (page 246) tells the There are expansive panoramic views from here. story of army communications in a focused and 10. Hod Hill (22ha, page 248) is a substantial interesting manner. Starting with semaphores and hillfort 3mi (5km) north of Blandford. Built on shutters, it covers the major changes during the a hood-shaped hill, it has massive ramparts and 20th century. This small museum is highly recom- deep ditches. There is a small Roman fort in the mended. Adults require photo ID to gain entry. northeast corner. 4. The Great Dorset Steam Fair (page 244) is held Hambledon Hill (12.5ha, page 249) is to the every year on 240ha of stubble fields at Tarrant northwest of Hod Hill. This very imposing hillfort Hinton, 4mi (6km) northeast of Blandford. This was first constructed during the Neolithic Age, with world class heritage show runs for 5 days at the end earthen banks and wooden palisades. The Iron Age of August each year. Hundreds of steam powered ramparts are up to 9m high and enclosed a village machines, old vehicles, tractors and implements of over 360 roundhouses. This is one of the best are on display. The fair has large numbers of trade hillforts to visit in Dorset. In spring and summer stands, entertainments and a vast campsite. it is resplendent with wild flowers and butterflies. 351 Dorset Guide Book 1st edition by Charles Tait.
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