Places to see in ( Blandford Forum - UK )
Places to see in ( Blandford Forum - UK )
Blandford Forum, commonly Blandford, is a market town in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour about 24 km northwest of Poole. It is the administrative headquarters of North Dorset District Council.
Blandford is notable for its Georgian architecture, the result of rebuilding after the majority of the town was destroyed by a fire in 1731. The rebuilding work was assisted by an Act of Parliament and a donation by George II, and the rebuilt town centre—to designs by local architects John and William Bastard—has survived to the present day largely intact.
Blandford Camp, a military base, is sited on the hills two miles to the 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.
Blandford is situated between Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Downs, to the south east of the Blackmore Vale, 24 km (15 mi) northwest of Poole and 35 km (22 mi) southwest of Salisbury. It is sited in the valley of the River Stour, mostly on rising ground northeast of the river, but with some development south of the river at Blandford St Mary.
ost of the buildings in Blandford's centre are Georgian, due to the rebuilding after the 1731 fire and the absence of subsequent change. Pevsner stated that hardly any other town in England can be compared with it. A 1970 report by Donald Insall Associates described Blandford as the most complete and cohesive surviving example of a Georgian country town in England, with the Market Place area in particular given the status of An Area of National Importance and described as a brilliant master piece . Buildings that have received Grade I listing by English Heritage are the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, the town hall and corn exchange, The Old House, Coupar House, Pump House, and several buildings in Market Place: numbers 18, 20 and 26, and the old Greyhound Inn. All the listed structures in Market Place, including the church and another seventeen buildings with either Grade II or Grade II* status, form a group, together with several listed properties in West Street and East Street.
Coupar House, dated around 1750, is the largest private house in Blandford that dates from the post-fire period. It has a richly decorated interior with a notable staircase, and is unique among the town's private dwellings for having Portland stone dressings to its brick façade, though the design of this frontage has been described as curiously amateurish with little attention ... paid to rules of proportion.
Blandford lies at the junction of the A350 and A354 main roads but is skirted by an eastern bypass. The main road running through the town is the B3082, connecting Blandford Forum to Wimborne Minster. Buses run from the town to locations including Poole, Bournemouth, Salisbury and Shaftesbury with the primary operator being Wilts & Dorset. Blandford is 15 miles (24 km) from Bournemouth Airport.
Blandford is 15 miles (24 km) from Poole railway station. From 1860 to 1964, Blandford Forum was a stop on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway, which ran from Bath to Bournemouth, until the line closed to passengers in 1966. Located between Templecombe and Broadstone, the railway was still open until the closure of the Blandford's goods yard in 1969, after which the track was lifted. The station was immortalised in 1964 in the song Slow Train by Flanders and Swann.
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Blandford Forum Video
A stunning film showing just some of Blandford's highlights.
Cycling the Somerset and Dorset. Part One: Spetisbury - Stourpaine
Of all the British railway lines closed during the 1960s, the Somerset & Dorset, which ran through much beautiful countryside between Bath and Bournemouth, is one of the most regretted. However, in recent years parts of the old trackbed have been made available for leisure use by walkers, cyclists and equestrians, including the section known as the North Dorset Trailway, opened in 2013, which runs between Spetisbury and Sturminster Newton. These films are intended to give an impression of what cycling the Somerset and Dorset is like, and offer a certain amount of practical guidance on such matters as food and drink, but they they also record the present appearance of the line more than fifty years after it was closed. The trains run no more, but the beauty of the countryside through which they ran is largely unchanged.
Which way you going love? Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset
20180811 WW1 Commemoration Blandford Forum 1
Video from the Word War 1 commemoration road run as a precursor the Great Dorset Steam Fair. This is the parade through Blandford Forum.
Incredible WW1 Military Vehicle Convoy Steam Through Dorset 11/8/18
What an incredible sight in the 21st Century
To commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the the end of the First World War and to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Great Dorset Steam Fair. A special WW1 Convoy was organised to run from the Tank museum at Bovington to Tarrant Hinton at the Show Ground. This film covers the the convoys journey from Bovington to Blandford Forum.
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The Royal Signals White Helmets – Final Public Display
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The Royal Signals Motorcycle Display Team made their final public appearance on 27.09.17 in their home town of Blandford Forum.
The team have been a regular at public events all over the UK for 90 years and have used the same, 750cc Triumph TR7V Tiger motorcycles since the mid-70s.
The invitation-only formal disbandment display will take place at Blandford Camp on 30.09.17.
Byngley House, Poole
We stayed at this amazing airbnb residence, built in 1567. Oliver Cromwell supposedly stayed here
Murdoch Flyer Murdoch day Redruth 2019
An important invention for which William Murdoch's name is little known is Britain's first working model of a steam engine carriage, or locomotive in 1781.
French engineer Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot had had already demonstrated from 1769 by building two full sized working steam vehicles, one of which could carry 4 tons, the utility of such a device. All that was needed was a more effective design.
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Showcasing everything from major thrill rides to spectacular fireworks displays. We travel the Queensland agricultural show circuit supporting many smaller agricultural shows and communities.
Keeping with the pace of this growing industry both here and abroad, we have kept-up with technological advances implementing only the very best in equipment and safety standards to ALL our events.
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The Northleach Steam Show A Team
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The abandon railway!!!
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Poole Town Museum in June 14th 2019, covering areas around Poole, Dorset, England. ( 14 )
I started work in Poole over 45 years ago and I have seen many changes around the town. I saw what was then the Arndale Centre ( now known as the Dolphin Centre ) being built. The quay is one of the most beautiful places to visit. Poole Harbour is one of the largest natural harbours in the world and Brownsea island being within this harbour is now the home of the thriving red Squirrel population and the home of Boy Scout movement in England. The Poole Harbour area has been inhabited for at least 2,500 years. During the Iron Age, Celtic people known as the Durotriges lived in Dorset, particularly around Wareham, five miles ( eight km ) to the west. In the 3rd century BC, these Celtic people moved from hilltop settlements, such as Maiden Castle and Badbury Rings on the chalk downs to the north, to the lower vales and heathland around the River Frome and Poole Harbour. This marshy area may have lent its name to the Durotriges, which means water dwellers. The Durotriges engaged in cross-channel trading at Poole with the Veneti, a seafaring tribe from Brittany. The earliest significant archaeological find in the harbour is the Poole Longboat, a 10 metres ( 33 ft ) boat made from a single oak tree and dating to 295 BC. During that time, the harbour was shallower than it is today and any settlement would now be under water.
Poole Quay is a visitor attraction to the south of the town centre lined with a mixture of traditional public houses, new bars, redeveloped warehouses, modern apartment blocks and historic listed buildings. Once the busy centre of Poole's maritime industry, all port activities moved to Hamworthy in the 1970’s as the Quay became increasingly popular with tourists. The Grade II listed Customs House on the quay-front was built in 1814 and now functions as a restaurant and bar. Nearby the Grade I listed Town Cellars, a medieval warehouse built in the 15th century on the foundations of a 14th century stone building, houses a local history centre. Scaplen's Court, another Grade I listed building, also dates from the medieval era. Poole Pottery has been redeveloped into an apartment block. Boats regularly depart from the quay during the summer and provide cruises around the harbour and to Brownsea Island, the River Frome and Swanage. Public artworks along the Quay include Sea Music – a large metal sculpture designed by Sir Anthony Caro, and a life-size bronze sculpture of Robert Baden-Powell created to celebrate the founding of the Scout Movement on Brownsea Island. At the western end of the quay near the mouth of Holes Bay is Poole Bridge. Built in 1927, it is the third bridge to be located on the site since 1834.
Poole swing bridge was out of use for many months during 2016 and 2017, it was closed for repairs. This bridge is a lifting bridge that operates during the day to allow boats passing through into the many moorings available in Poole Harbour.
Poole Park is an urban park adjacent to Poole Harbour in Poole, Dorset, England. The park was opened during the Victorian era and has remained popular with visitors ever since. It is open all year round and hosts a number of events Poole Radio Yacht Club meet here also..
There are 3 free car parks in the park:
next to The Kitchen (around 40 spaces, up to 2 hours stay)
near the small roundabout between Rockley Watersports and The Ark (around 30 spaces, up to 3 hours stay)
next to The Ark (around 60 spaces, up to 3 hours stay)
1870 First Telegraph horse wagons UK, established 'C' Telegraph Royal Engineers
1870 First Telegraph horse wagons UK, established 'C' Telegraph Royal Engineers
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.
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Steam tractor drives at the British Vehicle Conservation Center - other WWI Trucks
Horsham Traction Co. Steam tractor operational at the British Vehicle Conservation Center prepared for a steam vehicle exhibit
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WW1 'Homecoming' Centenary Convoy - GDSF 2018
Thank you to BBC South for sharing this amazing video of our WW1 Homecoming Convoy with us!
On Saturday 11th August a ‘Homecoming Parade’ made its way across Dorset to mark 100 years since the end of WW1 and officially kick off celebrations for the Great Dorset Steam Fair's 50th anniversary.
The convoy of First World War vehicles, accompanied by a full crew in period dress, left Bovington Tank Museum travelled to the Great Dorset Steam Fair site in Tarrant Hinton, stopping off in Blandford Town Centre along the way to delight crowds of supporters.
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2011 Exhibition: Georgian Faces - Portrait of a County at the Dorset County Museum:
GEORGIAN FACES : PORTRAIT OF A COUNTY
15 January 2011 -- 30 April 2011
A major exhibition of portraits showing the people who lived in and influenced Dorset during the eighteenth-century. In addition to showing the important landowners who built major houses in the county, there will be images of architects, artists, doctors, a deer catcher and a boatman.
Most of the important portrait artists of the eighteenth century, including Sir Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, Thomas Gainsborough and Allan Ramsay are represented. Three of the painters featured in the exhibition, Sir James Thornhill, Giles Hussey and Thomas Beach were all born in Dorset.
The exhibition will show that Dorset was not an isolated rural county, but was aware of the latest thinking, ideas and intellectual developments coming out of London. This included rural centres such as Blandford Forum, where a circle of natural philosophers were based. They in turn returned to the capital with their local discourses in natural philosophy, antiquarianism and archaeology.
Dorset was also in the spotlight towards the end of the century when George III came to Weymouth for his health following his first attack of porphyria. From 1789 to 1805 he regularly stayed in the town essentially requiring the court to relocate to the Dorset coast every year.
The exhibition is being generously supported by a number of local businesses including Axa Art Insurance Limited, Duke's of Dorchester, Fine Art Auctioneers, Farrow & Ball, Humphries Kirk and R.K.Harrison Insurance Services, as well as several trusts and private donors.
For more information Tel: 01305 756827 or visit our website dorsetcountymuseum.org