Sandford, Dorset Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Sandford
Static Image Name:Sandford Road - geograph.org.uk - 165850.jpg
Static Image Caption:Sandford Road
Label Position:left
Coordinates:50.7077°N -2.097°W
Map Type:Dorset
Civil Parish:Wareham St. Martin
Shire District:Purbeck
Shire County:Dorset
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:Mid Dorset and North Poole
Os Grid Reference:SY931898

Sandford is a village in the English county of Dorset, on the A351 road some two miles from Wareham and seven miles from Poole.

Sandford forms the only significant settlement within the civil parish of Wareham St. Martin, which otherwise covers much of the rural area to the north of Wareham. The parish was formerly part of the Purbeck local government district and now lies within the unitarycounty of Dorset. It is within the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency of the House of Commons. Prior to Brexit in 2020, it was in the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.[1] The electoral ward is also called St.Martin, and includes Holton Heath with the surrounding countryside. The total population at the 2011 census was 2,774.[2]

To the north lies Gore Heath, part of Wareham Forest, which is the subject of a controversial proposal for gravel extraction.[3] [4]

References

  1. Book: OS Explorer Map OL15 - Purbeck & South Dorset . . 2006 . 978-0-319-23865-3 .
  2. Web site: St. Martin ward 2011. 27 February 2015.
  3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-26151151 Dorset gravel plan for forest gets over 200 objections
  4. http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/yoursay/letterstotheeditor/11004108.Gravel_plan_to____destroy____area/ Gravel plan to ‘destroy’ area