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The Old School

Blandford Forum, South West England

The Old School
The Old School in Blandford Forum, Dorset, sleeps six, making it a good match for a family holiday or a group of friends wanting a rural base. Templecombe station is the nearest, at 10.5 miles, so a car is likely to come in handy for getting around.

There's plenty of local history to uncover, with Sturminster Museum 3.9 miles away, and Blandford Fashion Museum and Blandford Town Museum both around 6 miles out, giving you a few options for a day exploring the area's heritage.

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Things to do

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Sturminster Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 3.9 mi

Sturminster Museum

Museum in Sturminster Newton, England, United Kingdom

Blandford Fashion Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 6 mi

Blandford Fashion Museum

Blandford Fashion Museum is a historical fashion museum housed in Lime Tree House, a Georgian townho...

Blandford Town Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 6.1 mi

Blandford Town Museum

Blandford Town Museum is a volunteer-run, free-to-enter museum in the centre of Blandford Forum, tel...

Royal Signals Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 7.9 mi

Royal Signals Museum

Regimental museum in Tarrant Monkton, Dorset, United Kingdom

Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 8.2 mi

Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum

The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells the story of the Martyrs' arrest, trial and punishment, and how t...

Gartell Light Railway

🎢 Theme Parks · 9.8 mi

Gartell Light Railway

The Gartell Light Railway is a privately run narrow gauge railway in South Somerset, near Dorset, op...

Shaftsbury Abbey Museum

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 10.4 mi

Shaftsbury Abbey Museum

Abbey in Dorset, England (888–1539)

Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre

🏛️ Museums & Galleries · 10.5 mi

Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre

Sherborne Steam & Waterwheel Centre is a small volunteer-run museum on Oborne Road, Sherborne, prese...

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Places to visit

The famous spots within a day trip

Fiddleford Manor

Stately Home & Palace · 3.7 mi

Fiddleford Manor

Hod Hill

National Trust · 4.6 mi

Hod Hill

Gartell Light Railway

Theme Park · 9.8 mi

Gartell Light Railway

Clouds Hill

National Trust · 10.6 mi

Clouds Hill

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