Sandford, Dorset

Sandford
Sandford
	Sandford Road
	Sandford Location within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY931898
Civil parish	Wareham St. Martin;
District	Purbeck;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Mid Dorset and North Poole;
	List of places UK England Dorset 50°42′28″N 2°05′49″W / 50.70767°N 2.097022°W

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 unitary authority 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

^ OS Explorer Map OL15 - Purbeck & South Dorset. Ordnance Survey. 2006. ISBN 978-0-319-23865-3.
^ "St. Martin ward 2011". Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Dorset gravel plan for forest gets over 200 objections at www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014
^ Gravel plan to ‘destroy’ area at www.bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 14 Dec 2014.

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