Blandford St Mary

Blandford St Mary

Blandford St. Mary is a village and civil parish in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England.

The village is on the south bank of the River Stour, immediately opposite the rather larger town of Blandford Forum. The village grew up around the Badger Brewery, owned by Hall and Woodhouse, which is based here. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,233.

Blandford St. Mary has a busy Tesco supermarket/fuel station and HomeBase DIY store which attracts shoppers from the many villages that surround the Blandford area. In addition there are a number of offices in Stour Park. In the residential area there is a new housing estate and primary school. There is an older area of the village near the river bridge to Blandford Forum which has a traditional pub and an attractive green. Opposite is the old stone gate at the entrance of the Bryanston School estate.

Outline planning permission has been given to redevelop the brewery site to include new offices and 200 new homes.

"Lower Blandford St. Mary" is a rural outpost of Blandford St Mary, in the farm fields to the South across the bypass road, with a quaint small church and graveyard, and one or two historic houses.

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