Sandford, Dorset

Sandford, Dorset

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Sandford
latitude= 50.70767
longitude= -2.097022
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 2 miles from Wareham and 7 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 forms part of the Purbeck local government district within the county of Dorset. It is within the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency of the House of Commons and the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.cite book | title = OS Explorer Map OL15 - Purbeck & South Dorset | publisher = Ordnance Survey | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-319-23865-3 ]

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