Hanford
Hanford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Dorset, in the English ceremonial county of Dorset. The parish had 154 inhabitants in 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 92 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in North Dorset, Dorset, England
- Also known as: “Hanford, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hod Hill and Hambledon Hill.
Hod Hill
Protected area
Photo: Jim Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hod Hill is a large hill fort in the Blackmore Vale, 3 miles north-west of Blandford Forum, Dorset, England. The fort sits on a 143 m chalk hill of the same name that lies between the adjacent Dorset Downs and Cranborne Chase.
Hambledon Hill
Archaeological site
Photo: marilynjane, CC BY 2.0.
Hambledon Hill is a prehistoric hill fort in Dorset, England, in the Blackmore Vale five miles northwest of Blandford Forum. The hill itself is a chalk outcrop, on the southwestern corner of Cranborne Chase, separated from the Dorset Downs by the River Stour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blandford Forum and Child Okeford.
Blandford Forum
Photo: MikeofDorset, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blandford Forum is a market town in Dorset, England, on the River Stour, 13 miles north-west of Poole. It had a population of 10,355 at the 2021 census.
Child Okeford
Village
Photo: Clive Perrin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Child Okeford is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England, 3 miles east of the small town of Sturminster Newton. Child Okeford lies downstream from Sturminster, along the River Stour, which passes half a mile west of the village.
Iwerne Minster
Village
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Iwerne Minster is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England. It lies on the edge of the Blackmore Vale, approximately midway between the towns of Shaftesbury and Blandford Forum. Iwerne Minster is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hanford.
Hanford
- Categories: village and civil parish
- Location: North Dorset District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Hanford” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hanford (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Hanford”
- Chinese: “Hanford”
- Dutch: “Hanford”
- French: “Hanford”
- Irish: “Hanford”
- Italian: “Hanford (Dorset)”
- Italian: “Hanford”
- Ladin: “Hanford”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Hanford (Dorset)”
- Polish: “Hanford”
- Swedish: “Hanford (parish)”
- Swedish: “Hanford, Dorset”
- Swedish: “Hanford”
- Turkish: “Hanford, Dorset”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hod Hill and Hambledon Hill.
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