North Dorset

For the constituency, see North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency).

North Dorset District
Non-metropolitan district
North Dorset shown within Dorset
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Non-metropolitan county	Dorset
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Blandford Forum
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	North Dorset District Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Simon Hoare
Area
• Total	235.2 sq mi (609.2 km²)
Area rank	69th (of 326)
Population (mid-2014 est.)
• Total	70,043
• Rank	300th (of 326)
• Density	300/sq mi (110/km²)
• Ethnicity	98.6% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	19UE (ONS) E07000050 (GSS)
OS grid reference	ST8862706885
Website	www.dorsetforyou.com/northdorset

North Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England. It is largely rural, but includes the towns of Blandford Forum, Gillingham, Shaftesbury, Stalbridge and Sturminster Newton. Much of North Dorset is in the River Stour valley and is called the Blackmore Vale. The economy of North Dorset is largely dairy agriculture based.

The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, from the municipal boroughs of Blandford Forum, Shaftesbury, Blandford Rural District, Shaftesbury Rural District and Sturminster Rural District.

At the 2001 UK census North Dorset had a population of 61,905, a rise of 8,300 from 1991, with 25,248 households.

North Dorset is home to North Dorset Rugby Football Club

Settlements

Towns with a population over 2,500 are in bold.

Anderson, Ashmore
Belchalwell, Blandford Forum, Bourton, Bryanston, Buckhorn Weston
Cann, Charlton Marshall, Chettle, Child Okeford, Compton Abbas
Durweston
East Orchard, East Stour
Farnham, Fifehead Magdalen, Fifehead Neville, Fontmell Magna
Gillingham, Glanvilles Wootton
Hammoon, Hazelbury Bryan, Hilton, Hinton St Mary
Ibberton, Iwerne Courtney, Iwerne Minster
Kington Magna
Langton Long Blandford, Lydlinch
Manston, Mappowder, Margaret Marsh, Marnhull, Melbury Abbas, Milborne St Andrew, Milton Abbas, Motcombe
Okeford Fitzpaine
Pimperne, Pulham
Shaftesbury, Shillingstone, Silton, Spetisbury, Stalbridge, Stoke Wake, Stourpaine, Stour Provost, Stourton Caundle, Stour Row, Sturminster Newton, Sutton Waldron
Tarrant Crawford, Tarrant Gunville, Tarrant Hinton, Tarrant Keyneston, Tarrant Launceston, Tarrant Monkton, Tarrant Rawston, Tarrant Rushton, Todber, Turnworth
West Orchard, West Stour, Winterborne Clenston, Winterborne Houghton, Winterborne Kingston, Winterborne Stickland, Winterborne Whitechurch, Winterborne Zelston, Woolland

External links

Ceremonial county of Dorset

Dorset Portal

Unitary authorities	Bournemouth Poole

Boroughs or districts	Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck West Dorset Weymouth and Portland

Major settlements	Beaminster Blandford Forum Bournemouth Bridport Chickerell Christchurch Dorchester Ferndown Gillingham Lyme Regis Poole Portland Shaftesbury Sherborne Stalbridge Sturminster Newton Swanage Upton Verwood Wareham Weymouth Wimborne Minster See also: List of civil parishes in Dorset

Rivers	Allen Asker Avon Axe Bourne Brit Cerne Frome Hooke Moors Piddle Stour Sydling Water Tarrant Wey

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Districts of South West England

Devon	East Devon Exeter Mid Devon North Devon South Hams Teignbridge Torridge West Devon

Dorset	Christchurch East Dorset North Dorset Purbeck District West Dorset Weymouth and Portland

Gloucestershire	Cheltenham Cotswold District Forest of Dean District Gloucester Stroud District Tewkesbury Borough

Somerset	Mendip Sedgemoor South Somerset Taunton Deane West Somerset

Unitary authorities	Bath and North East Somerset Bournemouth Bristol Cornwall Isles of Scilly North Somerset Plymouth Borough of Poole South Gloucestershire Borough of Swindon Torbay Wiltshire

Coordinates: 50°51′38.92″N 2°9′41.77″W / 50.8608111°N 2.1616028°W / 50.8608111; -2.1616028

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