Blandford Forum, Dorset, England
Blandford Forum
Down Wood
Down Wood is situated on the B3082 – the Wimbourne Road – between Blandford and Ashley Wood Golf Club. Ghostly horses have been seen and heard here.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
Thickthorn Down
The apparition of the first Lord Shaftesbury has been reported here, being carried in a spectral coach with a driver that has his head tucked under his arm! Coxe states that it is unclear why he should haunt this part of Dorset.
For further information, please read Haunted Britain by Antony D. Hippisley Coxe.
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Blandford Forum, commonly Blandford, is a market town in Dorset, England
It is sited by the River Stour about 15 mi northwest of Poole.
Pictured left is Blandford Forum courtesy of John Lamper. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
