Gold Hill, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, DT11
- Bedrooms
- 7
Key Features
- Detached freehold village inn in the beautiful Blackmore Vale, North Dorset
- Net sales well in excess of £8,000 per week (ex. VAT) recently achieved
- Immaculately presented and ready to open immediately
- Character bar for 14 plus two dining areas for 24 and 20
- Professionally fitted commercial kitchen •Four en-suite letting bedrooms
- Owner's accommodation with three double bedrooms
- Trade garden for 40 plus partly covered patio for 30 •Parking for 14 and outbuilding with conversion potential
Description
Detached freehold village inn in the beautiful Blackmore Vale, North Dorset - Net sales well in excess of £8,000 per week (ex. VAT) recently achieved - Immaculately presented and ready to open immediately - haracter bar for 14 plus two dining areas for 24 and 20 - Professionally fitted commercial kitchen - Four en-suite letting bedrooms - Owner's accommodation with three double bedrooms - Trade garden for 40 plus partly covered patio for 30 - Parking for 14 and outbuilding with conversion potential -
Child Okeford is a thriving and sought-after North Dorset village set in the Blackmore Vale, between the River Stour to the west and Hambledon Hill to the east, surrounded by countryside designated as a National Landscape. The Saxon Inn is tucked away from the road, approached by its own driveway directly off the main road through the village. Hambledon Hill, a National Trust Iron Age hillfort, is close by, and the pub is within easy reach of a network of popular countryside walks. The market towns of Sturminster Newton, Blandford Forum and Shaftesbury are all within around six miles.
Freehold
The property is available freehold with an asking price of £450,000 to include the freehold property, equipment and goodwill.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-16
Property Brochure
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Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
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Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
1 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford0.6 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 125
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Shillingstone Church of England Primary School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 103
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- William Barnes Primary School2.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 162
- Type
- Community school
- St Andrew's Church of England Primary School3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 101
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Faith
- Church of England
- Durweston Church of England Primary School3.4 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 144
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Sturminster Newton High School2.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 605
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Blandford School5.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,103
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Shaftesbury School6.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 782
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Gillingham School8.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Type
- Academy converter
- The Gryphon School12 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,569
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
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Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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