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Guide Price£100,000

Auction: Friday 11 December 2026 at 2pm

Winterborne Clenston, Blandford Forum

Land size
8.55 acres

Key Features

  • 8.55 acres (3.46 hectares) of productive permanent pasture
  • Attractive single paddock with gently undulating topography
  • Direct access from the public highway
  • Metered mains water supply
  • Secure stock-proof fencing and mature hedgerow boundaries
  • Suitable for a range of uses subject to the necessary consents
  • No restrictive covenants or overage provisions

Description

An attractive parcel of permanent pasture extending to approximately 8.55 acres (3.46 hectares), situated in an accessible rural position on the edge of the village of Winterborne Clenston.

Auction - For Sale by Public Auction and via Livestream on Friday 11th December 2026 at 2.00pm at the Digby Memorial Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3NL. Register to bid in the room, online, by telephone or by proxy via our website.

Situation - The paddock occupies an attractive yet accessible rural position on the northern edge of the small village and parish of Winterborne Clenston. The neighbouring village of Winterborne Stickland lies to the north and is home to The Crown public house.

The market town of Blandford Forum is situated approximately 5 miles to the east, whilst the A354 (2.4 miles to the south), provides convenient access to the county town of Dorchester, approximately 14 miles to the southwest. Both towns offer a extensive range of amenities and services and are within a 30 minute drive of the property.

The Property - The property extends to approximately 8.55 acres (3.46 hectares) and comprises a single paddock of productive permanent pasture with gently undulating and level topography. The land benefits from its own access directly off the highway, a metered mains water supply with concrete trough, and secure stock-proof fencing with mature hedgerow boundaries.

Previously occupied under licence for sheep grazing, the land is well-suited to a variety of equestrian, agricultural, conservation and recreational uses, subject to obtaining any necessary consents.

Services - Metred mains water, supplying concrete trough
Mains electricity present but not connected

Agents Notes - - The land is situated in the Dorset National Landscape (formerly AONB)
- The land is situated in a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone
- The eastern part of the land lies within Flood Zone 3
- There is a public bridleway passing along the northern boundary of the property
- The bridleway is enclosed by stockproof fencing
- The vendors are retaining ownership of the access track lying to the south of the southern boundary of the paddock
- No restrictive covenants or overage provisions

Local Authority - Dorset Council -

Tenure - Freehold with vacant possession on completion

Solicitors - Mogers Drewett LLP
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Viewing - Unaccompanied during daylight hours with a set of sales particulars in hand, after first informing the agent. Please contact Will Cairns on .

What3words - ///gossiping.parkway.basis

Wayleaves, Easements And Rights Of Way - The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including; rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and quasieasements and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to in these particulars or not.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-10-30

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 210 Farmland & Pasture listings in South West England (5+ acres).

This Property£11,696 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (5+ acres) £8,380 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Private Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

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

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Limited NoneO2 Good NoneThree Good NoneVodafone Good None

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

  • Dunbury Church of England Academy2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    131
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School3.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Academy converter
    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
  • Milldown CofE Academy3.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    200
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    0 to 11
    Pupils
    411
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Blandford School3.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,103
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Sturminster Newton High School7.8 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    605
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown7.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    9 to 13
    Pupils
    441
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lytchett Minster School9.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,624
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Lockyer's Middle School10 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    9 to 13
    Pupils
    436
    Type
    Academy converter

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

Morrisons Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum3.4 miles
Iceland Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum3.5 miles
Tesco Blandford Forum Superstore, Blandford St Mary3.5 miles

GP surgery

Milton Abbas Surgery1.9 miles

Pharmacy

Boots3.5 miles

Hospital

Blandford Community Hospital3.6 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Moreton (Dorset) Rail Station9.6 miles

Nearest bus stop

Clenston Manor454 metres

Typical drive times

Dorchester21 min · 14 miles
Blandford Forum13 min · 5.3 miles
Salisbury (city)47 min · 31 miles
Wimborne Minster28 min · 17 miles
Sturminster Newton20 min · 8.7 miles

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. 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

High risk

Not at the pin: mapped about 50 metres away.

Planning map: Flood Zone 3.

Surface water

High risk (1 in 30)

Not at the pin: mapped about 30 metres away.

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.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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