Sandford, Dorset

Sandford
Sandford Road
Sandford
Sandford shown within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY931898
Civil parish	Wareham St. Martin
District	Purbeck
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom

Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western

EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Mid Dorset and North Poole
List of places UK England Dorset 50°42′28″N 2°05′49″W / 50.70767°N 2.097022°W / 50.70767; -2.097022Coordinates: 50°42′28″N 2°05′49″W / 50.70767°N 2.097022°W / 50.70767; -2.097022

Sandford is a village in the English county of Dorset, on the A351 road some two miles from Wareham and seven miles from Poole.

Sandford forms the only significant settlement within the civil parish of Wareham St. Martin, which otherwise covers much of the rural area to the north of Wareham. The parish forms part of the Purbeck local government district within the county of Dorset. It is within the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency of the House of Commons and the South West England constituency of the European Parliament. The electoral ward is also called St.Martin, and includes Holton Heath with the surrounding countryside. The total population at the 2011 census was 2,774.

To the north lies Gore Heath, part of Wareham Forest, which is the subject of a controversial proposal for gravel extraction.