Tarrant Crawford is a tiny, largely rural parish in the heart of the Tarrant Valley in north Dorset, England. It lies beside the small River Tarrant where the valley opens onto the floodplain of the River Stour, a landscape of watermeadows, willow-lined streams and rolling chalk country that feels quietly remote yet is within easy reach of Blandford Forum and other market towns.
Despite its modest size the parish has a surprising historical draw: the site of the medieval Tarrant Abbey and a small medieval church with interesting carved stonework and tombs, so it attracts walkers and local-history visitors as well as sustaining a mainly agricultural economy and a very small resident community. The atmosphere is typically Dorset - peaceful, pastoral and centred on landscape and heritage rather than commercial development.
Postcode districts covering Tarrant Crawford
Most populated places nearby
- Bournemouth 12.6 miles20.3 km
- Poole 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Weymouth 20.6 miles33.1 km
- Yeovil 24.6 miles39.5 km
- Salisbury 21.9 miles35.2 km
- Christchurch 17 miles27.3 km
- New Milton 20.3 miles32.6 km
- Ferndown 9.3 miles15 km
- Ferndown Town 9.4 miles15.1 km
- Dorchester 16.5 miles26.6 km
- Lymington 24.7 miles39.7 km
- Lymington and Pennington 24.7 miles39.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Spetisbury Built-up area 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Tarrant Keyneston Parish 1 mile1.6 km
- Charlton Marshall Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Shapwick Parish 1.9 miles3 km
- Tarrant Rushton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Tarrant Rawston Parish 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Sturminster Marshall Built-up area 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Langton Long Blandford Parish 2.6 miles4.3 km
- Blandford St. Mary Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Blandford Forum Built-up area 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Blandford Ward 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Pimperne Built-up area 3.6 miles5.8 km
Example postcodes in Tarrant Crawford
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 12.2 miles19.6 km
- Southampton Airport 34 miles54.8 km
- Hamworthy Railway Station 8.1 miles13 km
- Holton Heath 8.1 miles13 km
- Poole Bus Station 9.5 miles15.3 km
Hotels near Tarrant Crawford Ad
- Crown Hotel 3 3.1 miles5 km
- 1777. at the Albion 5.7 miles9.2 km
- The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant 5.6 miles9 km
- The Museum Inn 4 7.9 miles12.8 km
- Rnli College 9.3 miles14.9 km
- The Priory Hotel 9.8 miles15.8 km
- The Talbot 2 7.9 miles12.7 km
- Horton Inn 2 6.8 miles11 km
- King's Head Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 5.7 miles9.1 km
- The Dorset Golf Hotel 8.9 miles14.3 km
Local points of interest
- Tarrant Abbey Historic site 0.3 miles0.5 km
- Crichel House Estate 5 miles8.1 km
- Holy Cross Abbey (Stapehill, Dorset, England) Historic site 8.4 miles13.5 km
- Poole Harbour Harbour 10 miles16.1 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 10.1 miles16.3 km
- Bindon Abbey Estate 10.6 miles17 km
- Bindon Abbey Historic site 10.9 miles17.5 km
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum Museum 12.3 miles19.8 km
- Bournemouth International Centre Theatre 12.7 miles20.5 km
- Western Downs Hill 13 miles20.9 km
- Studland Beach Beach 13.3 miles21.3 km
- Purbeck Hills Hill 13.3 miles21.4 km