BROADMAYNE PARISH

Introduction

Broadmayne is a village in the English county of Dorset. It lies two miles south-east of the county town Dorchester. The A352 main road between Dorchester (from Sherborne) and Wareham passes through the village. In the 2001 Census the population of the village was 1,864, reducing to 1,204 at the 2011 Census. There is an electoral ward of the same name whose population at the above census was 1,870. Village facilities and services include a post office, a clinic (closed since 2014) and a public house (The Black Dog). There are two churches in the village, both of which were redesigned by Thomas Hardy, who was an architect before he became a novelist. The parish church of St Martin dates from the 13th century and has a notable south tower.

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	645 hectares
Population	1,284 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	199 people/km²
Mean age	47.7
Ward	Winterborne & Broadmayne
District	West Dorset
Postcodes	DT2
ONS ID	E04003508