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The Anvil Inn

3.5 star property

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Exterior
Exterior
Bar (on property)
Exterior
Double Room, Ensuite (Large Double)

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Parking included
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
  • Housekeeping

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Salisbury Road, Pimperne, Blandford Forum, England, DT11 8UQ
  • Place, Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Poole Harbour
    ‪35 min drive‬
  • Place, New Forest National Park
    ‪47 min drive‬
  • Airport, Bournemouth (BOH-Bournemouth Intl.)
    ‪43 min drive‬

Room options

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Desk, iron/ironing board, free WiFi, bed sheets

Double Room

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(8 reviews)
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Twin Room

Twin Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 17 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Single Room

Single Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(1 review)
  • 11 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Double Room, Ensuite (Large Double)

Double Room, Ensuite (Large Double)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Economy Double Room, Ensuite

Economy Double Room, Ensuite

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Blandford Forum

Located in Blandford Forum, The Anvil Inn is within a 5-minute drive of Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs and Blandford Forum Town Museum. .This inn is 3 mi (4.8 km) from Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and 3.3 mi (5.2 km) from Blandford Leisure Centre.
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What's nearby

  • Cranborne Chase and the West Wiltshire Downs - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Poole Harbour - 35 min drive - 30.9 km
  • New Forest National Park - 47 min drive - 41.4 km
  • Bournemouth Beach - 48 min drive - 38.2 km
  • Durdle Door - 54 min drive - 43.6 km

Getting around

  • Wareham Station - 24 min drive
  • Bournemouth (BOH-Bournemouth Intl.) - 29 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Burger Box Blandford - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Reeve the Baker - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Cricketers - ‬9 min drive
  • ‪Nelson's Cheese and Ale House - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The True Lovers Knot - ‬7 min drive

About this property

The Anvil Inn

The Anvil Inn offers 12 accommodations with complimentary toiletries. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.
Stay in one of 12 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Conveniences include desks and electric kettles, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take in the views from a garden and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access.
At The Anvil Inn, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary breakfast is included.
Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary breakfast is offered.
The Anvil Inn has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free breakfast available
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking

More

  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM

Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:30 AM

Special check-in instructions

There is no front desk at this property

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
This property's policy is to refuse certain bookings for the purpose of group events or parties, including pre-wedding stag/bachelor and hen/bachelorette parties

Property is also known as

Anvil Inn Pimperne

Anvil Inn

Anvil Pimperne

Anvil Inn Blandford Forum

Anvil Blandford Forum

The Anvil Inn Inn

The Anvil Inn Blandford Forum

The Anvil Inn Inn Blandford Forum

The Anvil Inn Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 78 out of 123 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 37 out of 123 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 6 out of 123 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 123 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 123 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.4/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Nick

Our room was comfortable, clean and cosy. The Staff couldn’t do enough to make our stay a pleasant experience. Food was great and varied. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2026

10/10 Excellent

Steve

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great pub, excellent food
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2026

10/10 Excellent

Jono

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Nabeel

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

mark

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

Andrew, Nassau

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michael Christopher

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Joy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant homely pub

Lovely old pub which was a good stop over for the night. Breakfast nice and hot with limited selection but filling. Friendly welcome at check in.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice and clean, comfortable with friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Geoffrey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great stay at an excellent Inn

Great people and a perfect room. Good location for visiting many places in Dorset. The inn is an old thatched building with a decent beer garden and covered outdoor eating. The food is very good pub fayre and there are interesting specials. On Friday and Saturday delicious pizzas are also served, cooked in the outdoor wood fired pizza oven Breakfast is included with the room and there are a good variety of choices with quality ingredients. A great find that we will revisit if ever on holiday in the area again.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

C

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

A need for the owner to spend a night in the room

The room was slightly on the small side , the bed being a standard double it would have been difficult to have put a bigger bed in. The bathroom again was a bit cramped, the loo holder was broken and the doors were out of line and provided no privacy. There appeared to be no soundproofing as it was quite evident that the adjacent rooms occupants could be clearly heard. The Monday morning breakfast was cooked badly, however the staff were very pleasant and helpful
Stayed 1 night in May 2023

8/10 Good

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Laura

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Me and my partner stayed here over the weekend. We absolutely loved the stay, so clean and comfortable. Shower was a bonus! So powerful. Unfortunately my partner was taken into hospital during our last night staying there. But the very kind bartender/floor manager? Accommodated to our needs. So kind and thoughtful. He brought our breakfast up to our rooms. I would highly recommend staying here ☺️ Breakfast was lovely too!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great value out of season.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Stephen

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent out of season value

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We loved it here

What a little gem The Anvil Inn turned out to be! It's a beautiful old thatched building, and as you would expect with an old building, the stairs could prove a little steep for some peoole but we didn't have any trouble bounding up them; there is one spot where the door to the guest floor is a little low, but it's been thoughtfully padded, so no banged noggins here. We stayed in Room No.5 which was really cosy and had a little en-suite with a decent shower and very fluffy towels. Tea and Coffee making facilities were provided, a decent hairdryer and a TV, so everything that we needed. The room was absolutely spotless! We stayed two nights as visiting family and friends in Dorset and we had them visit both nights for dinner in the pub. The food we had was really good, very tasty and cooked to perfection... And very reasonably priced. Now that we have found (and stayed at) The Anvil Inn, it'll be our place of choice whenever we're visiting.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice old coaching in less than 2 miles away from GDSF.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Sadie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Lovely 17th century Hotel/pub

Very clean 17th Century Hotel. Staff very welcoming
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Pleasant Stay whilst on Business

Small but lovely room with everything needed for a one night stay. It felt as though it had been recently refurbished and the cleaning was to a high standard. Check in was good and I was shown to my room although I did have to wait a short while as there is no front desk. The menu was impressive and my evening meal was very good. On the downside, it was quite noisy with the quiz night in the pub during the evening but this did end at 10pm to my relief. The breakfast was average and service was poor. The rain shower was non existent and the attachment was very slow and squealed whilst in use which made me conscious of disturbing other guests due to the lack of soundproofing as the building is very old.
Stayed 1 night in May 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022