With free Wi-Fi and free parking on site, The Old Forge is an 18th-century carriage and wheelwrights workshop a 5-minute drive from Shaftesbury. The grounds are home to a donkey, 3 friendly dogs, and chickens.
Each morning, guests can enjoy a delicious AGA-cooked, award-winning breakfast. Dorset muesli, seasonal fruit, and freshly baked bread feature on the menu, along with eggs from the property’s own hens. Apple juice is pressed in the orchard, and meat is from the local butcher.
Rooms at The Old Forge are traditionally furnished, and each benefits from a flat-screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Each room also features an en suite bathroom with free toiletries and a hairdryer.
Blandford Forum is a 15-minute drive from the building, and the coast at Bournemouth is less than an hour’s drive away.
Score from 53 reviews
Superb
9.5/10
Rooms: 2
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Address: Compton Abbas, Shaftesbury SP70NQ 
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What people say
Everything!!! Upon arrival we fell in love with the Old Forge, being welcomed by Tim and Lucy and a chocolate brownie with tea and coffee makes you feel at home straight away. The work, love and passion that Tim and Lucy have put into the Old Forge reflects in their personalities and is infectious. The whole place is quirky and vintage....the rooms, the cars, the décor and memorabilia. It was the best cooked breakfast i'd ever had and cooked fresh. We have already decided we will be staying aga. all reviews »
It's been both our most favourite place to stay. The style and attention to detail in the rooms is wonderful. We've stayed in the Shepherds hut and the b&b room. Both were fantastic. Beautiful setting amongst hills. Horse and donkey in the paddock with hens running around the yard. Local produce delicious breakfast with apple juice from their orchard! The owners are very friendly and welcoming. Have stayed twice and will be back again. Can't recommend enough!.
A wonderful place to stay. Our hosts were friendly, relaxed and very helpful with regard to a specific interest of ours relating to the area. For those interested in restorations and vintage car enthusiasts, a good place to visit. Our room was very comfortable with an abundance of hot water and the breakfasts were excellent.
A very nice interesting country cottage with friendly hosts and easy to find location south of Shaftesbury.
Great country setting and additional interests at site for all ages including young children to make the stay with Tim & Lucy an enjoyable experience.
Very friendly welcome; very comfortable accommodation; very suitable for our personal needs in this area at this time; we liked the wide range of interesting aspects of the Old Forge as is highlighted in their description below.
Hosts very friendly, pleasant and helpful. Excellent breakfast using local products. Comfortable bed and good, real coffee was available in the room. The place was full of character and traditional features.
Hosts were very keen to make our stay perfect, the room met all expectation, the property was beautiful. the location ideal for our break in Dorset.
Stylish, Friendly and with wonderful breakfasts!.
Everything - especially the hosts!.
Vintage themed bed and breakfast.
Leaving....we didn't want to go home!.
There was nothing we didn't like.
Everything was really OK including the weather.
Nothing except it is near to the road and the traffic was occasionally noisy.
Leaving!!.
