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Sandbags and community sandbag stores

It is your responsibility to protect your home or business from floodwater.

If you are expecting a flood or live in an area that is prone to flooding, it's a good idea to buy your own sandbags in advance.

If your property is at immediate risk of flooding, we will do our best to help you by offering you sandbags from one of our community stores.

 

Warning If there is danger to life, call 999.

Find your nearest community sandbag store

List of sandbag store locations

List of sandbag store locations
Town / Parish Location Address Postcode What3Words
Beaminster Public Hall 8 Fleet Street, Beaminster DT8 3EF N/A
Bere Regis Lengthsman’s Lock Up Central Car Park, Bere Regis BH20 7HA N/A
Bishops Caundle Church Green Bishops Caundle, Sherborne DT9 5NN N/A
Bridport Tactical Store Plottingham Depot, West Allington, Bridport DT6 5BL N/A
Broadmayne Village Hall Cowleaze Road, Broadmayne DT2 8EW N/A
Broadwindsor Store in the shed by the play area Drimpton Village Hall, Chard Road, Drimpton DT8 3RF N/A
Buckland Newton Parish Rooms Major Common, Buckland Newton DT2 7BZ N/A
Char Valley – Broadoak Milk Stand Paddocks Lane, Broadoak DT5 5NR scorching.ignoring.dolphins
Char Valley – Morcombelake Under the community noticeboard Felicity’s Farm Shop, A35, Morcombelake DT6 6DJ N/A
Char Valley – Whitchurch Canonicorum Village Hall Car Park Goodens Hill, Whitchurch Canonicorum DT6 6RF apart.shack.famed
Char Valley – Wootton Fitzpaine Village Hall Car Park Westover Hill, Wootton Fitzpaine DT6 6RF conspired.lawn.surcharge
Charminster Bus Shelter Higher Charminster, Dorchester DT2 9RB N/A
Charminster Churchyard West Hill, Charminster, Dorchester DT2 9QR N/A
Charminster Farm Building Lower Burton, Dorchester DT2 7RZ N/A
Chetnole & Stockwood Chetnole Cricket Pavilion Church Close, Chetnole DT9 6PN N/A
Chideock Green/grey Box at rear of the car park Clock Inn, Main Street, Bridport DT6 6JW N/A
Corscombe Plastic box in car park on the left Village Hall, 4 Church Cottages, Corscombe DT2 0QP chaos.brotherly.flushes
Drimpton Store in the shed by the play area Drimpton Village Hall, Chard Road, Drimpton DT8 3RF N/A
Gillingham Gillingham Cemetery Cemetery Road, Gillingham SP8 4AZ N/A
Glanvilles Wootton Old Fire Station Glanvilles Wootton Village Hall DT9 5QF N/A
Holwell Village Hall Stony Lane, Holwell, Sherborne DT9 5LL N/A
Holywell Bridge Cottages 4 Bridge Cottages, Holywell DT2 0LH N/A
Lytchett Minster St Peter’s Finger 52 Dorchester Road, Lytchett Minster, Poole BH16 6JE N/A
Maiden Newton Fire Station Bull Lane, Maiden Newton  DT2 0BQ N/A
Middlemarsh Hunters Moon Middlemarsh, Sherborne DT9, 5QN N/A
Milborne St Andrew Village Hall The Causeway, Milborne St Andrew DT11 0JX N/A
Mosterton Downbarn Farm Mosterton DT8 3HP N/A
Netherbury Beef Unit, Crookhill Parnham Farm, Netherbury, Bridport DT6 5LY  N/A
Piddlehinton Village Hall 2 B3143, Dorchester DT2 7TD N/A
Puddletown Blue Vinney Car Park Blue Vinney Public House, 12 The Moor, Puddletown DT2 8TE N/A
Sixpenny Handley Town Farm Workshops Unit 6, Town Farm Workshops, Sixpenny Handley SP5 5PA N/A
Stourton Caundle Barn behind Manor House Stourton Caundle DT10 2JW N/A
Sturminster Marshall 3 King Street Sturminster Marshall BH21 4BJ N/A
Sydling St Nicholas In the farmers yard Dollens Farm House, 49 High Street, Sydling St Nicholas, Dorchester DT2 9PD N/A
Toller Porcorum Village Hall Church Road Toller Porcorum  DT2 0DT N/A
Upwey 180 Church Street Upwey, Weymouth DT3 5QE N/A
West Bay Tactical Store Harbour Master’s Boat Yard, West Bay DT6 4HE N/A
Weymouth Opposite Derby Stores Queen Street, Weymouth DT4 7HX N/A
Winterborne Abbas Manor Farm (Off A35) Winterborne Abbas DT2 9LR N/A
Winterborne Kingston The Sandstore Winterborne Kingston Recreation Ground, Broad Close DT11 9BL N/A
Winterborne Monkton Manor Farm Old Dairy Winterborne Monkton, Dorchester DT2 9PT reefs.poorly.twists
Winterborne St Martin Brewers Arms Public House Martinstown DT2 9LB N/A
Winterborne St Martin The Old Reading Room Martinstown N/A N/A
Winterborne Steepleton Yuills Farm Ltd Manor Farm Dairy, Steepleton Manor Farm, Winterborne Steepleton DT2 9LG N/A

Get a sandbag store in your community

Contact us to request a new sandbag store for your community:

Dorset Council Sandbags

Email: [email protected]
Full contact details

Disposing of sandbags

You must dispose of sandbags yourself if you no longer need them.

Unused sandbags

You can empty the sand into your garden if you have one. Put the empty sack in the household rubbish bin, or take it to a recycling centre.

Used sandbags

Handle the bags with care using gloves and take them to a recycling centre. Sandbags go in the rubble skip (charges apply). Gel bags go in the landfill skip.

Do not put contaminated sand or bags in your household waste collection.