Shaftesbury
thumb|upright|Old milestone in Blandford Forum showing use of the name Shaston for Shaftesbury
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Shaftesbury
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- 150px|Image: 150 pixels
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Coat of Arms of Shaftesbury
- UK place.static_image_name
- High Street, Shaftesbury - geograph.org.uk - 1440129.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- High Street
- UK place.map_type
- Dorset
- UK place.population
- 9,162
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- ST861228
- UK place.london_distance
- 97 miles
- UK place.civil_parish
- Shaftesbury
- UK place.unitary_england
- Dorset
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thumb|upright|Old milestone in Blandford Forum showing use of the name Shaston for Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury () is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, west of Salisbury and north-northeast of Dorchester, near the border with Wiltshire. It is the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset, being built about above sea level on a greensand hill on the edge of Cranborne Chase.