Stalbridge is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale, near the border with Somerset. In the 2021 census the civil parish—which includes the hamlets of Stalbridge Weston, and Thornhill—had 1,224 households and a population of 2,668. The nearest towns are Sturminster Newton, four miles southeast, Sherborne, 6 mi west, and Shaftesbury, 7 mi northeast. Stalbridge is situated on the A357 on a low limestone ridge, one mile west of the River Stour.