Parkstone /ˈpɑrkstən/ is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is divided into 'Lower' and 'Upper' Parkstone. Upper Parkstone - "Up-on-'ill" as it used to be known in local parlance - is so-called because it is largely on higher ground slightly to the north of the lower-lying area of Lower Parkstone - "The Village" - which includes areas adjacent to Poole Harbour.
Population: 9,593
Latitude: 50° 43' 47.78" N
Longitude: -1° 56' 41.71" W
Ballard Cliff is part of the Jurassic Coast near Swanage in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The steeply dipping Cretaceous chalk that marks the northern end of Swanage Bay takes over from the Wealden beds at this location. A series of landsl…
Avon Lodge was a private untimetabled railway station in the county of Hampshire (now Dorset), opened on 3 November 1862 by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway.
Arne RSPB reserve is a 563.4 hectares (1,392 acres) nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), maintained by the RSPB and located in Dorset. It was notified as an SSSI in 1986. The reserve occupies the Arne Peninsula, which protr…
Anvil Point is part of the Jurassic Coast near Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks, in the east.
…Anderson, sometimes known as Winterborne Anderson, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the North Dorset administrative district about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Poole. To the west are Winterborne Muston and Winterbo…
Alderney is a suburb and electoral ward in the town of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 11,196, increasing to 11,423 at the 2011 Census.
Worgret Heath SSSI, Dorset (grid reference SY895871) is an 8.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1987.
Westover, Hampshire, is the ancient manor, now in Dorset, over which much of modern Bournemouth has developed. This area of land marked a historic boundary between Celtic and Saxon civilisations, which found expression as the county boundary between…
Wareham Town Museum tells the story of the Wareham area of Dorset in southern England from prehistoric times to the present day. It has a special section on Lawrence of Arabia, who lived close by at Clouds Hill.
Wareham Nunnery was a Benedictine nunnery in Dorset, England.
Wareham Forest is an area in Dorset, England, consisting of open heathland, including Decoy Heath and Gore Heath, and plantations of conifers such as Morden Heath and Bloxworth Heath. The site is overseen by the Forestry Commission for conservation …
Trickett's Cross is an estate situated on the outskirts of Ferndown, Dorset, England. It lies at the junction of two primary routes, the A31 road and A348 road. It has a church and a youth centre which runs clubs, such as scouts and a Jitsu club.
The Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, was built in Wimborne Minster in 1936 as a theatre and cinema.
Tarrant Abbey was an abbey in Tarrant Crawford, Dorset, England.
St Leonards is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated on the A31 road in the north of the Bournemouth-Poole urban area, adjacent to St Ives and Ashley Heath. The St Leonards and St Ives civil parish had a population of 6,672 in 2001.
Shell Bay is a small bay in Dorset, England on the Studland peninsula. It is on the south side of the mouth of Poole Harbour and connected with Sandbanks by the Sandbanks Ferry which runs regularly across the entrance to the harbour and carries vehi…
Scoles Manor, also known as Scoles Farm House, is former farmhouse and a Grade II* listed building, two miles from Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. It is believed to be the oldest continuously occupied building in Corfe Castle parish.
The Sandbanks Hotel is an AA four star hotel on Sandbanks peninsula, near Poole, Dorset on the South Coast of England. The hotel has a unique dual aspect view of both the English Channel and Poole Harbour, with the outside terrace leading directly o…