Verwood is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Bournemouth and 19 miles (31 km) north of Poole. The town has a population of 14,820 according to latest figures (2009) from Dorset County Council, making it the largest town in Dorset without an upper school in terms of population. The population of the parish and four electoral wards had only risen slightly to 14,852 at the 2011 census.
Population: 12,338
Latitude: 50° 52' 32.70" N
Longitude: -1° 52' 12.83" W
Bournemouth /ˈbɔərnməθ/ is a large coastal resort town on the south coast of England directly to the east of the Jurassic Coast, a 96-mile (155 km) World Heritage Site. According to the 2011 census, the town has a population of 183,491 making it the…
Poole /puːl/ is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is 33 kilometres (21 mi) east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The local council is Poole Borough Council and …
Salisbury Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and one of the leading examples of Early English architecture.
Dean Court, known as the Goldsands Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium in Bournemouth, England and the home ground of A.F.C.
Christchurch /ˈkraɪstʃɜrtʃ/ is a borough and town on the south coast of England. The town adjoins Bournemouth in the west and the New Forest lies to the east. Historically in the county of Hampshire, it became part of the administrative county of Do…
Old Sarum (Latin: Sorbiodunum) is the site of the earliest settlement of Salisbury in England. Located on a hill about 2 miles (3 km) north of modern Salisbury near the A345 road, the settlement appears in some of the earliest records in the country…
Bournemouth University (abbreviated BU) is a public university in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, with its main campus situated in neighbouring Poole.
Highcliffe Castle, situated on the cliffs at Highcliffe, Dorset, was built between 1831 and 1835 by Charles Stuart, 1st Baron Stuart de Rothesay in a Gothic Revival style on the site of High Cliff house, a Georgian Mansion designed for the 3rd Earl …
Bournemouth Airport (IATA: BOH, ICAO: EGHH) (previously known as Hurn Airport and Bournemouth International Airport) is an airport located 3.5 NM (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north-northeast of Bournemouth, in southern England.
Poole Town F.C. is a football club based in Poole, Dorset, England who play in the Southern League Premier Division after being promoted as champions of the Southern League Division One South and West in the 2012–13 season. They were established in …
Bournemouth West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Wilton House is an English country house situated at Wilton near Salisbury in Wiltshire.
Bournemouth East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It has elected Conservative MPs since its …
The BH postcode area, also known as the Bournemouth postcode area, is a group of 26 postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of eleven post towns. These postcode districts cover east Dorset and a part of west Hampshire, including Bourne…
New Forest West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1997 by Des Swayne, a Conservative.
Wimborne Minster (often referred to as Wimborne, /ˈwɪmbɔrn/) is a market town in East Dorset in South West England, and the name of the Church of England church in that town. The town has a population of 6,790 (according to the 2011 Census) and is s…
Sandbanks is a small peninsula or spit (1 km2 or 0.39 sq mi) crossing the mouth of Poole Harbour on the English Channel coast at Poole in Dorset, England. It is well known for the highly regarded Sandbanks Beach and property value; Sandbanks has, by…
Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley (ria) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome…