Merley
Merley is a large housing estate in Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster.
Merley is a large housing estate in Poole, a mile (2 km) south of Wimborne Minster. Originally called Myrle, Merley was a manor in the tithing of Great Canford. The village merges with that of Oakley, and the housing estate was originally going to be called "Oakley Garden Village", note Oakley Shops and other signposts around the community but the name was changed. The housing estate only covers part of the area that was originally called Merley/Myrle. The Poole ward is Merley and Bearwood. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 10,392.
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Worth seeing in and around Merley
8 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Canford Magna Parish Church
The Canford Magna Parish Church in Canford Magna, Dorset, England – possibly dedicated to St Augustine – is a mixture of Saxon, Norman and Mid Gothic architecture. English Heritage have designated it a Grade I listed building.
1.1 km · church in Poole, UK · Wikipedia - 02Tivoli Theatre
The Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England, was built in 1936 as a theatre and cinema. It has a variety of Art Deco features, including original chrome and Bakelite door handles.
2.3 km · theatre in Wimborne Minster, England · Wikipedia - 03Wimborne Minster astronomical clock
Wimborne Minster astronomical clock is a fourteenth-century astronomical clock in Wimborne Minster in Dorset, regarded as "one of the most ancient working clocks in Europe."
2.1 km · 14th century astronomical clock in Wimborne Minster, England · Wikipedia - 04Merley House
Merley House in Ashington, Wimborne, Dorset, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade I listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1752 by the bibliophile Ralph Willett and remained in the Willett family until about 1875.
1.3 km · Grade I listed building in Poole, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 0537, West Borough
Wimborne Minster Town Hall is a municipal building in West Borough in Wimborne Minster, a town in Dorset, in England. The building, which currently accommodates the offices and meeting place of Wimborne Minster Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
2.4 km · building in Wimborne Minster, East Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Museum of East Dorset
The Museum of East Dorset is a local museum in the town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England. It is located on the high street, opposite the Church of Wimborne Minster.
2.1 km · museum in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07All Saints Church, Hampreston
All Saints Church is the Church of England parish church of Hampreston, Dorset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.3 km · church in Hampreston, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Lady Wimborne Bridge
The Lady Wimborne Bridge is a former railway bridge built in 1853, and now a listed building. Its highly ornate design reflects the power of landowners over British railway companies in the mid-nineteenth century.
800 m · bridge in Poole, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Merley
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 84 km · Cardiff (CWL), 118 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 130 km
- Stations
- Broadstone railway station, 3 km · Corfe Mullen Halt railway station, 2.7 km
- Bristol → Merley87 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £10–13
- London → Merley152 km · quickest by road, 2h 51m · £15–21
- Cardiff → Merley115 km · quickest by road, 3h 23m · £16–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Merley
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Merley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inDaily ferry services from Poole Harbour run to Cherbourg in France as well as Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
From Wikivoyage: Poole, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Merley
- Wimborne Minstertown and civil parish in Dorset, England2.3 km
- Corfe Mullenvillage in Dorset, England, UK3.7 km
- Broadstonetown and civil parish in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Dorset, England3.2 km
- Colehillvillage and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom1.8 km
- Pamphillvillage in Dorset, England, UK3.7 km
- Hamprestonvillage in Dorset, England, UK3.2 km