West Parley
West Parley is a village and civil parish in south-east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Bournemouth and Ferndown and off of the B3073 road.

West Parley is a village and civil parish in south-east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour between Bournemouth and Ferndown and off of the B3073 road. The parish of West Parley covers an area of 4.52 square kilometres. It is also about 4 miles (6.4 km) to the closest major town of Bournemouth. West Parley has a primary school, a post office, a garden centre and a church. In the 2021 census the parish had a population of 3,673.
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Worth seeing in and around West Parley
9 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.
- 01Church of St Andrew
St. Andrew's Church is a Grade II* listed historic parish church in Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset.
2.1 km · church in Kinson, Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 02Bournemouth Aviation Museum
The Bournemouth Aviation Museum is an aviation museum located next to Bournemouth International Airport, near the village of Hurn in Christchurch, England. It houses a number of aircraft, aero engines, cockpits, and a limited number of ground vehicles.
3.1 km · aviation museum · Wikipedia - 03Kinson Cemetery
Kinson Cemetery is a municipal cemetery in Kinson, a suburb of Bournemouth, England. The cemetery is owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
2.9 km · historic cemetery in Dorset, England · Wikipedia - 04Longham United Reform Church
Longham United Reformed Church is a Grade II listed United Reformed church near Longham near Ferndown in Dorset, England.
1.5 km · church building in Ferndown Town, East Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05All Saints Church, Hampreston
All Saints Church is the Church of England parish church of Hampreston, Dorset, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.
2.6 km · church in Hampreston, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06St Mary's Church
St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in the town of Ferndown, Dorset.
1.6 km · church in Ferndown, Dorset, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Old St John's Buildings
Old St John's Buildings, formerly known as St John's Mission Church, is a historic building in the Moordown area of Bournemouth, England.
3.6 km · building in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Adventure Wonderland
Adventure Wonderland was a family theme park situated in the village of Hurn, near Bournemouth, United Kingdom. The park offered rides and attractions aimed at families with children up to the age of 10.
3.1 km · Theme park in Hurn, Dorset, England · Wikipedia - 09Holy Epiphany Church
The Holy Epiphany Church is a church in the Muscliff area of Bournemouth, Dorset, England.
3.3 km · church in Bournemouth, Dorset · Wikipedia
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Getting to West Parley
- Airports
- Bristol (BRS), 88 km · Cardiff (CWL), 122 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 125 km
- Stations
- Bournemouth Airport, 3.1 km
- Bristol → West Parley89 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £10–14
- London → West Parley147 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £15–20
- Cardiff → West Parley119 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · £16–22
- 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 West Parley
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 West Parley. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go nextOne option is to take the open top bus via the Sandbanks ferry in the summer for approx £5 from central Bournemouth and change at Swanage.
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Next door to West Parley
- Ferndowntown in Dorset, England, UK600 m
- Hamprestonvillage in Dorset, England, UK2.8 km
- Throopvillage in Dorset, England, UK3.8 km
- Kinsonvillage in Dorset, England2.2 km
- Trickett's Crosssuburb in Ferndown, Dorset, England, UK2.8 km
- Ameysfordsuburb of Ferndown, in Dorset, England, UK3.8 km