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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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Church 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
  2. 02
    Bournemouth 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
  3. 03
    Kinson 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
  4. 04
    Longham 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
  5. 05
    All 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
  6. 06
    St 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
  7. 07
    Old 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
  8. 08
    Adventure 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
  9. 09
    Holy 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 Parley
    89 km · quickest by road, 2h 57m · £10–14
  • London → West Parley
    147 km · quickest by road, 2h 46m · £15–20
  • Cardiff → West Parley
    119 km · quickest by road, 3h 31m · £16–22
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Not yet researched

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.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Bournemouth, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    42 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    200 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    545 km
  4. 04
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    575 km
  5. 05
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    596 km

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Around it

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