Shown within Dorset: the towns of Poole (yellow), Bournemouth (blue) and Christchurch (red) form the main centres of the conurbation, which also spreads into east Dorset to the north and the New Forest district of Hampshire to the east.

Map sources for South East Dorset conurbation at grid reference SZ0925091249

The South Dorset conurbation is a multi-centred conurbation on the south coast of Dorset in England. The area is rapidly becoming an amalgamation with the area of South West Hampshire immediately on the fringe of the newly formed New Forest National Park. The main population centres are Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch however, the urbanised area spreads as far east as Barton on Sea in Hampshire. There are a number of satellite towns peripheral to these main urban centres. In clockwise rotation these include: Wareham, Upton/Lytchett Minster, Wimborne, Ferndown, Verwood, Ringwood (Hampshire), New Milton/Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire). The area is part of a Green Belt. Image File history File links SEDorsetConurbation. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 134 KB) Usage is: {{GBthumb|135|132|OV000000}} File links The following pages link to this file: Slough Rothwell, West Yorkshire Saltaire Shipley, West Yorkshire Slaithwaite Wallsend Inverurie Mersea Island Laugharne, Wales Tardebigge Hamble-le-Rice Sandgate, Kent Broadway, Worcestershire Brean Down User:RHaworth/sandbox... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A conurbation is an urban area comprising a number of cities or towns which, through population growth and expansion, have physically merged to form one continuous built up area. ... Dorset (pronounced Dorsit, sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the southwest of England, on the English Channel coast. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Hampshire (abbr. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... Christchurch is a town in the county of Dorset in southern England on the English Channel coast. ... This article is about the town in England; you may have been looking for Wareham, Massachusetts . ... Upton is the name of numerous places: United Kingdom Upton, Berkshire Upton, Buckinghamshire Upton, Cambridgeshire Upton, Cheshire Upton, Cornwall Upton, Cumbria Upton, Devon Upton, Dorset Upton, Hampshire Upton, Leicestershire Upton, Lincolnshire Upton, London Upton, Norfolk Upton, Northamptonshire Upton, Nottinghamshire Upton, Oxfordshire Upton, Pembrokeshire Upton, Slough Upton, Somerset Upton, Warwickshire Upton... Map sources for Lytchett Minster at grid reference SY960931 Lytchett Minster is a small town in the outer suburbs of Poole in the county of Dorset, south England. ... Famous ex-residents Pope Joan Tim Berners Lee External links Census data Wimborne Minster Wimborne. ... Location within the British Isles Ferndown is a small town in Dorset, England, lying north of Bournemouth and east of Wimborne Minster. ... Location within the British Isles Verwood is a small town on the River Crane near Bournemouth in Dorset, England, with a population of 13,580 (2001). ... Location within the British Isles Ringwood is a town in Hampshire, England, on the River Avon, to the west of the New Forest and north of Bournemouth. ... Location within the British Isles New Milton & Barton-on-Sea is a coastal market town in south west Hampshire, England. ... In city planning, the Green Belt is a concept for controlling metropolitan growth introduced around London, England by minister of housing Duncan Sandys via a Government Circular. ...

The 2001 census gave a population of 383,713 for the conurbation, which it calls the Bournemouth Urban Area, and divides into five parts : Bournemouth, Burton, Christchurch, New Milton/Barton on Sea, and Poole. The equivalent population according to the 1991 census was 358,321. [1] 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Places

These places are all in the continuously built-up area.

• Alderney (Poole)
• Ashley (Hampshire)
• Barton-on-Sea (Hampshire)
• Bearcross (Bournemouth)
• Bearwood (Poole)
• Boscombe (Bournemouth)
• Bournemouth
• Branksome (Poole)
• Broadstone (Poole)
• Burton
• Canford Cliffs (Poole)
• Charminster (Bournemouth)
• Christchurch (Dorset)
• Corfe Mullen (Dorset)
• Creekmoor (Poole)
• East Howe (Bournemouth)
• Ensbury Park (Bournemouth)
• Ferndown (Dorset)
• Hamworthy (Poole)
• Highcliffe (Dorset)
• Hinton (Hampshire)
• Holdenhurst (Bournemouth)
• Kinson (Bournemouth)
• Lilliput (Poole)
• Longham (Dorset)
• Lytchett Minster (Dorset)
• Moordown (Bournemouth)
• Muscliff (Bournemouth)
• New Milton (Hampshire)
• Northbourne (Bournemouth)
• Oakdale (Poole)
• Parkstone (Poole)
• Poole
• Sandbanks (Poole)
• Southbourne (Bournemouth)
• Springbourne (Bournemouth)
• Throop (Dorset)
• Upton (Dorset)
• Walkford (Dorset)
• Wallisdown (Bournemouth/Poole)
• Winton (Bournemouth)
• Waterloo (Poole)
• Westbourne (Bournemouth)
• West Howe (Bournemouth)
• West Moors (Dorset)
• West Parley (Dorset)

Flag of Alderney Alderney is also a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England, and a breed of cattle Alderney (French Aurigny, Auregnais Aoeurgny) is the most northerly of the Channel Islands and a British crown dependency. ... Ashley is a village and civil parish in the Test Valley district of Hampshire, England, about eight miles west of Winchester. ... Bearwood College, a secondary public school situated near Wokingham, Berkshire, was the Royal Merchant Navy School. ... Boscombe is a small town, which is now a suburb of the much larger Bournemouth. ... Bournemouth is a seaside resort on the south coast of England. ... Branksome is a small area of the coastal city of Poole, England. ... Broadstone, Dorset is a small town near Poole in South England. ... Canford Cliffs is an affluent suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. ... Charminster is a village in west Dorset, England, situated on the River Cerne and A352 road one mile (2 km) north of Dorchester. ... Christchurch is a town in the county of Dorset in southern England on the English Channel coast. ... Corfe Mullen is a village in Dorset, England, situated on the north-western urban fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation. ... Location within the British Isles Ferndown is a small town in Dorset, England, lying north of Bournemouth and east of Wimborne Minster. ... Map sources for Hamworthy at grid reference SY992912 Hamworthy is a parish and inner suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. ... Highcliffe-on-Sea (usually abbreviated to Highcliffe) is a small town in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset in southern England. ... Lilliput has several meanings: In Jonathan Swifts satirical novel, Gullivers Travels, the land of Lilliput was occupied by very small people. ... Map sources for Lytchett Minster at grid reference SY960931 Lytchett Minster is a small town in the outer suburbs of Poole in the county of Dorset, south England. ... Location within the British Isles New Milton & Barton-on-Sea is a coastal market town in south west Hampshire, England. ... Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England. ... Sandbanks is a small spit jutting out over the mouth of Poole Harbour near Bournemouth in the south of England. ... Upton is a town in south east Dorset, England, situated in the Purbeck district in the suburbs of Poole. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Westbourne could be Westbourne, West Sussex Westbourne, London Westbourne, Dorset Westbourne Grammar School, a co-educational school in Melbourne, Australia. ... West Moors is a village in south east Dorset, England, on the northern fringe of the Poole-Bournemouth conurbation. ... West Parley is a town in south east Dorset, England, situated on the River Stour in the suburbs of Bournemouth. ...

Nearby places

There are a number of nearby towns and villages that are only separated from the conurbation by narrow gaps. These include

• Bransgore
• Milford on Sea
• Lymington
• Ringwood
• St Ives
• St Leonards
• West Moors
• Wimborne Minster