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Ferndown is a town and civil parish (under the name Ferndown Town) in Dorset in southern England. It lies immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole, and about east of Wimborne Minster. The parish, which until 1986 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Ameysford, Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and Trickett's Cross. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 17,501.

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UK place.official_name
Ferndown
UK place.type
Town and civil parish
UK place.static_image_name
Ferndown, parish church of St. Mary - geograph.org.uk - 505282.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
The Parish Church of St Mary, Ferndown
UK place.label_position
left
UK place.population
17501
UK place.population_ref
(parish, 2021)
UK place.os_grid_reference
SU071009
UK place.london_distance
NE
UK place.civil_parish
Ferndown Town
UK place.unitary_england
Dorset
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Dorset
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.country
England
UK place.post_town
Ferndown
UK place.postcode_area
BH
UK place.postcode_district
BH21, BH22
UK place.dial_code
01202

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Wikidata facts

Population
17650
Image
Hampreston, parish church of All Saints - geograph.org.uk - 506490.jpg
Dialing code
01202
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Commons category
Ferndown
OS grid reference
SZ084979
postal code
BH22
native label
Ferndown
P8168
Q203758
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Ferndown is a town and civil parish (under the name Ferndown Town) in Dorset in southern England. It lies immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole, and about east of Wimborne Minster. The parish, which until 1986 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Ameysford, Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and Trickett's Cross. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 17,501.

== History == Domesday Book of 1086 recorded a settlement with 25 households at Hame, in Cranborne Hundred. The other ancient settlements were at Canford and Longham, all three built on gravel terraces on the north bank of the River Stour.

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