This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. There are 269 civil parishes.
The former Bournemouth County Borough was mostly unparished and the former Borough of Poole was entirely unparished.
Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (km2) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | Former District |
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Burton and Winkton | 4,177[1] | 8.68 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District[2] | Christchurch |
Christchurch | Christchurch | |||
Holdenhurst Village[3] | Bournemouth County Borough | Bournemouth | ||
Highcliffe and Walkford[4] | Christchurch | |||
Hurn | 501[5] | 22.35 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District[2] | Christchurch |
The former Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Municipal Borough was unparished. Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes.
Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (km2) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | Former District |
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Abbotsbury | 481[6] | 18.19 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle [8] | 436[9] | 22.79 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Alderholt | 3,171[11] | 15.22 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Allington | 766[13] | 3.18 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Alton Pancras | 175[15] | 9.21 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Anderson | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Arne | 1,297[17] | 24.88 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Ashmore | 188[18] | 9.60 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Askerswell | 154[20] | 6.99 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Athelhampton | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Batcombe | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Beaminster (town) | 3,136[22] | 24.29 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Beer Hackett | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Bere Regis | 1,745[24] | 33.20 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Bettiscombe | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Bincombe | 514[25] | 7.87 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Bishop's Caundle | 398[26] | 3.87 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Blandford Forum (town) | 10,325[27] | 8.47 | Blandford Forum Municipal Borough[28] | North Dorset |
Blandford St Mary | 1,511[29] | 9.71 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Bloxworth | 200[30] | 10.86 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Bothenhampton | 2,131[31] | 3.79 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Bourton | 822[32] | 3.72 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Bradford Abbas | 975[33] | 9.49 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Bradford Peverell | 370[34] | 10.75 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Bradpole | 2,339[35] | 3.22 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Bridport (town) | 8,332[36] | 3.19 | Bridport Municipal Borough[37] | West Dorset |
Broadmayne | 1,204[38] | 6.45 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Broadwindsor | 1,378[39] | 30.52 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Bryanston | 925[40] | 7.15 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Buckhorn Weston | 356[41] | 6.85 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Buckland Newton | 622[42] | 17.00 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Burleston | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Burstock | 120[43] | 3.76 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Burton Bradstock | 948[44] | 10.97 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Cann | 822[45] | 9.30 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Castleton | 155[46] | 20.94 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Catherston Leweston | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset | ||
Cattistock | 509[47] | 15.04 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Caundle Marsh | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Cerne Abbas | 784[48] | 17.28 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Chalbury | 143[49] | 3.32 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Chaldon Herring | 140[50] | 12.53 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Charlton Marshall | 1,156[51] | 9.29 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Charminster | 2,940[52] | 17.71 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Charmouth | 1,352[53] | 2.78 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Chedington | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Cheselbourne | 296[54] | 12.48 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Chetnole | 344[55] | 5.78 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Chettle | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Chickerell (town) | 5,515[56] | 13.96 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Chideock | 686[57] | 11.98 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Chilcombe | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset | ||
Child Okeford | 1,114[58] | 6.36 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Chilfrome | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Church Knowle | 261[60] | 11.80 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Clifton Maybank | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Colehill | 6,907[61] | 9.69 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Compton Abbas | 216[62] | 6.04 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Compton Valence | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Coombe Keynes | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck | ||
Corfe Castle | 1,355[63] | 37.26 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Corfe Mullen | 10,133[64] | 12.27 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Corscombe | 445[65] | 20.26 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Cranborne | 779[66] | 17.88 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Crichel [67] | 246[68] | 16.21 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Crossways | 2,267[69] | 6.70 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Dewlish | 284[70] | 8.61 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Dorchester (town) | 19,060[71] | 7.12 | Dorchester Municipal Borough[72] | West Dorset |
Durweston | 398[73] | 7.48 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
East Chelborough | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
East Holme | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck | ||
East Lulworth | 246[74] | 17.48 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
East Orchard | 223[75] | 8.32 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
East Stoke | 504[76] | 23.04 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
East Stour | 573[77] | 7.22 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Edmondsham | 188[78] | 7.28 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Evershot | 334[79] | 12.64 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Farnham | 183[80] | 5.75 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Ferndown Town (town) | 17,839[81] | 20.36 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Fifehead Magdalen | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset | ||
Fifehead Neville | 147[82] | 5.48 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Fleet | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Folke | 339[83] | 11.27 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Fontmell Magna | 734[84] | 11.72 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Frampton | 524[85] | 13.32 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Frome St Quintin | 171[86] | 5.46 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Frome Vauchurch | 149[87] | 1.97 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Gillingham (town) | 11,756[88] | 31.29 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Glanvilles Wootton | 196[89] | 6.90 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Goathill | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Godmanstone | 156[90] | 8.18 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Gussage All Saints | 208[91] | 9.99 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Gussage St. Michael | 211[92] | 9.96 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Halstock | 546[93] | 12.99 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Hammoon | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset | ||
Hanford | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset | ||
Haydon | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Hazelbury Bryan | 1,059[94] | 9.76 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Hermitage | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Hilfield | 324[95] | 19.08 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Hilton | 477[96] | 12.31 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Hinton St Mary | 240[97] | 4.33 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Hinton [67] | 409[98] | 8.19 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Holnest | 342[99] | 17.86 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Holt | 1,273[100] | 22.21 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Holwell | 369[101] | 9.80 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Hooke | 157[102] | 5.08 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Horton | 461[103] | 9.27 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Ibberton | 101[104] | 5.59 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Iwerne Courtney or Shroton | 541[105] | 13.76 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Iwerne Minster | 978[106] | 11.54 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Iwerne Stepleton | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Kimmeridge | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck | ||
Kingston Russell | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Kington Magna | 389[107] | 8.06 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Langton Herring | 240[108] | 7.83 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Langton Long Blandford | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Langton Matravers | 853[109] | 8.98 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Leigh | 480[110] | 8.20 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Leweston | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Lillington | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Littlebredy | 121[111] | 11.25 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Litton Cheney | 359[112] | 8.21 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Loders | 518[113] | 9.21 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Long Bredy | 208[114] | 14.02 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Longburton | 470[115] | 4.21 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Lydlinch | 437[116] | 13.74 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Lyme Regis (town) | 3,671[117] | 5.01 | Lyme Regis Municipal Borough[118] | West Dorset |
Lytchett Matravers | 3,424[119] | 13.80 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Lytchett Minster and Upton | 7,983[120] | 14.49 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Maiden Newton | 1,119[121] | 11.70 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Manston | 225[122] | 8.36 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Mapperton | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Mappowder | 166[123] | 7.69 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Margaret Marsh | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset | ||
Marnhull | 1,998[124] | 15.51 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Marshwood | 346[125] | 17.78 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Melbury Abbas | 305[126] | 9.58 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Melbury Bubb | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Melbury Osmond | 199[127] | 9.16 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Melbury Sampford | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Melcombe Horsey | 141[128] | 8.52 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Milborne St Andrew | 1,062[129] | 10.66 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Milton Abbas | 755[130] | 17.67 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Minterne Magna | 184[131] | 10.08 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Morden | 323[132] | 14.87 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Moreton | 373[133] | 8.72 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Mosterton | 604[134] | 4.62 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Motcombe | 1,474[135] | 19.73 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Nether Cerne | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Nether Compton | 328[136] | 3.87 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Netherbury | 1,314[137] | 25.40 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
North Poorton | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
North Wootton | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Oborne | 101[138] | 2.46 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Okeford Fitzpaine | 913[139] | 15.13 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Osmington | 673[140] | 8.95 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Over Compton | 183[141] | 2.78 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Owermoigne | 467[142] | 14.57 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Pamphill | 658[143] | 23.78 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Piddlehinton | 403[144] | 11.81 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Piddletrenthide | 647[145] | 25.54 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Pilsdon | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Pimperne | 1,109[146] | 12.42 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Portesham | 685[147] | 18.25 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Portland (town) | 12,844[148] | 12.09 | Portland Urban District[149] | Weymouth and Portland |
Powerstock | 358[150] | 19.53 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Poxwell | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Poyntington | 128[151] | 4.12 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Puddletown | 1,405[152] | 30.98 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Pulham | 269[153] | 9.77 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Puncknowle | 466[154] | 9.48 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Purse Caundle | 221[155] | 12.03 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Rampisham | 163[156] | 12.39 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Ryme Intrinseca | 115[157] | 4.70 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Sandford Orcas | 180[158] | 5.75 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Seaborough | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Shaftesbury (town) | 7,314[159] | 4.49 | Shaftesbury Municipal Borough[160] | North Dorset |
Shapwick | 199[161] | 10.86 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Sherborne (town) | 9,523[162] | 6.68 | Sherborne Urban District[163] | West Dorset |
Shillingstone | 1,170[164] | 9.19 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Shipton Gorge | 381[165] | 7.74 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Silton | 123[166] | 4.95 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge [67] | 1,428[167][168] | 35.94 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
South Perrott | 367[169] | 8.91 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Spetisbury | 555[170] | 9.10 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
St Leonards and St Ives | 6,859[171] | 24.81 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District[2] | East Dorset |
Stalbridge (town) | 2,698[172] | 23.63 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Stanton St Gabriel | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset | ||
Steeple with Tyneham [173] | 206[174] | 29.65 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Stinsford | 334[175] | 13.50 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Stockwood | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset | ||
Stoke Abbott | 238[176] | 12.10 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Stoke Wake | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset | ||
Stour Provost | 579[177] | 11.39 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Stourpaine | 617[178] | 9.58 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Stourton Caundle | 439[179] | 8.26 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Stratton | 592[180] | 6.93 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Studland | 425[181] | 20.62 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Sturminster Marshall | 1,969[182] | 20.85 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Sturminster Newton (town) | 4,292[183] | 18.39 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Sutton Waldron | 200[184] | 4.65 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Swanage (town) | 9,601[185] | 11.21 | Swanage Urban District[186] | Purbeck |
Swyre | 102[187] | 4.56 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Sydling St Nicholas | 414[188] | 20.75 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Symondsbury | 1,059[189] | 15.28 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Tarrant Crawford | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Tarrant Gunville | 233[190] | 14.02 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Tarrant Hinton | 280[191] | 13.16 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Tarrant Keyneston | 310[192] | 5.45 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Tarrant Launceston | 498[193] | 6.44 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Tarrant Monkton | 1,986[194] | 8.62 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Tarrant Rawston | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Tarrant Rushton | 166[195] | 13.40 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Thorncombe | 687[196] | 22.80 | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset |
Thornford | 939[197] | 9.63 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Tincleton | 236[198] | 9.11 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Todber | 140[199] | 1.53 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Toller Fratrum | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Toller Porcorum | 307[200] | 12.82 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Tolpuddle | 452[201] | 9.78 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Trent | 317[202] | 6.53 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |
Turnworth | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Up Cerne | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Verwood (town) | 14,852[203] | 17.52 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Wareham St. Martin | 2,774[204] | 29.77 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Wareham Town (town) | 5,496[205] | 6.35 | Wareham Municipal Borough[206] | Purbeck |
Warmwell | 161[207] | 9.16 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
West Chelborough | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
West Compton | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
West Knighton | 375[208] | 6.57 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
West Lulworth | 714[209] | 10.42 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
West Moors | 7,561[210] | 8.54 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
West Orchard | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset | ||
West Parley | 3,585[211] | 4.52 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
West Stafford | 291[212] | 4.00 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
West Stour | 271[213] | 8.15 | Shaftesbury Rural District[19] | North Dorset |
Whitcombe | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Whitchurch Canonicorum | 684[214] | 17.43 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Wimborne Minster (town) | 6,790[215] | 2.64 | Wimborne Minster Urban District[216] | East Dorset |
Wimborne St Giles | 377[217] | 24.04 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Winfrith Newburgh | 669[218] | 16.02 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Winterborne Came | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Winterborne Clenston | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
Winterborne Herringston | 174[219] | 17.41 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Winterborne Houghton | 183[220] | 7.98 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Winterborne Kingston | 643[221] | 11.27 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Winterborne Monkton | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Winterborne St Martin | 755[222] | 14.37 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Winterborne Stickland | 653[223] | 18.62 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Winterborne Whitechurch | 757[224] | 13.89 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Winterborne Zelston | 203[225] | 7.78 | Blandford Rural District[16] | North Dorset |
Winterbourne Abbas | 355[226] | 6.12 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Winterbourne Steepleton | 297[227] | 7.40 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Witchampton | 398[228] | 8.54 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Woodlands | 522[229] | 10.49 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[12] | East Dorset |
Woodsford | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset | ||
Wool | 5,310[230] | 14.71 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Woolland | 130[231] | 9.00 | Sturminster Rural District[59] | North Dorset |
Wootton Fitzpaine | 345[232] | 14.45 | Bridport Rural District[14] | West Dorset |
Worth Matravers | 638[233] | 10.96 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[10] | Purbeck |
Wraxall | Beaminster Rural District[23] | West Dorset | ||
Wynford Eagle | 186[234] | 18.08 | Dorchester Rural District[7] | West Dorset |
Yetminster | 1,105[235] | 5.98 | Sherborne Rural District[21] | West Dorset |