Woodlands, Dorset

Woodlands
The Church of the Ascension, Woodlands
Woodlands is located in Dorset
Woodlands
Woodlands
Location within Dorset
Population522 2011 Census
OS grid referenceSU051090
Civil parish
  • Woodlands
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWIMBORNE
Postcode districtBH21
Dialling code01202
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°52′52″N 1°55′41″W / 50.881°N 1.928°W / 50.881; -1.928
A historical map of Woodlands, Dorset in 1945
Graph showing the occupational structure in Woodlands in 1881

Woodlands is a village and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset, South-West England. It is five miles (8 km) north of Wimborne Minster.

The village is home to the Church of the Ascension which is a Grade II listed building. In 2001, the parish had a population of 544 but in 2011 the number had fallen to 522.[1]

  1. ^ Sillitoe, Neighbourhood Statistics - Neil (14 April 2008). "Detect browser settings". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2017.