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The South East Dorset conurbation (also known as the South Dorset conurbation, [1] Poole-Bournemouth urban area [2] and Bournemouth urban area) is a multi-centred conurbation on the south coast of Dorset in England.
Within the ceremonial county of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole are the largest two settlements, whilst Christchurch is the fourth, after Weymouth. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole roughly overlaps with the South-East Dorset Conurbation , although the latter also spreads to the former East Dorset Borough and parts of the New Forest district of ...
Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t. ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west.
Dorset is a largely rural county; the county's largest and only major urban area is the South East Dorset conurbation, based on the towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch, with a combined population of around 400,000. The population of the county overall is 714,900.
Dorset is a unitary authority area, existing since 1 April 2019, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. ... to serve the coastal conurbation. ...
The Christchurch parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021, and around 50,000 for the wider borough, making it the fourth most populous settlement in Dorset. [1] It lies in the South East Dorset conurbation which is one of the South Coast's major urban areas with a total population of over 400,000. [75]
Highcliffe or Highcliffe-on-Sea is a seaside town in the civil parish of Highcliffe and Walkford, in the unitary authority area of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, in the ceremonial county of Dorset in England. It forms part of the South East Dorset conurbation along the English Channel coast.
Three towns has been used to refer to the towns of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in South-East Dorset, which form a single conurbation.The name was used to refer to an infrastructure project in the area, [5] [6] which became a single authority in 2019 called Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.