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Parley Common

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Parley Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset of 1.6 km². The county has 124 Sites of Special Scientific Interest; this is one. Nearby SSSIs include Moors River System, Hurn Common and Ferndown Common. Bournemouth Station is about 6.3 km away to the south.

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Photo of the New Forest, a National Park in England.Iconic

New Forest

National Park near Lyndhurst

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

4.8 km E

Photo of Wimborne Minster, a village in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Wimborne Minster

Village

A historic market town centred on its twin-towered minster church, with a Georgian core and a much-loved 1950s model town.

7.8 km W · Dorset

Photo of Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs, a National Landscape in England.Highlight

Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs

National Landscape near Tisbury

Big chalk downland and old hunting country, with some of the darkest night skies in southern England

8.6 km NW

Photo along the Hardy Way, a 217-mile long-distance path running from Higher Bockhampton to Stinsford, south west England.Highlight

Hardy Way

Long-distance path

Around Thomas Hardy's Wessex from his birthplace cottage to the churchyard at Stinsford, via Corfe Castle and Lulworth Cove.

8.8 km W · Dorset & Wiltshire

Photo of Christchurch Castle and Norman House, a ruined castle near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.

Christchurch Castle and Norman House

Castle near Bournemouth

Ruined keep on its mound and a 12th-century stone hall beside the mill stream in Christchurch, with one of England's few surviving Norman chimneys.

9.7 km SE

Photo of Christchurch Priory, a church in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Christchurch Priory

Church near Christchurch

One of England's longest parish churches, a Norman and Gothic former priory near the harbour, with its legend of the miraculous beam.

9.8 km SE