# List of civil parishes in Dorset

This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. There are 269 civil parishes.

## Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

The former Bournemouth County Borough was mostly unparished and the former Borough of Poole was entirely unparished.
| Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (km$^2$) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | Former District |
| Burton and Winkton | 4,177 | 8.68 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District | Christchurch |
| Christchurch | | | | Christchurch |
| Throop and Holdenhurst | | | Bournemouth County Borough | Bournemouth |
| Highcliffe and Walkford | | | | Christchurch |
| Hurn | 501 | 22.35 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District | Christchurch |

## Dorset

Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes.
| Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (km$^2$) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | Former District |
| Abbotsbury | 481 | 18.19 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle | 436 | 22.79 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Alderholt | 3,171 | 15.22 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Alton Pancras | 175 | 9.21 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Anderson | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Arne | 1,297 | 24.88 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Ashmore | 188 | 9.60 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Askerswell | 154 | 6.99 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Athelhampton and Puddletown | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Batcombe | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Beaminster (town) | 3,136 | 24.29 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Beer Hackett | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Bere Regis | 1,745 | 33.20 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Bettiscombe | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Bincombe | 514 | 7.87 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Bishop's Caundle | 398 | 3.87 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Blandford Forum (town) | 10,325 | 8.47 | Blandford Forum Municipal Borough | North Dorset |
| Blandford St Mary | 1,511 | 9.71 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Bloxworth | 200 | 10.86 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Bourton | 822 | 3.72 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Bradford Abbas | 975 | 9.49 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Bradford Peverell | 370 | 10.75 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Bridport (town) | 8,332 | 3.19 | Bridport Municipal Borough | West Dorset |
| Broadmayne | 1,204 | 6.45 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Broadwindsor | 1,378 | 30.52 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Bryanston | 925 | 7.15 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Buckhorn Weston | 356 | 6.85 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Buckland Newton | 622 | 17.00 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Burleston and Tolpuddle | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Burstock | 120 | 3.76 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Burton Bradstock | 948 | 10.97 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Cann | 822 | 9.30 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Castleton | 155 | 20.94 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Catherston Leweston | | | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Cattistock | 509 | 15.04 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Caundle Marsh | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Cerne Abbas | 784 | 17.28 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Chalbury | 143 | 3.32 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Chaldon Herring | 140 | 12.53 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Charlton Marshall | 1,156 | 9.29 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Charminster | 2,940 | 17.71 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Charmouth | 1,352 | 2.78 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Chedington | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Cheselbourne | 296 | 12.48 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Chetnole | 344 | 5.78 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Chettle | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Chickerell (town) | 5,515 | 13.96 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Chideock | 686 | 11.98 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Chilcombe | | | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Child Okeford | 1,114 | 6.36 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Chilfrome | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Church Knowle | 261 | 11.80 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Clifton Maybank | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Colehill | 6,907 | 9.69 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Compton Abbas | 216 | 6.04 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Compton Valence | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Coombe Keynes | | | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Corfe Castle | 1,355 | 37.26 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Corfe Mullen | 10,133 | 12.27 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Corscombe | 445 | 20.26 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Cranborne | 779 | 17.88 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Crichel | 246 | 16.21 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Crossways | 2,267 | 6.70 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Dewlish | 284 | 8.61 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Dorchester (town) | 19,060 | 7.12 | Dorchester Municipal Borough | West Dorset |
| Durweston | 398 | 7.48 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| East Chelborough | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| East Holme | | | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| East Lulworth | 246 | 17.48 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| East Orchard | 223 | 8.32 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| East Stoke | 504 | 23.04 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| East Stour | 573 | 7.22 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Edmondsham | 188 | 7.28 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Evershot | 334 | 12.64 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Farnham | 183 | 5.75 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Ferndown Town (town) | 17,839 | 20.36 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Fifehead Magdalen | | | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Fifehead Neville | 147 | 5.48 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Fleet | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Folke | 339 | 11.27 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Fontmell Magna | 734 | 11.72 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Frampton | 524 | 13.32 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Frome St Quintin | 171 | 5.46 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Frome Vauchurch | 149 | 1.97 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Gillingham (town) | 11,756 | 31.29 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Glanvilles Wootton | 196 | 6.90 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Goathill | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Godmanstone | 156 | 8.18 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Gussage All Saints | 208 | 9.99 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Gussage St. Michael | 211 | 9.96 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Halstock | 546 | 12.99 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Hammoon | | | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Hanford | | | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Haydon | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Hazelbury Bryan | 1,059 | 9.76 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Hermitage | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Hilfield | 324 | 19.08 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Hilton | 477 | 12.31 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Hinton St Mary | 240 | 4.33 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Hinton | 409 | 8.19 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Holnest | 342 | 17.86 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Holt | 1,273 | 22.21 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Holwell | 369 | 9.80 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Hooke | 157 | 5.08 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Horton | 461 | 9.27 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Ibberton | 101 | 5.59 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Iwerne Courtney or Shroton | 541 | 13.76 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Iwerne Minster | 978 | 11.54 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Iwerne Stepleton | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Kimmeridge | | | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Kington Magna | 389 | 8.06 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Langton Herring | 240 | 7.83 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Langton Long Blandford | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Langton Matravers | 853 | 8.98 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Leigh | 480 | 8.20 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Leweston | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Lillington | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Littlebredy | 121 | 11.25 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Litton Cheney | 359 | 8.21 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Loders | 518 | 9.21 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Long Bredy and Kingston Russell | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Longburton | 470 | 4.21 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Lydlinch | 437 | 13.74 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Lyme Regis (town) | 3,671 | 5.01 | Lyme Regis Municipal Borough | West Dorset |
| Lytchett Matravers | 3,424 | 13.80 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Lytchett Minster and Upton | 7,983 | 14.49 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Maiden Newton | 1,119 | 11.70 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Manston | 225 | 8.36 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Mapperton | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Mappowder | 166 | 7.69 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Margaret Marsh | | | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Marnhull | 1,998 | 15.51 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Marshwood | 346 | 17.78 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Melbury Abbas | 305 | 9.58 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Melbury Bubb | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Melbury Osmond | 199 | 9.16 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Melbury Sampford | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Melcombe Horsey | 141 | 8.52 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Milborne St Andrew | 1,062 | 10.66 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Milton Abbas | 755 | 17.67 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Minterne Magna | 184 | 10.08 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Morden | 323 | 14.87 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Moreton | 373 | 8.72 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Mosterton | 604 | 4.62 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Motcombe | 1,474 | 19.73 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Nether Cerne | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Nether Compton | 328 | 3.87 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Netherbury | 1,314 | 25.40 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| North Poorton | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| North Wootton | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Oborne | 101 | 2.46 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Okeford Fitzpaine | 913 | 15.13 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Osmington | 673 | 8.95 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Over Compton | 183 | 2.78 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Owermoigne | 467 | 14.57 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Pamphill | 658 | 23.78 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Piddlehinton | 403 | 11.81 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Piddletrenthide | 647 | 25.54 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Pilsdon | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Pimperne | 1,109 | 12.42 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Portesham | 685 | 18.25 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Portland (town) | 12,844 | 12.09 | Portland Urban District | Weymouth and Portland |
| Powerstock | 358 | 19.53 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Poxwell | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Poyntington | 128 | 4.12 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Pulham | 269 | 9.77 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Puncknowle | 466 | 9.48 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Purse Caundle | 221 | 12.03 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Rampisham | 163 | 12.39 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Ryme Intrinseca | 115 | 4.70 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Sandford Orcas | 180 | 5.75 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Seaborough | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Shaftesbury (town) | 7,314 | 4.49 | Shaftesbury Municipal Borough | North Dorset |
| Shapwick | 199 | 10.86 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Sherborne (town) | 9,523 | 6.68 | Sherborne Urban District | West Dorset |
| Shillingstone | 1,170 | 9.19 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Shipton Gorge | 381 | 7.74 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Silton | 123 | 4.95 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Sixpenny Handley and Pentridge | 1,428 | 35.94 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| South Perrott | 367 | 8.91 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Spetisbury | 555 | 9.10 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| St Leonards and St Ives | 6,859 | 24.81 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District | East Dorset |
| Stalbridge (town) | 2,698 | 23.63 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Stanton St Gabriel | | | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Steeple with Tyneham | 206 | 29.65 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Stinsford | 334 | 13.50 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Stockwood | | | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Stoke Abbott | 238 | 12.10 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Stoke Wake | | | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Stour Provost | 579 | 11.39 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Stourpaine | 617 | 9.58 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Stourton Caundle | 439 | 8.26 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Stratton | 592 | 6.93 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Studland | 425 | 20.62 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Sturminster Marshall | 1,969 | 20.85 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Sturminster Newton (town) | 4,292 | 18.39 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Sutton Waldron | 200 | 4.65 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Swanage (town) | 9,601 | 11.21 | Swanage Urban District | Purbeck |
| Swyre | 102 | 4.56 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Sydling St Nicholas | 414 | 20.75 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Symondsbury | 1,059 | 15.28 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Tarrant Crawford | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Gunville | 233 | 14.02 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Hinton | 280 | 13.16 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Keyneston | 310 | 5.45 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Launceston | 498 | 6.44 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Monkton | 1,986 | 8.62 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Rawston | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Tarrant Rushton | 166 | 13.40 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Thorncombe | 687 | 22.80 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Thornford | 939 | 9.63 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Tincleton | 236 | 9.11 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Todber | 140 | 1.53 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Toller Fratrum | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Toller Porcorum | 307 | 12.82 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Trent | 317 | 6.53 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |
| Turnworth | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Up Cerne | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Verwood (town) | 14,852 | 17.52 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Wareham St. Martin | 2,774 | 29.77 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Wareham Town (town) | 5,496 | 6.35 | Wareham Municipal Borough | Purbeck |
| Warmwell | 161 | 9.16 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| West Chelborough | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| West Compton | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| West Knighton | 375 | 6.57 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| West Lulworth | 714 | 10.42 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| West Moors | 7,561 | 8.54 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| West Orchard | | | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| West Parley | 3,585 | 4.52 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| West Stafford | 291 | 4.00 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| West Stour | 271 | 8.15 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset |
| Whitcombe | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Whitchurch Canonicorum | 684 | 17.43 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Wimborne Minster (town) | 6,790 | 2.64 | Wimborne Minster Urban District | East Dorset |
| Wimborne St Giles | 377 | 24.04 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Winfrith Newburgh | 669 | 16.02 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Winterborne Came | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Winterborne Clenston | | | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Winterborne Herringston | 174 | 17.41 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Winterborne Houghton | 183 | 7.98 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Winterborne Kingston | 643 | 11.27 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Winterborne Monkton | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Winterborne St Martin | 755 | 14.37 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Winterborne Stickland | 653 | 18.62 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Winterborne Whitechurch | 757 | 13.89 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Winterborne Zelston | 203 | 7.78 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset |
| Winterbourne Abbas | 355 | 6.12 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Winterbourne Steepleton | 297 | 7.40 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Witchampton | 398 | 8.54 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Woodlands | 522 | 10.49 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset |
| Woodsford | | | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Wool | 5,310 | 14.71 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Woolland | 130 | 9.00 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset |
| Wootton Fitzpaine | 345 | 14.45 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset |
| Worth Matravers | 638 | 10.96 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck |
| Wraxall | | | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset |
| Wynford Eagle | 186 | 18.08 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset |
| Yetminster | 1,105 | 5.98 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |