Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.8411°N -1.8403°W |
Official Name: | Ashley Heath |
Static Image Name: | Ashley Heath, postbox № BH24 59, Lions Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1225729.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Lions Lane, Ashley Heath |
Label Position: | left |
Civil Parish: | St Leonards and St Ives |
Unitary England: | Dorset |
Shire County: | Dorset |
Region: | South West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Christchurch |
Post Town: | RINGWOOD |
Postcode Area: | BH |
Postcode District: | BH24 |
Dial Code: | 01425 |
Os Grid Reference: | SU113046 |
Type: | Village |
Ashley Heath is a village in Dorset, England, adjacent to the villages of St Leonards and St Ives, with which it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives. Ashley Heath is located 8miles north-east of Bournemouth on the edge of the Moors Valley Country Park.
It was once served by Ashley Heath Halt railway station on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway the route of which is now known as the Castleman Trailway. Unusually part of one platform, including a station name board, remain.