This is a list of civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. There are 269 civil parishes.
The former Bournemouth County Borough was mostly unparished and the former Borough of Poole was entirely unparished.
| Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (km2) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | Former District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burton and Winkton | 4,177 | 8.68 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District[1] | Christchurch | |
| Christchurch | Christchurch | ||||
| Throop and Holdenhurst[2] | Bournemouth County Borough | Bournemouth | |||
| Highcliffe and Walkford[3] | Christchurch | ||||
| Hurn | 501 | 22.35 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District | Christchurch |
Population figures are unavailable for some of the smallest parishes.
| Civil Parish | Civil Parish Population 2011 | Area (km2) 2011 | Pre 1974 District | Former District | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481 | 18.19 | Dorchester Rural District[4] | West Dorset | ||
| Affpuddle and Turnerspuddle [5] | 436 | 22.79 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District[6] | Purbeck | |
| 3,171 | 15.22 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District[7] | East Dorset | ||
| 175 | 9.21 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District[8] | North Dorset | ||||
| 1,297 | 24.88 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 188 | 9.60 | Shaftesbury Rural District[9] | North Dorset | ||
| 154 | 6.99 | Bridport Rural District[10] | West Dorset | ||
| Athelhampton and Puddletown[11] | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | |||
| Sherborne Rural District[12] | West Dorset | ||||
| Beaminster (town) | 3,136 | 24.29 | Beaminster Rural District[13] | West Dorset | |
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 1,745 | 33.20 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 514 | 7.87 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 398 | 3.87 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Blandford Forum (town) | 10,325 | 8.47 | Blandford Forum Municipal Borough[14] | North Dorset | |
| 1,511 | 9.71 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 200 | 10.86 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 822 | 3.72 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 975 | 9.49 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 370 | 10.75 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Bridport (town) | 8,332 | 3.19 | Bridport Municipal Borough[15] | West Dorset | |
| 1,204 | 6.45 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,378 | 30.52 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 925 | 7.15 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 356 | 6.85 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 622 | 17.00 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 120 | 3.76 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 948 | 10.97 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 822 | 9.30 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 155 | 20.94 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 509 | 15.04 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 784 | 17.28 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 143 | 3.32 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 140 | 12.53 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 1,156 | 9.29 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 2,940 | 17.71 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,352 | 2.78 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 296 | 12.48 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 344 | 5.78 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| Chickerell (town) | 5,515 | 13.96 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | |
| 686 | 11.98 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 1,114 | 6.36 | Sturminster Rural District[16] | North Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 261 | 11.80 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 6,907 | 9.69 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 216 | 6.04 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||||
| 1,355 | 37.26 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 10,133 | 12.27 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 445 | 20.26 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 779 | 17.88 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 246 | 16.21 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 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[17] | West Dorset | |
| 398 | 7.48 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||||
| 246 | 17.48 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 223 | 8.32 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 504 | 23.04 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 573 | 7.22 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 188 | 7.28 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 334 | 12.64 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 183 | 5.75 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Ferndown Town (town) | 17,839 | 20.36 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | |
| Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 147 | 5.48 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 339 | 11.27 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 734 | 11.72 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 524 | 13.32 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 171 | 5.46 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 149 | 1.97 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Gillingham (town) | 11,756 | 31.29 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | |
| 196 | 6.90 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 156 | 8.18 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 208 | 9.99 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 211 | 9.96 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 546 | 12.99 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 1,059 | 9.76 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 324 | 19.08 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 477 | 12.31 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 240 | 4.33 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Hinton [18] | 409 | 8.19 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | |
| 342 | 17.86 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,273 | 22.21 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 369 | 9.80 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 157 | 5.08 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 461 | 9.27 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 101 | 5.59 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 541 | 13.76 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 978 | 11.54 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||||
| 389 | 8.06 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 240 | 7.83 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 853 | 8.98 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 480 | 8.20 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 121 | 11.25 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 359 | 8.21 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 518 | 9.21 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 470 | 4.21 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 437 | 13.74 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Lyme Regis (town) | 3,671 | 5.01 | Lyme Regis Municipal Borough[19] | West Dorset | |
| 3,424 | 13.80 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| Lytchett Minster and Upton | 7,983 | 14.49 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | |
| 1,119 | 11.70 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 225 | 8.36 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 166 | 7.69 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 1,998 | 15.51 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 346 | 17.78 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 305 | 9.58 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 199 | 9.16 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 141 | 8.52 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,062 | 10.66 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 755 | 17.67 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 184 | 10.08 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 323 | 14.87 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 373 | 8.72 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 604 | 4.62 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,474 | 19.73 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 328 | 3.87 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,314 | 25.40 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 101 | 2.46 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 913 | 15.13 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 673 | 8.95 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 183 | 2.78 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 467 | 14.57 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 658 | 23.78 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 403 | 11.81 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 647 | 25.54 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 1,109 | 12.42 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 685 | 18.25 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Portland (town) | 12,844 | 12.09 | Portland Urban District[20] | Weymouth and Portland | |
| 358 | 19.53 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 128 | 4.12 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 269 | 9.77 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 466 | 9.48 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 221 | 12.03 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 163 | 12.39 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 115 | 4.70 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 180 | 5.75 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Shaftesbury (town) | 7,314 | 4.49 | Shaftesbury Municipal Borough[21] | North Dorset | |
| 199 | 10.86 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| Sherborne (town) | 9,523 | 6.68 | Sherborne Urban District[22] | West Dorset | |
| 1,170 | 9.19 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 381 | 7.74 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 123 | 4.95 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 1,428 | 35.94 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 367 | 8.91 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 555 | 9.10 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 6,859 | 24.81 | Ringwood and Fordingbridge Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| Stalbridge (town) | 2,698 | 23.63 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | |
| Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Steeple with Tyneham [23] | 206 | 29.65 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | |
| 334 | 13.50 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 238 | 12.10 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 579 | 11.39 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 617 | 9.58 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 439 | 8.26 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 592 | 6.93 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 425 | 20.62 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 1,969 | 20.85 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| Sturminster Newton (town) | 4,292 | 18.39 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | |
| 200 | 4.65 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Swanage (town) | 9,601 | 11.21 | Swanage Urban District[24] | Purbeck | |
| 102 | 4.56 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 414 | 20.75 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,059 | 15.28 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 233 | 14.02 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 280 | 13.16 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 310 | 5.45 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 498 | 6.44 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 1,986 | 8.62 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 166 | 13.40 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 687 | 22.80 | Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 939 | 9.63 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 236 | 9.11 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 140 | 1.53 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 307 | 12.82 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 317 | 6.53 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Verwood (town) | 14,852 | 17.52 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | |
| 2,774 | 29.77 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| Wareham Town (town) | 5,496 | 6.35 | Wareham Municipal Borough[25] | Purbeck | |
| 161 | 9.16 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 375 | 6.57 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 714 | 10.42 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 7,561 | 8.54 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 3,585 | 4.52 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 291 | 4.00 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 271 | 8.15 | Shaftesbury Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 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[26] | East Dorset | |
| 377 | 24.04 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 669 | 16.02 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||||
| 174 | 17.41 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 183 | 7.98 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 643 | 11.27 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 755 | 14.37 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 653 | 18.62 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 757 | 13.89 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 203 | 7.78 | Blandford Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 355 | 6.12 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 297 | 7.40 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 398 | 8.54 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| 522 | 10.49 | Wimborne and Cranborne Rural District | East Dorset | ||
| Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 5,310 | 14.71 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| 130 | 9.00 | Sturminster Rural District | North Dorset | ||
| 345 | 14.45 | Bridport Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 638 | 10.96 | Wareham and Purbeck Rural District | Purbeck | ||
| Beaminster Rural District | West Dorset | ||||
| 186 | 18.08 | Dorchester Rural District | West Dorset | ||
| 1,105 | 5.98 | Sherborne Rural District | West Dorset |