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Ferndown is a town and civil parish in Dorset in southern England, immediately to the north of Bournemouth and Poole. The parish, which until 1972 was called Hampreston, includes the communities of Ameysford, Hampreston, Longham, Stapehill and Trickett's Cross. At the 2011 census, the population of the parish was 26,559, making Ferndown the largest inland town in Dorset in terms of population, being larger than Dorchester.
The district has a relatively large elderly population: in 2006, 38.5% were aged 60 or above. Electoral Division Profiles 2006 - Dorset County Council
The nearby port of Poole provides year-round services to Cherbourg in France and Santander in Spain. Condor Ferries catamarans run seasonal services to Guernsey, Jersey and St. Malo, Brittany.
Ferndown is from Bournemouth International Airport at Hurn. Ryanair, Jet2, TUI are the main operators and provide scheduled services to destinations in the UK and Europe.
Ferndown is served by 5 bus routes: the 13 & 13a to Wimborne and Bournemouth, the X6 to Ringwood, Verwood, Bearwood and Poole, the FE1 to Ferndown Industrial Estate and Poole, and the 38 to Ringwood, all operated by morebus
There are two golf clubs, Ferndown Forest Golf Club, which offers a single 18-hole course, Ferndown Forest Golf Club and Ferndown Golf Club, which offers two courses: The Old Course also known as the Championship Course, and the nine-hole Aliss Course also known as the President's Course. Ferndown Golf Club
The Ferndown Leisure Centre, situated next to Ferndown Upper School, has two heated pools, a sports hall, a fully equipped Gymnasium, Squash Courts and a rifle range as well as a power house suite. Sport and Leisure - Ferndown Official Guide The Leisure Centre facilities (as well as the surrounding field) are shared with the Upper School.
Ferndown Community Centre is one of the town's main attractions, home of the Barrington Theatre in the main shopping centre at Penny's Walk, which also includes a large Tesco supermarket and the local branch of the county library.
Also there are large areas of woodland and around Ferndown including Holt Heath and Slop Bog. This heathland originally covered the entire area and up until the early 1900s covered many areas that are now residential. Also on many of the heaths and in much of the woodland there are many burial mounds and small ponds. However, recently Ferndown Heath, visible from King George V playing field, has been subject to several heath fires.
Ferndown Middle School (on the former Gorsemoor Middle School site) takes pupils at age 9 from Ferndown First School (on the old Ferndown Middle School site), Hampreston First School and Parley First School. The Ferndown school changes occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the original first school was demolished to make way for a small residential area named Old School Close, and former Dorset Council offices, now called Enterprise House and owned by logistics company Hoare Lea. The two middle schools combined and one became the new first school.
Ferndown is covered by Ferndown North and Ferndown South for Dorset Council.
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