Everything about West Moors totally explained
West Moors is a village in
East Dorset,
England, on the northern fringe of the
Poole-Bournemouth conurbation, just outside the larger settlement of
Ferndown. The parish of West Moors had an estimated
population of 7,400 in
2004.
West Moors grew up around the junction of the
Southampton and Dorchester and
Salisbury and Dorset Junction railway lines in the late
1800s and, although main line services were later diverted via
Bournemouth,
West Moors railway station was served by a branch line railway until
May 4 1964. The only remnants of these lines through the village are the original
level crossing gatekeeper's cottage, which can still be seen on Station Road, and the
Castleman Trailway footpath following the original trackbed leading to
Ringwood in the east and
Poole in the west.
The village only grew to any size with the expansion of the military fuel depot just outside the village (but within the West Moors
civil parish). This base is now home to elements of the
Defence Fuels Group, including the
Defence School of Petroleum, and also to the
Dorset Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre. More recent population increases have been due to the influx of commuters, both to Bournemouth and Poole, and to more remote destinations such as
Southampton, and even
London.
West Moors has a mixed population, comprising military families (mainly living on their own housing estates), a relatively high proportion of elderly people, and significant number of young families. There are two
first schools, one
middle school, two
youth clubs and a
skatepark catering for the needs of these children.
Moors Valley Country Park is just outside the parish boundary (but 3 miles from the village).
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