Alderholt

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Alderholt
Alderholt
Alderholt shown within Dorset
Population	3,113^[1]
OS grid reference	SU119126
- London	105 miles (169 km)
Parish	Alderholt
District	East Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	FORDINGBRIDGE
Postcode district	SP6
Dialling code	01202
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	North Dorset
Website: http://www.alderholt.co.uk/
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Coordinates: 50°54′48″N 1°49′54″W / 50.91331, -1.83173

Alderholt is a large village and civil parish in the East Dorset district of Dorset, England; situated 3 miles west of Fordingbridge. The local travel links are located 11 miles from the village to Salisbury railway station and 9 miles to Bournemouth International Airport. Also, the main road running through the village is the B3078 connecting Alderholt to Fordingbridge and Shaftesbury. The village has a population of 3,113 according to the 2001 Census.

The village is served by a convenience store, a stationery/hardware store, a pet store, Veterinary clinic and part time GP surgery. The village pub is the Churchill Arms.

The village has its own large recreation ground with a sports and social club, two tennis courts, skate board "half-pipe" and a fully modernised and well equipped children's play area.

Until 1964, the village was served by a railway station named Daggons Road, situated to the west of the village, and on a line connecting to Fordingbridge and Salisbury to the north, and Verwood and Wimborne to the south.