Broom Hill in Dorset, England is a small, rural rise and hamlet whose name recalls the broom shrub that once covered many of these south-western slopes. It sits within Dorset’s mosaic of farmland, commons and pockets of woodland, offering open views and a landscape shaped by the county’s varied chalk, clay and heath soils.
Historically the area has been agricultural, with scattered cottages and farmsteads and a pattern of lanes and footpaths used for generations. Today it typifies many small Dorset communities: a local economy based on farming, small enterprises and some rural tourism, with a close‑knit social life centred on parish activities, walking and nature conservation.
Postcode districts covering Broom Hill
Most populated places nearby
- Bournemouth 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Poole 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Salisbury 18.5 miles29.8 km
- Christchurch 10.7 miles17.2 km
- Totton 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Totton and Eling 20.9 miles33.7 km
- New Milton 13.7 miles22 km
- Hythe and Dibden 23.7 miles38.1 km
- Hythe and Dibden Purlieu 23.9 miles38.4 km
- Ferndown 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Ferndown Town 3 miles4.9 km
- Romsey 23.7 miles38.2 km
Neighbouring places
- Holt Built-up area 0.5 miles0.9 km
- Colehill Parish 1.1 miles1.8 km
- Furzehill Built-up area 1.3 miles2 km
- Colehill & Wimborne Minster East Ward 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Wimborne Minster Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Gaunt's Common Built-up area 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Hinton Parish 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Chalbury Common Built-up area 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Stour & Allen Vale Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Stone Built-up area 2.5 miles3.9 km
- Ferndown North Ward 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Ferndown Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
Example postcodes in Broom Hill
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 5.8 miles9.4 km
- Southampton Airport 27.5 miles44.2 km
- Branksome Railway Station 6.9 miles11.1 km
- Parkstone Railway Station 7.1 miles11.4 km
- Ringwood Bus Station 7.3 miles11.7 km
- Poole Bus Station 7.5 miles12.1 km
Hotels near Broom Hill Ad
- 1777. at the Albion 2.3 miles3.7 km
- The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant 2.4 miles3.8 km
- Horton Inn 2 3.7 miles5.9 km
- Rnli College 7.6 miles12.3 km
- King's Head Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Tregonholme Hotel 8.1 miles13.1 km
- The Hedley Townhouse 3 8.1 miles13 km
- Washington House Hotel 4 8 miles12.8 km
- Derby Manor 4 8.2 miles13.2 km
- Applewood Hotel 3 8 miles12.9 km
Local points of interest
- Holy Cross Abbey (Stapehill, Dorset, England) Historic site 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Crichel House Estate 3.9 miles6.3 km
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum Museum 6 miles9.7 km
- Tarrant Abbey Historic site 6.8 miles10.9 km
- Dean Court Stadium 8.1 miles13 km
- Bournemouth International Centre Theatre 8.2 miles13.3 km
- Poole Harbour Harbour 8.9 miles14.3 km
- Cranborne Chase Forest 10.6 miles17 km
- Studland Beach Beach 11.1 miles17.8 km
- Christchurch Harbour Harbour 11.4 miles18.3 km
- Avon Beach Beach 11.7 miles18.9 km
- Western Downs Hill 12.2 miles19.7 km