Lytchett Matravers is a historic village and civil parish in Dorset, sitting on higher ground just north of Poole with pleasant vistas towards Poole Harbour and the surrounding Dorset Heaths. Its name reflects medieval landowners and the village retains a number of older buildings and a parish church that hint at its long rural past, while lanes and hedgerows point to an agricultural landscape that has shaped the area for centuries.
Today the community blends farming and small local businesses with many residents commuting into Poole and Bournemouth, and there’s a lively village life centred on a hall, clubs and pubs, plus active conservation efforts to protect nearby heathland and wildlife. The result is a place that feels traditionally Dorset yet shaped by modern commuting and strong local community activity.
Postcode districts covering Lytchett Matravers
Most populated places nearby
- Bournemouth 9.7 miles
- Poole 5.6 miles
- Weymouth 19.5 miles
- Salisbury 24.4 miles
- Christchurch 14.4 miles
- New Milton 18.1 miles
- Ferndown 7.9 miles
- Ferndown Town 7.8 miles
- Dorchester 16.6 miles
- Lymington 22.6 miles
- Lymington and Pennington 22.6 miles
- Ringwood 13.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Lytchett Matravers & Upton Ward 0.7 miles
- Lytchett Matravers Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Beacon Hill Built-up area 0.8 miles
- Lytchett Minster and Upton Parish 1.8 miles
- Sturminster Marshall Built-up area 2.1 miles
- Post Green Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Morden Parish 2.4 miles
- Corfe Mullen Built-up area 2.5 miles
- Upton Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Winterborne Zelston Parish 3.1 miles
- Shapwick Parish 3.2 miles
- Holton Heath Built-up area 3.4 miles
Example postcodes in Lytchett Matravers
BH16 6DU, BH16 6BS, BH16 6AY, BH16 6AW, BH16 6HG, BH16 6GD, BH16 6BY, BH16 6BT, BH16 6HA … See all
Transport links
- Bournemouth Airport 10.2 miles
- Southampton Airport 33.8 miles
- Hamworthy Railway Station 3.8 miles
- Holton Heath 3.9 miles
- Poole Bus Station 5.4 miles
Hotels near Lytchett Matravers Ad
- Rnli College 5.1 miles
- 1777. at the Albion 4.4 miles
- The Lion Hotel - Pub & Restaurant 4.3 miles
- Hotel Du Vin & Bistro Poole 4 5.3 miles
- The Bear Hotel 5.9 miles
- The Bridge House 3 7.3 miles
- Washington House Hotel 4 8.9 miles
- Crown Hotel 3 7.3 miles
- King's Head Hotel by Greene King Inns 3 4.4 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Poole 3 5.6 miles
Schools in Lytchett Matravers
- Lytchett Matravers Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Tarrant Abbey Historic site 4.6 miles
- Poole Harbour Harbour 5.7 miles
- Holy Cross Abbey (Stapehill, Dorset, England) Historic site 7 miles
- Crichel House Estate 7.3 miles
- Bindon Abbey Estate 8 miles
- Bindon Abbey Historic site 8.4 miles
- Studland Beach Beach 9 miles
- Bournemouth International Centre Theatre 9.3 miles
- Purbeck Hills Hill 9.4 miles
- Bournemouth Aviation Museum Museum 10.2 miles
- Dean Court Stadium 10.6 miles
- Lulworth Abbey Historic site 11 miles