| Wallisdown | |
|---|---|
 Wallisdown Road | |
  Wallisdown Location withinDorset | |
| Population | 10,324 (ward,2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SZ062941 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BOURNEMOUTH |
| Postcode district | BH10, BH11 |
| Post town | POOLE |
| Postcode district | BH12 |
| Dialling code | 01202 |
| Police | Dorset |
| Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| 50°44′46″N1°54′43″W / 50.746°N 1.912°W /50.746; -1.912 | |
Wallisdown/ˈwɒlɪsˌdaʊn/ is a residential and commercial area situated partly inBournemouth and partly inPoole, in southernEngland. The appropriate ward is calledWallisdown and Winton West.
Wallisdown is situated on the border between Bournemouth and Poole. The main road through the area is Wallisdown Road which runs from Boundary Roundabout (adjacent toBournemouth University) to Mountbatten Roundabout, Ringwood Road. Wallisdown is close toAlderney,West Howe,Slades Farm andEnsbury Park.
The area has 19th century houses and cottages inTalbot Village, although there has been much development from the mid 20th century.
Local industries includeParvalux Electric Motors on Wallisdown Road, the UK's largestfractional horsepower motor manufacturer, next to cosmetics and healthcare giantProcter & Gamble.
Schools that serve the area are Talbot Primary School andSt Aldhelm's Academy for the Poole half andSt Mark's School for the Bournemouth side (with a number of secondary schools in the north of Bournemouth).
Churches in the area includeSt. Mark's Church in Wallisdown Road, St Saviour's in Alton Road.
Wallisdown is served byWilts & Dorset which provide services to Bournemouth and Poole.
The main road running through the area (A3049) has for some years been overloaded with traffic and the area is blighted with congestion, particularly around the Wallisdown Roundabout. Dorset County Council has made three attempts in the last 20 years to build a relief road on a corridor of land reserved along the riverside behind Talbot Village to the Alderney roundabout, but has been unsuccessful, in part due to resident opposition to the scheme.[citation needed] Land is still reserved in various verges along Talbot Avenue and Wallisdown Road for dual carriageway upgrades. The Fern Barrow and Boundary Lane roundabouts have been built to accommodate this potential future upgrade, with the former being much too large for its purpose and the latter covered in red hatching where a second lane should run (near the university). There is, however, a 'pinch point' around Wallisdown Roundabout which would require a large (and costly) demolition programme that has made the scheme proposals financially unattractive.
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