Lytchett Minster

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Lytchett Minster
Lytchett Minster shown within Dorset
OS grid reference	SY960931
Parish	Lytchett Minster and Upton
District	Purbeck
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Mid Dorset and North Poole
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Coordinates: 50°44′15″N 2°03′29″W / 50.7375, -2.05805

Lytchett Minster is a small village in the English county of Dorset. Lytchett Minster is on the A35 road, the main route between the towns of Poole and Dorchester. The settlement is also linked to Upton, the second largest town in the Purbeck local government district, the Upton by-pass route dividing them in-between.

Lytchett Minster forms part of the civil parish of Lytchett Minster and Upton, which in turn forms part of the Purbeck local government district of the county of Dorset. It is within the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency of the House of Commons and the South West England constituency of the European Parliament.^[1]

Lytchett Minster is home to a number of manor houses, one of which now hosts the local Secondary School 'Lytchett Minster School' which suffered fire damage in 2000. Recent development of the school site, including the building of a car park, has resulted in the loss of many healthy trees. These trees were planted by the Lees family, who were the previous owners of the manor in which the school now resides.