East Stour is a village in the county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district of the county, about two miles south of the town of Gillingham. It is sited on Corallian limestone soil,[1] half a mile from the east bank of the River Stour in the Blackmore Vale. Above the west bank of the river, about a mile away, is the village of West Stour. The A30 London to Penzance road passes through the village. The parish church was rebuilt in 1841-42 near the site of its predecessor, from which the Norman stone font was retrieved.[2] In the 2001 Census the village had a population of of 548.