This was an emerging residential area, the northern part of what is now the South East Dorset conurbation.

The halt was closed during the Beeching Axe, losing its passenger trains in 1964.

At the time, this area was sparsely-populated heathland on the fringe of Ringwood Forest and there was no need for a station.

Spurred by the nearby residential developments of St Leonards, St Ives and Ashley Heath, the Southern Railway (successor to the LSWR) opened an unmanned two-platform halt adjacent to the crossing on 1 April 1927.

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