It is sited by the River Stour, approximately 3⁄4 mile (1.2 kilometres) southeast of Blandford Forum.

In the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 130 people in 50 households.

[1] Forming the southeastern line of the parish boundary is an old track linking prehistoric Buzbury Rings, on nearby Keyneston Hill, to a ford over the river.

[2][3] St Leonards farmhouse used to house a leper hospital.

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