Wallisdown is close to Alderney, West Howe, Slades Farm and Ensbury Park.

Wallisdown is served by Wilts & Dorset which provide services to Bournemouth and Poole.

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.

[2] Land is still reserved in various verges along Talbot Avenue and Wallisdown Road for dual carriageway upgrades.

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.