St Leonards is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated on the A31 road approximately 2.5 miles south-west of Ringwood, Hampshire, 8 miles north of Bournemouth and 3 miles north-east of Ferndown. With adjacent St Ives and Ashley Heath, it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives, which had a population of 6,859 in 2011. The village is part of th…St Leonards is a village in south east Dorset, England, situated on the A31 road approximately 2.5 miles south-west of Ringwood, Hampshire, 8 miles north of Bournemouth and 3 miles north-east of Ferndown. With adjacent St Ives and Ashley Heath, it forms the civil parish of St Leonards and St Ives, which had a population of 6,859 in 2011. The village is part of the historic county of Hampshire.