Bloxworth

Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, within Wareham Forest on the A35 road 5 miles (8 km) west of Poole. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 80 households and a population of 200.^[1] Bloxworth Heath is home to Woolsbarrow Hillfort.

Bloxworth
Former post office, Bloxworth
Bloxworth Location within Dorset
Population	200
OS grid reference	SY882946
Civil parish	Bloxworth
Unitary authority	Dorset
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Wareham
Postcode district	BH20

Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western

UK Parliament	Mid Dorset and North Poole
List of places UK England Dorset 50°45′04″N 2°10′07″W / 50.7512°N 2.1685°W / 50.7512; -2.1685

To the northwest of the village is Bloxworth House, the first brick building in Dorset.

The hamlet of East Bloxworth lies about a mile to the east of the village.

References edit

^ "Area: Bloxworth (Parish). Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2015.

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