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Bloxworth

Coordinates: 50°45′04″N 2°10′07″W / 50.7512°N 2.1685°W / 50.7512; -2.1685
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Bloxworth
Former post office, Bloxworth
Bloxworth is located in Dorset
Bloxworth
Bloxworth
Location within Dorset
Population200 
OS grid referenceSY882946
Civil parish
  • Bloxworth
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWareham
Postcode districtBH20
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°45′04″N 2°10′07″W / 50.7512°N 2.1685°W / 50.7512; -2.1685

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.

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

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