Bloxworth

Bloxworth
Bloxworth
	Bloxworth, showing the former post office
	Bloxworth Location within Dorset
Population	200
OS grid reference	SY882946
Civil parish	Bloxworth;
District	Purbeck;
Shire county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BH20
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
	List of places UK England Dorset 50°45′04″N 2°10′07″W / 50.7512°N 2.1685°W

Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated in 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 part of Wareham Forest and 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

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

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