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.
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Population | 200 |
OS grid reference | SY882946 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Wareham |
Postcode district | BH20 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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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.
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Towns, villages and hamlets in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England | ||
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