Bloxworth

Human settlement in England

Unitary authority

Region

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

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