Bloxworth
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| Bloxworth | |
| Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Bloxworth, showing the former post office | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SY882946 |
| Location: | 50°45’4"N, 2°10’7"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 200 |
| Post town: | Wareham |
| Postcode: | BH20 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Dorset |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Dorset and North Poole |
Bloxworth is a village in Dorset, in Wareham Forest and on the A35 road five miles west of Poole in the south-east of the county. The 2011 census recorded in the parish 80 households and a population of 200.
On Bloxworth Heath, which is part of Wareham Forest, is 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.
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