Bloxworth
Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, within Wareham Forest on the A35 road 5 miles west of Poole. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 80 households and a population of 200.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 193 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Dorset, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bloxworth, Dorset”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Parish Church of St Andrew, Bloxworth and Woolsbarrow Hillfort.
Woolsbarrow Hillfort
Archaeological site
Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Woolsbarrow Hillfort is a hillfort on Bloxworth Heath in the county of Dorset, England. It dates to the period from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age and is classed as an ancient monument.
Parish Church of St John the Baptist
Church
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Parish Church of St John the Baptist is situated 2 miles west of Bloxworth.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winterborne Tomson and Winterborne Muston.
Winterborne Tomson
Hamlet
Photo: Trish Steel, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winterborne Tomson is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Anderson, in the Dorset, district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Winterborne Tomson is situated 1½ miles north of Bloxworth.
Winterborne Muston
Hamlet
Winterborne Muston is a village in Dorset, England. The first name of "Winterborne" comes from the River Winterborne, which flows from west to east through the village. Winterborne Muston is situated 2 miles north of Bloxworth.
Shitterton
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shitterton is a hamlet in Bere Regis, Dorset, England. It includes a collection of historic thatched buildings dating back to the 18th century and earlier. Shitterton is situated 2½ miles west of Bloxworth.
Bloxworth
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Bloxworth, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.75149° or 50° 45′ 5″ northLongitude
-2.16931° or 2° 10′ 10″ westPopulation
193Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)Open location code
9C2VQR2J+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 30685312OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2655328Wikidata ID
Q2266824
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Bloxworth” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bloxworth”
- Chinese: “Bloxworth”
- Dutch: “Bloxworth”
- French: “Bloxworth”
- Irish: “Bloxworth”
- Japanese: “ブロックスワース”
- Ladin: “Bloxworth”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Bloxworth”
- Polish: “Bloxworth”
- Swedish: “Bloxworth”
- Welsh: “Bloxworth”
- “Bloxworth”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as East Bloxworth and Oak Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oak Hill and Common Chalk Pit Wood.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bloxworth”. Photo: John Lamper, CC BY-SA 2.0.