Blackwater, Dorset
Blackwater, Dorset is a small hamlet in the historic county of Hampshire and the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Administratively, Blackwater is part of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority. It is best known for the grade separated road junction between the A338 Ringwood to Bournemouth road and the B3073 road to Bournemouth Airport (and to Christchurch in the opposite direction). It was once the site of a ferry crossing on the River Stour.[1]
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OS grid reference | SZ135959 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CHRISTCHURCH |
Postcode district | BH23 |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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References
- Taylor, Christine (1994). Christchurch a Pictorial History. Shopwyke Manor Barn, Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore and Co. Ltd. p. plate no. 167. ISBN 0-85033-901-4.
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