Blackwater, Dorset

Blackwater

Blackwater Blackwater shown within Dorset
OS grid reference	SZ135959
District	Christchurch
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CHRISTCHURCH
Postcode district	BH23
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Christchurch
List of places UK England Dorset

Blackwater, Dorset is a small hamlet in the borough of Christchurch, Dorset, in southern England. 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]

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.

Christchurch, Dorset

See also: History of Christchurch Listed buildings in Christchurch

Areas	Blackwater Burton Fairmile Friars Cliff Highcliffe Hoburne Hurn Jumpers Common Knapp Mudeford Portfield Purewell Somerford Stanpit Winkton

Rivers	River Avon Bure Brook River Mude River Stour

Attractions	Christchurch Castle Christchurch Harbour Christchurch Priory Highcliffe Castle Mudeford Quay The Museum of Electricity The Red House Museum Stanpit Marsh Tucktonia

Schools	Burton CoE Primary Christchurch Junior Highcliffe Mudeford Infants Mudeford Junior The Priory CoE Primary Somerford Infants Somerford Junior The Grange Twynham

Railway stations	Christchurch original Christchurch Hurn

Air travel	Bournemouth Airport Christchurch Airfield RAF Christchurch RAF Hurn

Hospital	Christchurch

Politics	Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch and Lymington (UK Parliament constituency) Christchurch by-election, 1993 Christchurch Borough Council elections

Battle	Battle of Mudeford

Football club	Christchurch F.C.

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