Bloxworth Heath

Bloxworth Heath is a four-square-mile area of heathland north of the town of Wareham in the county of Dorset, England.

It forms a low forested plateau between the rivers Sherford to the northeast and Piddle to the southwest.

It is situated on either side of the minor road from Bere Regis to Wareham and south of the A35.

[2] Bloxworth Heath is home to two very rare species of fauna: the ground crab spider, Xysticus luctator,[3] and the short-tailed blue butterfly (Cupido argiades), which was originally called the Bloxworth blue as this is where it was first recorded in 1885.

[4] Bloxworth Heath is a popular walking area and there are car parks at Sugar Hill in the centre of the area and at Stroud Bridge in the south, both on the minor road from Bere Regis to Wareham.