Hamworthy

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Hamworthy
Hamworthy shown within Dorset
Population	12'205 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SY993912
District	Borough of Poole
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	POOLE
Postcode district	BH15 4
Dialling code	01202
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Poole
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Coordinates: 50°43′15″N 2°00′39″W / 50.72075, -2.01092

Hamworthy is a parish and inner suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. Hamworthy is bounded by Upton to the North and situated beside the Wareham Channel of Poole Harbour and between two bays, Holes Bay to the east and Lychett Bay to the west, on a peninsula of approximately three square kilometres. Poole town bridge, the southern terminus of the A350 road, connects the suburb with the town centre. Hamworthy is the location of the Poole passenger teminal, the dock of cross-channel ferries.

Hamworthy was the location of a Roman settlement named Moriconium, which made use of the natural harbour, and was connected by road to Badbury Rings.

More recently Hamworthy has changed considerably in character. The closure of the power station in the early 1990s and of other industrial sites close to the town bridge has provided an area for regeneration. This includes plans for a second bridge crossing, and major house building.

Hamworthy has its own railway station, with an hourly South West trains service on the London Waterloo to Weymouth line, as well as a stopping service which runs from Wareham to Brockenhurst.