Hamworthy

infobox UK place

country = England
latitude= 50.72075
longitude= -2.01092
official_name= Hamworthy
population = 12,205 [cite web | url = http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=546067&c=hamworthy&d=14&e=15&g=403230&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1222266047117&enc=1 | title = Key Figures for 2001 Census | publisher = Office for National Statistics | accessdate = 2008-09-24]
shire_district= Borough of Poole
shire_county = Dorset
region= South West England

constituency_westminster= Poole
post_town= POOLE
postcode_district = BH15 4
postcode_area= BH
dial_code= 01202
os_grid_reference= SY993912

Hamworthy is a parish and inner suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. Hamworthy lies on a peninsula of approximately convert|3|km2|mi2 and is is bounded by Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the west and Holes Bay to the east. Poole Bridge, the southern terminus of the A350 road, connects the suburb with the town centre. Hamworthy is the location of the Port of Poole ferry passenger teminal and cargo handling operations.

Hamworthy was the site of an Iron Age settelement before it was taken over by the Romans in the 1st century and named "Moriconium". The Romans made use of the harbour, and built a road from Hamworthy to Badbury Rings.

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

Hamworthy has a railway station, with a twice hourly South West Trains service to London Waterloo on the South Western Main Line.

References

* Cochrane, C, 1970. "Poole Bay and Purbeck, 300BC to AD1660." Dorchester, Longmans.