Blowing Point, Anguilla

{{EngvarB|date=December 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} thumb|New Blowing Point Ferry Terminal entrance '''Blowing Point''' is a village and one of the fourteen Districts of Anguila, located on the southern coast. It is home to Anguilla's ferry terminal.

==Transport== thumb|left|Blowing Point Ferry Terminal

===Ferry Terminal=== There are regular ferries from St. Martin to Anguilla providing a half hour service. It is a 20-minute crossing from Marigot to Blowing Point. Ferries commence service from 7:00 AM. There are also a charter services, from Blowing Point to Princess Juliana Airport which connect to in- and outgoing international flights.{{sfn|Jacobs Consultancy|2008|p=7}} In 2007, 188,176 of the 271,959 people (both visitors and residents) entered Anguilla via the ferry terminal.{{sfn|Jacobs Consultancy|2008|p=17}} This way of travel is the most common method of transport between Anguilla and St. Martin or Sint Maarten. The exiting terminal was redesigned and was opened in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=NEW BLOWING POINT FERRY TERMINAL TO ELEVATE TRAVELLER EXPERIENCE |url=https://theanguillian.com/2023/01/new-blowing-point-ferry-terminal-to-elevate-traveller-experience/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240501221225/https://theanguillian.com/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi |archive-date=1 May 2024 |access-date=11 May 2021 |website=The Anguillian}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{Démographie| 1974= 501| 1984= 463| 1994= 802| 2001= 779| 2011= 870 <ref name="statoids">{{cite web |url=http://www.statoids.com/uai.html |title=Anguilla census data |website=Statoids.com |access-date=11 May 2021 |archive-date=19 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119190507/http://www.statoids.com/uai.html |url-status=live }}</ref>|source=Statoids.com|}}

==Notable people== * Germain Hughes (born 1996), footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/germain-hughes/59046/|title=Germain Hughes - Player Info|website=Global Sports Archive|access-date=11 May 2021|archive-date=12 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512222548/https://globalsportsarchive.com/people/soccer/germain-hughes/59046/|url-status=live}}</ref>

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==Bibliography== *{{cite web|url=http://gov.ai/documents/ANGUILLA_MASTER_PLAN_March_24_2008.pdf |title=MASTER PLAN PORT OF BLOWING POINT, ANGUILLA|last1=Jacobs Consultancy|location=Canada|year=2008}} (dead link)

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Category:Populated places in Anguilla Category:France–United Kingdom border crossings Category:Ferry transport in dependent territories of the United Kingdom