Poole Harbour, Poole

Name: Poole Harbour
Address: Poole, United Kingdom

#25 among attractions in Poole

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Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome. The harbour has a long history of human settlement stretching to pre-Roman times. The harbour is extremely shallow, with one main dredged channel through the harbour, from the mouth to Holes Bay. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 50°41'54"N, 2°0'5"W

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Nearby attractions include: Statue of Robert Baden-Powell, St James' Church, Port of Poole, Poole Museum.

1.2 miNE
Memorial
Statue of Robert Baden-Powell, Poole
30 min walk • A statue of Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting, is installed on the Quay in Poole harbour, Dorset on the south coast of England. The statue, erected in 2008, is a life-size bronze of Robert Baden-Powell by sculptor David Annand.
1.2 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St James' Church, Poole
31 min walk • St James is a Church of England parish church in Poole on the south coast of England, in the ceremonial county of Dorset. The church is located in the historic quarter of the town, near Poole Quay.
1.2 miNE
Harbor
Port of Poole, Poole
31 min walk • The Port of Poole is a cross channel port on Poole Harbour in Poole, Dorset, South West England. Along with Weymouth Harbour, Poole has the other major Channel Port in Dorset.
1.1 miNE
History museum, Museum
Poole Museum, Poole
29 min walk • Poole Museum is a local history museum situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of Poole, Dorset, and is part of the Borough of Poole Museum Service.
1.1 miN
Bridge
Poole Bridge, Poole
28 min walk • Poole Bridge is a bascule bridge in Poole, Dorset, England. Constructed in 1927, the bridge provides a road link across a busy boating channel.
1.1 miNE
History museum, Museum
Scaplen's Court, Poole
30 min walk • Scaplen's Court is a fifteenth century Grade I listed house in Poole, Dorset, England, adjacent to the Poole Museum. The house is now used as a museum focusing on life in Poole between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, and includes a Victorian schoolroom and kitchen.
1.2 miSE
Memorial
Brownsea Island Scout camp, Poole
32 min walk • The Brownsea Island Scout camp was the site of a boys' camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England, organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test his ideas for the book Scouting for Boys.
1.3 miNE
Church
Poole United Reformed Church, Poole
34 min walk • Skinner Street United Reformed Church is the oldest church in Poole, Dorset, England. The current building is the only eighteenth century church building in Poole, and is a Grade II* listed building. The church has a grave for Cyril Coles, one of the gunners in the first tank attack in 1916.
1.1 miN
Museum
Poole Lifeboat Station, Poole
28 min walk • Poole Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution search and rescue operations at Poole, Dorset in England. The first lifeboat was stationed at Poole Harbour in 1865 and the present station was opened in 1988. Since November 2016 it has operated two inshore lifeboats, an Atlantic 85 and a D class.
0.9 miSW
Island
Long Island, Poole
24 min walk • Long Island is an uninhabited island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsular in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby, and inhabited, Round Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.
1.2 miN
Bridge
Twin Sails Bridge, Poole
32 min walk • The Twin Sails Bridge is a double leaved bascule bridge in Poole, Dorset, England. The bridge provides a second road link from Poole Town Centre to Hamworthy.