Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in , southern England, with the town of 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Poole Museum and Long Island.

Museum
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is a maritime museum, gallery and cultural centre, situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of , , and is owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

Islet
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is an uninhabited island in Poole Harbour in the county of . It lies just off the shore of the in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby, and inhabited, by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.

Museum
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Scaplen's Court is a fifteenth century Grade I listed house in , , England, adjacent to the . 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maryland and Hamworthy.

Locality
is a deserted village on in Poole Harbour, , England. It was named for the wife of its founder, Colonel William Petrie Waugh.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is sited on a peninsula of approximately 3 square kilometres that is bordered by the town of to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, to the west and to the east.

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is a coastal town and seaport in , on the south coast of . is a tourist resort, attracting visitors with its large natural harbour, history, the Lighthouse arts centre and Blue Flag beaches.

Poole Harbour

Latitude
50.7° or 50° 42′ north
Longitude
-2° or 2° west
Open location code
9C2WM2X2+X2
Geo­Names ID
2640099
Wiki­data ID
Q1645369
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Satellite Map

Discover Poole Harbour from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Poole Harbour” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ميناء بول”
  • Chinese: “普利港”
  • Chinese: “普勒港”
  • Chinese: “普爾港”
  • French: “Poole Harbour”
  • German: “Poole Harbour”
  • Hebrew: “נמל פול”
  • Italian: “porto di Poole”
  • Japanese: “プール港”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Poole hamn”
  • Portuguese: “Porto de Poole”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Poole Harbour”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de Poole”
  • Swedish: “Poole Harbour”
  • Turkish: “Poole Limanı”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Pottery Pier and Lower Hamworthy.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Poole Ferry Port and Poole.

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