Poole Harbour
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Poole Museum and Long Island.
Poole Museum
Museum
Poole Museum is a maritime museum, gallery and cultural centre, situated on the Lower High Street in the Old Town area of Poole, Dorset, and is owned by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
Long Island
Islet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Poole Guildhall
Government office
Photo: BarretBonden, Public domain.
Poole Guildhall is a municipal building in Market Street, Poole, Dorset, England. The guildhall, which is used as a register office and a venue for weddings and civil partnership ceremonies, is a Grade II* listed building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maryland and Hamworthy.
Maryland
Locality
Maryland is a deserted village on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. It was named for the wife of its founder, Colonel William Petrie Waugh.
Hamworthy
Suburb
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamworthy is a suburb of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It is sited on a peninsula of approximately 3 square kilometres that is bordered by the town of Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, Lytchett Bay to the west and Holes Bay to the east.
Poole
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poole is a coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. Poole is a tourist resort, attracting visitors with its large natural harbour, history, the Lighthouse arts centre and Blue Flag beaches.
Poole Harbour
- Type: Harbor
- Description: harbour in Dorset, England
- Category: transportation
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Poole Harbour” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميناء بول”
- 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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