Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour, in the county of Dorset, England. The island is owned by the National Trust, with the northern half managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust. Brownsea Island is situated 2 miles west of Shore Road Beach.

Brownsea Castle

Castle

Photo: reemul, CC BY 2.0.

Brownsea Castle, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, from the threat of French attack. Brownsea Castle is situated 1½ miles west of Shore Road Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks.

Canford Cliffs

Suburb

Photo: Michael9559, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Canford Cliffs is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The neighbourhood lies on the English Channel coast midway between Poole and Bournemouth. To the southwest is Sandbanks which has some of the highest property values in the world; with Canford Cliffs it forms a parish which has the fourth highest property prices in the world and second highest in the United Kingdom after London.

Sandbanks

Suburb

Sandbanks is an affluent neighbourhood of Poole, Dorset, on the south coast of England, situated on a narrow spit of around 1 km2 or 0.39 sq mi extending into the mouth of Poole Harbour.

Lilliput

Suburb

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lilliput is an area of Poole in Dorset, England. It borders Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Lower Parkstone, and Whitecliff and has a shoreline within Poole Harbour with views of Brownsea Island and the Purbeck Hills.

Shore Road Beach

Type: Beach
Category: landform
Location: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.69626° or 50° 41′ 47″ north

Longitude

-1.92691° or 1° 55′ 37″ west

Open location code

9C2WM3WF+G6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 761696987

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=beach

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