Poole Dorset Photographs

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Title: Poole Harbour Place: Poole Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: Poole harbour is actually a drowned valley which was formed at the end of the last ice age and it is also the estuary of several rivers. There is a long history of human settlement by the harbour stre...... Photograph Added: 12th January 2012

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Title: Busy harbour Place: Poole Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: The mouth of the harbour at Poole is partially blocked by Sandbanks, a spit to the north, which is built up and part of Poole, to the south is Studland which is important wildlife area. Visitors can e...... Photograph Added: 12th January 2012

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Title: Good Lookout Place: Poole About: The view form this seat is very far reaching and it s worth the effort to climb up and be able to see all the comings and goings that are happening in Poole harbour at every moment of the day. Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Title: Harbour Waterfront Place: Poole Prints of this photograph are available to order world wide. Click here to order online now. About: The harbour at Poole is a mixture of architectural styles and it is a lively bustling place to enjoy a walk or a bit of retail therapy or maybe a coffee sitting outside and listening to all the activi...... Photograph Added: 31st December 2011

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Title: Sandbanks to Studland Ferry Place: Poole About: Bramble Bush Bay came into service in 1994 and it is named after a small local bay. The ferry is 242 feet overall and has a beam of about 53 feet 6 inches It can carry up to 52 cars and the journey ...... Photograph Added: 5th November 2009

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About Poole Dorset.

Poole lies 4 miles west of Bournemouth and in medieval times it was the largest settlement in Dorset.
Poole harbour has the second longest shoreline in the world only Sydney in Australia has longer waters edge. The harbour is a drowned river valley and its deep waters meant that it could accommodate large vessels. By the 13th century Poole was the biggest port in Dorset overtaking its near neighbours of Weymouth and Wareham.
Henry Page a notorious pirate from the Poole area plundered the French ships so often that in 1406 they raided Poole in retaliation.
Some fine old buildings are to be found on the quayside at Poole testifying to the importance of the town in the past. The quay at Poole is always lively with boats offering trips to Brownsea Island, Wareham etc. or just around the harbour. Poole pottery had been part on the quay since the 1870?s but today the factory has moved to Sopers Lane. The factory outlet shop has remained selling the widest range of Poole pottery designs to be found anywhere including a range of factory seconds at competitive prices. The modern waterside Dolphin Quays apartment complex now offers magnificent views over Poole harbour.
There are a number of islands to be found in the harbour probably the best known is Brownsea Island now owned by the National Trust and maintained as a nature reserve. A 33 foot Roman boat dating from 295 BC was discovered on the island. General Robert Bawden-Powell tested out his idea of teaching boys the scouting skills he had refined during the Boer War by taking a group of 20 boys to Bownsea in 1907. This proved a big success and the start of the Boy Scout movement that is still popular today.
Sandbanks and Studland, which lies opposite, almost cut off Poole Harbour from the sea and it is these two headlands that make the harbour such a safe anchorage. A car and passenger ferry operates between Sandbanks and Studland and saves the traveller over 25 miles land journey between these two very beautiful places.