On this page about Poole Harbour:
It is one of several which lay claim to the title of "second largest natural harbour in the world by navigational area," (including Cork Harbour in Ireland, and Halifax Harbour in Canada).
Boscombe is a small town which is now a suburb of the much larger Bournemouth. Boscombe has its own pier and from Boscombe Cliff Gardens you can get a wonderful view of the bay that stretches around to the entrance to Poole Harbour...
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Frome, who it finally joins at Wareham, where they enter Poole Harbour. Many of the villages it...
Sandbanks is a small spit jutting out over the mouth of Poole harbour near Bournemouth in the south of England. It contains one of the most popular beaches in the area. House prices on Sandbanks are... across the mouth of the Harbour...
Studland and its long sandy beach. Along the northern border of the peninsula is Poole Harbour. In the...
, but separated from it by Poole Harbour and a chain ferry. The village is 5 miles north of the town of Swanage, over a steep chalk ridge. Studland bay, Godlingstone Heath, Poole Harbour and Bournemouth... the mouth of Poole harbour. Behind the sand dunes there is a large area of heathland, called...
Brownsea Island is the largest of eight islands in Poole Harbour, Dorset. Much of the island is a Nature Reserve and an important habitat for birds owned by the National Trust. The island is open to... divert the attention of bombers away from the nearby conurbation of Poole and Bournemouth, army...
, Lulworth Cove Kimmeridge Old Harry Rocks Poole Harbour, Purbeck Heritage Coast South West Coast Path..., West Lulworth, Wool, Worth Matravers Places of Interest Ballard Down, Blue Pool Cloud Hill, Corfe... | North Dorset | North Somerset | North Wiltshire | Penwith | Plymouth | Poole | Purbeck | Restormel...
of England is a submergent coastline, and contains many rias, including Portsmouth harbour, Southampton water, Poole harbour; the estuaries of the Exe, Teign and Dart, the Kingsbridge estuary, and...
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