Poole i/puːl/ is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is 33 kilometres (21 mi) east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The local council is Borough of Poole and was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council. The borough had a population of 147,645 according to the 2011 census, making it the second largest settlement in Dorset. Together with Bournemouth and Christchurch, the town forms the South East Dorset conurbation with a total population of over 465,000.
Population: 150,092
Latitude: 50° 42' 51.44" N
Longitude: -1° 59' 4.49" W
Coombe Keynes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Purbeck district of the English county of Dorset. It is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) west-south-west of Wareham. In 2013 the estimated population of the civil parish was 80. There are 22 houses in…
Church Knowle is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in the south of England.
Christchurch was a railway station in Christchurch in the county of Hampshire (now Dorset). It was opened on 13 November 1862 by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway. Becoming part of the London and South Western Railway, it was closed…
Charlton Marshall is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies within the North Dorset administrative district, on the A350 road 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the market town of Blandford Forum. It is sited on a river terrace a…
The Castleman Trailway is a footpath in Southern England. Portions of the trailway are also a cyclepath but the middle section from East Wimborne (close to The Old Thatch public house) to the River Allen bridge (just south of Wimborne) is not cyclab…
The Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation is a synagogue in Bournemouth, England.
The Bournemouth Coast Path is a 20 mile long footpath through Dorset and Hampshire, England from Sandbanks to Milford-on-Sea.
Bloxworth is a village and civil parish in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, situated in Wareham Forest on the A35 road 5 miles (8 km) west of Poole. In the 2011 census the civil parish had 80 households and a population of 200. Bloxworth Hea…
Beacon Hill is one of the highest viewpoints in the hinterland of Poole Harbour, Dorset. Its tree-covered summit reaches 84 metres (276 ft) above sea level and there is a public footpath running roughly north to south over the top. Historically it w…
Ballard Cliff is part of the Jurassic Coast near Swanage in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The steeply dipping Cretaceous chalk that marks the northern end of Swanage Bay takes over from the Wealden beds at this location. A series of landsl…
Avon Lodge was a private untimetabled railway station in the county of Hampshire (now Dorset), opened on 3 November 1862 by the Ringwood, Christchurch and Bournemouth Railway.
Arne RSPB reserve is a 563.4 hectares (1,392 acres) nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), maintained by the RSPB and located in Dorset. It was notified as an SSSI in 1986. The reserve occupies the Arne Peninsula, which protr…
Anvil Point is part of the Jurassic Coast near Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The Jurassic Coast stretches over a distance of 153 kilometres (95 mi), from Orcombe Point near Exmouth, in the west, to Old Harry Rocks, in the east.
…Anderson, sometimes known as Winterborne Anderson, is a small village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the North Dorset administrative district about 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Poole. To the west are Winterborne Muston and Winterbo…
Alderney is a suburb and electoral ward in the town of Poole in Dorset, England with a population of 11,196, increasing to 11,423 at the 2011 Census.
Worgret Heath SSSI, Dorset (grid reference SY895871) is an 8.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1987.
Worbarrow Tout is a promontory at the eastern end of Worbarrow Bay on Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the south coast of England.
Westover, Hampshire, is the ancient manor, now in Dorset, over which much of modern Bournemouth has developed. This area of land marked a historic boundary between Celtic and Saxon civilisations, which found expression as the county boundary between…