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    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 (ria) formed...
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    Poole was one of the main departing points for the Normandy landings. Poole is a tourist resort, attracting visitors with its large natural harbour,...
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  • The history of Poole, a town in Dorset, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement around Poole Harbour during the Iron Age. The town...
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    Sandbanks (category Areas of Poole)
    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. It...
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    Royal Marines Base Poole (RM Poole) is a British naval base located in Hamworthy a suburb of Poole, Dorset, England on the Poole Harbour and is the centre...
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    the preparations for the invasion of Normandy, and the large harbours of Portland and Poole were two of the main embarkation points. Agriculture was historically...
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    The Poole Harbour Trails comprise six linear walks that enable a complete circuit to be made of Poole Harbour on the south coast of England, which is...
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    on Purbeck is the coastal resort town of Swanage. Poole Harbour is a large but shallow natural harbour in the south-east of the county, to the north of...
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    Brownsea Island (category Poole Harbour)
    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...
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  • "Poole harbour oil spill clean-up work expected to last all week". 28 March 2023. "'Oil-soaked birds' spotted after pipeline leak in Poole Harbour"....
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    located in a coniferous forest on Wytch Heath on the southern shore of Poole Harbour, two miles (3.2 km) north of Corfe Castle. Oil and natural gas (methane)...
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    Harbour in Canada, Trincomalee Harbour in Sri Lanka and Poole Harbour in England. The harbour has been a working port and a strategic defensive hub for...
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  • Islands of Furness Fowley Island Chichester Harbour Furzey Island Poole Harbour Gigger's Island Poole Harbour Godrevy Island Cornwall Gorregan Isles of...
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    Harbor (redirect from Natural harbour)
    Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States Poole Harbour in England, United Kingdom Port Hercules, Monaco Sydney Harbour in New South Wales, Australia, technically...
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    March-Phillipps. Maid of Honour, a 65-ton Brixham yacht trawler, left Poole harbour on 9 August 1941, bound for West Africa. The five man crew were under...
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    Sandbanks Ferry is a vehicular chain ferry which crosses the entrance of Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The route runs from Sandbanks to Studland...
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  • Nature Park on the edge of Poole. Holes Bay Nature Park is a partnership involving DWT, Borough of Poole and Poole Harbour Commissioners. In the 1950s...
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    towns, namely Wimborne Minster and Wareham, the latter at one end of Poole Harbour. Income levels are close to the national average, taking into account...
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    Wareham, Dorset (category Poole Harbour)
    of Poole. The town is built on a strategic dry point between the River Frome and the River Piddle at the head of the Wareham Channel of Poole Harbour. The...
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    River Frome, Dorset (category Poole Harbour catchment)
    major chalkstream in southwest England. It is navigable upstream from Poole Harbour as far as the town of Wareham. The river rises in the Dorset Downs at...
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    cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north. Its western boundary is less well defined, with some medieval...
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    the Isle of Purbeck, with coasts facing both the English Channel and Poole Harbour. It, therefore, includes sections of both the low-lying sandy heathland...
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    the local economy. Bournemouth and Poole lie north of Poole Harbour, whilst Christchurch contains Christchurch Harbour, with the Isle of Wight and Solent...
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    Sandbanks, from which it is separated by Poole Harbour. The parish includes Brownsea Island within the harbour. In the 2011 census the parish had 182 households...
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    River Piddle (category Poole Harbour catchment)
    small rural Dorset river which rises in the Dorset Downs and flows into Poole Harbour near Wareham. The river's name has Germanic origins and has had various...
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    Furzey Island (category Poole Harbour)
    Furzey Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. The island lies to the south of the larger Brownsea Island. Seen from the...
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  • Poole Bay, a stretch of sea Poole Bridge Poole Grammar School, an all-boys school Poole Harbour, a large natural harbour Poole High School, a mixed-gender...
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  • operates ferries to Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour from Poole and Sandbanks. It also operates cruises around Poole Harbour, Bournemouth, Sandbanks, the Jurassic...
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    Scout camp was the site of a boys' camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England, organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell to test...
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    submergent coastline which contains many rias, including Southampton Water, Poole Harbour, the estuary of the River Medina on the Isle of Wight, the estuaries...
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