Living And Holidaying On Poole Quay
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Posted July 21st, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Holidaying or even living near Poole Harbour in Dorset has lots to recommend it.It has the largest natural harbour in Europe and the second largest in the world.It has 3 miles of deep golden sand beaches and Sandbanks has been voted the best beach in Britain and has won the Blue Flag award thirteen times.Sandbanks (an area of Poole) has 18 millionaires residing and is the fourth most expensive place to buy land per acre in the world.It is home to Brownsea Island, which is famous for its red squi...
Living And Holidaying On Poole Quay
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Sea Tour
Posted July 14th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
Holidaying or even living near Poole Harbour in Dorset has lots to recommend it.It has the largest natural harbour in Europe and the second largest in the world.It has 3 miles of deep golden sand beaches and Sandbanks has been voted the best beach in Britain and has won the Blue Flag award thirteen times.Sandbanks (an area of Poole) has 18 millionaires residing and is the fourth most expensive place to buy land per acre in the world.It is home to Brownsea Island, which is famous for its red squi...
Brownsea Island
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Sea Tour
Posted June 29th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Reached via a short boat journey from Poole Quay, Brownsea Island is a 500 acre island of pinewood, heathland and salt-marsh with a long and varied history.There is evidence of a settlement in the area dating from the 5th century BC and further evidence suggesting the existence of a community there in the 3rd century AD and in medieval times. In the 16th century control of the island passed to Henry VIII who, recognising its strategic importance in protecting Poole, by now a thriving port, built...
