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Photo of Poole Harbour Rockley Sands, a swimming spot near Wareham, Dorset, south west England.

© Phil Champion / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Poole Harbour Rockley Sands

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Poole Harbour Rockley Sands is an official estuary bathing water in Dorset. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of 41 bathing waters in the county.

For arrivals by rail, Hamworthy Station is 1.6 km to the north-east. Nearby bathing waters include Poole Harbour Lake and Shell Bay North.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

More places to visit near Poole Harbour Rockley Sands

Photo of the Purbeck Heritage Coast, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Purbeck

Heritage Coast near Wareham

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

0.1 km NW

Photo of the Dorset National Landscape, a National Landscape in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Dorset National Landscape

National Landscape near Dorchester

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

0.1 km W

Photo of Brownsea Island, an island in Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Brownsea Island

Island near Bournemouth

National Trust island in Poole Harbour where red squirrels survive, with a wader-filled lagoon, woodland paths and the first Scout camp site

4.7 km SE

Photo along the Hardy Way, a 217-mile long-distance path running from Higher Bockhampton to Stinsford, south west England.Highlight

Hardy Way

Long-distance path

Around Thomas Hardy's Wessex from his birthplace cottage to the churchyard at Stinsford, via Corfe Castle and Lulworth Cove.

5.8 km W · Dorset & Wiltshire

Photo along the South West Coast Path, a 630-mile National Trail running from Minehead to Poole, south west England.Highlight

South West Coast Path

National Trail

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

7.7 km SE · spans 4 counties

Photo of Shell Bay North, a swimming spot near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Shell Bay North

Designated bathing water near Bournemouth

Long dune-backed sands facing Old Harry.

7.9 km SE