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Poole Harbour

Open accessin a country park open to the public

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Poole Harbour is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, covering 41 km². It is one of 124 SSSIs in the county. None of the SSSIs in the county is larger. It lies inside Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

For more of the same, Rempstone Heaths and The Moors are close by. Poole Station is under a kilometre away.

More places to visit near Poole Harbour

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

Dorset National Landscape

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Dorchester

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

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.

adjoining · 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.

0.2 km SE

Photo of Compton Acres, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bournemouth, Dorset, south west England.Highlight

Compton Acres

House & garden near Bournemouth

Ten acres of 1920s themed gardens, Italian and Japanese, above Poole Harbour.

0.9 km E

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.

1.5 km W · Dorset & Wiltshire

Photo of Corfe Castle, a ruined castle near Kingston, Dorset, south west England.Iconic

Corfe Castle

Castle near Kingston

A Civil-War-slighted skyline ruin above its Purbeck village.

3.4 km SW