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	Poole - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Poole is a coastal town, port and tourist destination in the traditional county of Dorset in southern England.
		Poole is positioned on a very popular stretch of coastline, with the resort of Bournemouth to the east, Studland to the south and the Jurassic coast southwest.
		Poole Harbour (said to be the second largest natural harbour in the world after Sydney) has been a working port for many hundreds of years, though the port has declined somewhat as the shallow water cannot take the largest ships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poole (1252 words)

	Poole harbour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The known use of the harbour as a for boats is 295 BC A 10 metre log boat has found preserved in the mud off Brownsea Island which has been dated as that Poole was used by the Romans as an invasion port for the of southern England.
		At start of the 19th century 90% of Poole's population's employment was dependent on the harbour but this dropped just 20% during the century as the railways reached the town and deep hulled moved up the coast to Southampton which had a deeper harbour and closer to London.
		The mouth of the harbour is blocked by Sandbanks a spit on the north which is largely up and part of Poole and by Studland to the south which is another wildlife area.
	www.freeglossary.com /Poole_Harbour (597 words)

	Poole Harbour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Poole Harbour Commissioners An informative site with details on the leisure and commercial activities within one of the world's largest natural harbours.
		Poole Yacht Club For members, friends and anyone interested in the GP14 dinghy class at the Poole Yacht Club, sailing in Poole Harbour, Dorset.
		: The neighbourhood is a well-known harbour for petty thieves.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Poole_Harbour.html (393 words)

	Poole Harbour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Around 608,000 cubic metres of sand dredged from Poole Harbour is being pumped onto the beach from Double Dykes towards Boscombe as part of the project which...
		At 3,600 ha, the harbour is the second largest natural harbour in the world (after Sydney Harbour).
		The harbour is infact a ria, a drowned river valley caused by a Eustatic sea level rise at the end of the last ice age.
	www.wikiverse.org /poole-harbour (673 words)

	Smuggling in East Dorset - Poole
		Poole was given a Royal Charter in 1433, which established it as a Staple Port, having to collect customs dues.
		In 1720 Poole petitioned the House of Commons for action to be taken against the dramatic increase in smuggling, stating that legal business was declining as a result.
		They took on a pilot when they reached the harbour and decided to moor at Russell Quay, arriving at 11 am on a Sunday, when most of the people were at Church, and by 2 pm all the kegs had been removed from the vessel.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /dvisor/poole.htm (962 words)

	Poole Harbour Poole Harbour Commissioners, Dorset, United Kingdom
		Poole Harbour is one of the world's largest natural harbours and it's extensive sheltered waters provide a magnificent haven for recreational sailing and water sports.
		In 1895 Poole's commercial port users rebelled against this neglect and 'profiteering' and the care of the Harbour was entrusted to 'Commissioners' under an Act of Parliament.
		This decreed that Poole Harbour Commissioners' duties were to conserve, regulate and improve the Port and Harbour of Poole.
	www.phc.co.uk /ph.htm (481 words)

	Poole Harbour Study Group - Harbour Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Poole Harbour is in east Dorset, south of the town of Poole.
		Four rivers, the Frome, the Piddle, the Corfe and the Sherford drain into Poole Harbour from the west draining to the sea through the constricting headlands of North and South Haven (Sandbanks and Studland) in the east.
		Despite an increasing local human population in the conurbations of Poole and Bournemouth and a large influx of tourists in the summer the region is still nationally important for its wildlife and landscape, largely due to the work of conservationists.
	www.pooleharbourstudygroup.org.uk /facts.htm (323 words)

	Poole Harbour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, south England, extending to 36 km².
		The Harbour is a ria, a drowned river valley caused by a Eustatic sea level rise at the end of the last ice age, between 7,300 and 7,400 years ago.
		The Harbour is also the estuary of a number of rivers.
	poole-harbour.area51.ipupdater.com (540 words)

	Poole Dorset
		Poole Harbour is Europe's largest natural harbour - cross channel sailings to France and the Channel Islands pass through the entrance at Sandbanks, where the chain ferry makes short work of visiting the Isle of Purbeck whether you are on foot, bike, car or bus.
		Poole Quay is a hive of activity with fishing boats, yachts, powerboats and pleasure cruisers.
		Poole is a major sailing centre with superb facilities and a wide range of watersports activities including a huge windsurf following.
	www.bournemouth.uk.com /onlocation/poole.asp (537 words)

	Poole Harbour
		Poole is one of the best windsurfing areas in England for beginners and intermediates due to the shallow flat water in the harbour.
		OMWC events are held at 6 different venues in Poole, so make sure you check the newsletter or diary for the precise location where we will be meeting.
		The harbour bed is mostly sand, but watch out for the occasional rock or deep hole where the bait diggers have been.
	homepages.primex.co.uk /~odtaa/omwc/poole.htm (1204 words)

	- The official website of the town of Poole, England and its Council - General
		On Friday 14 November John Biggs from Borough of Poole will be making his way to the offices of the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (DOETR), in London, to deliver the Council’s bid for the Poole Harbour Bridge.
		The Poole Harbour Bridge scheme found itself back under the spotlight in June when the Government announced that it would be reviewing all road building plans.
		Poole Council have spent the past few months working on a response to the consultation papers relevant to the Poole Harbour Bridge.
	www.poole.gov.uk /news.asp?act_news=display_article&unit_name=General&id=306 (288 words)

	Poole Harbour Canoe Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Poole Harbour Canoe Club was founded in 1956 by a few friends who shared a love of paddling.
		The sheltered waters inside the harbour allow beginners to learn in safety, while more experienced paddlers have the large expanse of Poole Harbour the 2nd biggest natural harbour in the world with over 100 miles of shoreline to explore.
		At the head of the harbour on the River Frome is Wareham.
	www.phcc.org.uk /about.html (1024 words)

	Poole Harbour - Solent, South Coast, UK Harbours, Yachting, Cruising, Sailing, Motor boating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Throughout the remainder of the harbour, the speed limit is 10 knots except during the winter months when the speed limit is relaxed in the shipping channels.
		There are approximately 3,500 swinging moorings in the Harbour, being either privately owned or hired from a mooring contractor.
		Poole Harbour is an area of international importance for nature conservation.
	www.harbours.co.uk /poole/poole.html (339 words)

	Poole Harbour
		Poole Harbour is a bar-built estuary of nearly 4,000 ha located on the coast of Dorset in southern England.
		Several river valleys converge on the Harbour, notably the Frome and the Piddle, and these support grazing marsh that contribute to the importance of the SPA for wintering waterbirds.
		The Harbour is separated from Poole Bay by the Studland Dunes (part of the Dorset Heaths [Purbeck and Wareham] and Studland Dunes SAC) and the SPA includes Littlesea, a large oligotrophic dune-slack lake of importance for wintering wildfowl.
	www.jncc.gov.uk /default.aspx?page=2031 (591 words)

	The Nautical Archaeology Society - News and Projects - Poole Harbour
		Supported by the Poole Harbour Heritage Project, researchers from the University's Archaeology Group and the Poole Bay Archaeological Research Group have uncovered evidence to prove that Poole Harbour - Europe's largest natural sea inlet - is Britain's oldest working cross-channel port.
		Poole Harbour, located in the centre of England's south coast, is just 110km or 65 nautical miles from the Normandy coast in France.
		Today, Poole boasts of being one of the largest natural harbours in the world.
	www.cix.co.uk /~kravel/newsandprojects/poole.htm (731 words)

	VR Poole, your guide to Poole,Dorset, England
		The town is situated beside a large natural harbour, on the shores of the English Channel.
		The harbour is noted for its ecology, supporting varied habitats as well as the Brownsea Island nature reserve, where the Scouting movement began.
		At the turn of the 19th century 9 out of 10 workers in Poole were engaged in harbour activities but as the century progressed ships became too large for the shallow harbour and the port began losing business to the deepwater ports at Liverpool, Southampton and Plymouth.
	www.vrpoole.co.uk (914 words)

	History, Poole Harbour, Dorset, United Kingdom
		Poole Harbour is essentially a drowned river valley.
		It was formed, along with Poole Bay, when a rising sea broke through the chalk ridge which had then connected Old Harry Rocks in Studland Bay with the Needles in the Isle of Wight.
		The Harbour as we know it was formed at the end of the last Ice Age around 7,000 years ago.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/road/abu11/history.htm (462 words)

	Welcome to PooleTourism.com -
		Poole has Europe's largest natural harbour which offers excellent facilities for watersports and visiting boats.
		Harbour Entrance: This is a potentially hazardous area.
		A booklet "Poole Harbour Guide" containing all facilities and services is available from Poole Welcome Centre, visit www.phc.co.uk or contact the Harbour Master on 01202 440233.
	www.pooletourism.com /content.asp?id=E05D18ECFBD649&areaheader=_practicalinformation (363 words)

	Poole Harbour Dorset - Powerboat and Jetski Centres
		Poole Harbour Dorset - Powerboat and Jetski Centres
		The Dolphin Haven at Poole Town Quay is a purpose built visitors' boat haven offering up to 100 pontoon berths with water and electricity available at all berths.
		Within the harbour boundaries are three national nature reserves and three local nature reserves, as well as non statutory nature reserves managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust and the RSPB.
	www.absoluteaqua.co.uk /powerboat_poole_harbour.php (374 words)

	Poole on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Stephanie Jobe, left, and Darnell Poole, both 18, are proud parents of three-year-old Kamari Poole.
		Poole's grave had been unmarked until the cermony and was the inspiration for the Bill
		Angelyn Poole, left, and Cecilia Blackwood of Pittsburg, California, stand next to the refinery from which dust from refining products blows to coat homes, cars and anything outdoors.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Poole.asp (806 words)

	Images of Dorset - Photographs of Poole
		Poole's origins can be traced back to about the 13th century, when increased silting of the river at Wareham forced traders and fishermen to seek deeper berths in the main harbour.
		Poole soon became the largest port in Dorset –; a title it still holds – reaching its zenith during the 17th and 18th century when it was one of the main ports of the Newfoundland trade.
		Poole's long maritime history is celebrated – alongside one of the main approach roads (picture)
	www.imagesofdorset.org.uk /Dorset/023/intro.htm (446 words)

	RIBnet Forums - Cruising in/around Poole harbour.
		The Harbour is a place of contrasts, on the one hand Poole Harbour is about vast wealth, large expensive houses (the Sandbanks Peninsula is the 4th most expensive place in the world to live), glorious Sunseekers (they’re built here), swanky bars and delightful restaurants.
		These impose speed restrictions of 6 or 10 knots throughout the harbour (and a little beyond) in the summer season, whilst over the winter months the limit is lifted in some of the main channels.
		Christchurch Harbour is far smaller than Poole’s and has less places to stop but it is well worth a visit, keep to the channels as there is very little water outside them.
	www.rib.net /forum/showthread.php?t=5327 (2381 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Harbour 'oldest in Britain', say experts
		Poole Harbour is Britain's oldest working cross-channel port, according to new research.
		Artefacts from the Iron Age settlement at Cleavel Point shows that traders sailed into Poole Harbour at the time to purchase pottery, shale jewellery and other things made locally in Dorset.
		More than a dozen of these piles were recovered from recent excavations and had been built up by layers of clay, coarse sand and flint rubble.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2266789.stm (369 words)

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		Poole Harbour is a pituresque natural harbour, and attracts many visitors and birds.
		They can be seen occasionally around the harbour in winter, but as most of the reedbeds are tidal none have nested yet.
		However, in recent years, a number of people have heard booming males around the harbour - the first sign that bitterns are thinking of breeding in an area.
	www.bitterns.org.uk /projectsummary/summaryofaction/page.php?pageID=101 (357 words)

	joncombe.com - Photos of Poole (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Poole is a large town on the south coast, just to the west of Bournemouth.
		The harbour is the second largest harbour in the world, and contains several islands, including Brownsea Island.
		This photos of Poole Harbour is taken from a viewpoint on the road from Studland to Swanage.
	website.lineone.net /~jonathan.combe/poole1.html (112 words)

	The Poole Harbour Revision Order 2001
		"the harbour" means the area as defined in sections 3 and 4 of Poole Harbour Act 1914[5];
		(2) In subsection (3) of section 10 of the Poole Harbour Act 1925[6] (Annual account to be sent to Minister of Transport), for "the twenty-fifth day of March" there shall be substituted "the thirty-first day of March or any other such other date as the Commissioners may determine".
		The Commissioners may act notwithstanding a vacancy in their number and no act of the Commissioners shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of any irregularity in the appointment of any Commissioner, or by reason of any person irregularly acting as a Commissioner.
	www.opsi.gov.uk /si/si2001/20012820.htm (3552 words)

	Poole Harbour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Map sources for Poole Harbour at grid reference SZ020880
		The harbour is extremely shallow (average depth: 48cm), with one main dredged channel through the harbour, from the mouth to Holes Bay in Poole.
		Poole Harbour Dredging and Poole Bay beach replenishment
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Poole_harbour (909 words)

	Harbour - The official website of the town of Poole, England and its Council -
		Poole is reputed to be the largest natural harbour
		Poole is a working commercial port but also has over 6,000 registered leisure craft, as well as a public yacht haven with berths for 100 visiting craft.
		ensure that the harbour is well maintained and that all visiting merchant vessels carry certificates to prove they are free from vermin.
	www.poole.gov.uk /servicetitles.asp?id=A68BA95984EA4C&title=Harbour (216 words)

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