Poole – surf, rest + play

10 September 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

High Street © geograph.org.uk - David Lally

High Street © geograph.org.uk – David Lally

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in the county of Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is 33 kilometres (21 mi) east of Dorchester, and Bournemouth adjoins Poole to the east. The Borough of Poole was made a unitary authority in 1997, gaining administrative independence from Dorset County Council. The town had a population of 138,288, making it the second largest settlement in Dorset. Together with Bournemouth and Christchurch, the town forms the South East Dorset conurbation with a total population of over 400,000.   read more…

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