 POOLE ONLINE FERRY TICKET RESERVATIONS |
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Simply select your outward and return routes below, enter the number of passengers then click 'Get Price' and follow the onscreen help from there.
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Poole is a large English coastal town, Borough, port and tourist destination, situated on the shores of the English Channel, in the ceremonial county of Dorset. The town has a population of 141,128 and is part of the South East Dorset conurbation. Poole is famed for its large natural harbour, claimed to be the second largest in the world.
Maritime trade has a long history within the town, reaching its apex when the town was granted exclusive rights to fish off Newfoundland by Queen Victoria in the 19th century. During the Second World War the town was one of the central departing points for the D-Day landings of the Normandy Invasions.
The town is one of the principal centres of sailing and yachting in the United Kingdom. Poole is home to the headquarters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and the luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker. The Special Boat Service (SBS) also operate out of the harbour.
During the summer months the town serves a large number of tourists who visit the waterfront, the town centre and the nearby Sandbanks beach and Brownsea Island. Other prominent employers in Poole include Barclays Bank, the Bank of New York Mellon, Hamworthy Engineering, Poole Packaging, Penske Cars, Ryvita, cosmetics company Lush, and the clothing company, Animal.
Poole is also home to Bournemouth University, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (despite their names).
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 as the shallow water cannot take any container ships. Today the port is the home of Sunseeker, manufacturers of luxury yachts, and the departure point for ferries (Brittany Ferries and Condor Ferries) to France and the Channel Islands.
The former Government Poole Custom House on the Quayside of the Harbour and Scaplens Court, now the local history centreThe harbour is noted for its ecology: supporting saltmarsh, mudflats and an internationally important population of wintering waterfowl. The Harbour is home to Brownsea Island, a nature reserve owned by the National Trust and the birthplace of the Scouting movement and first Scout Camp
Poole is a cross channel port for passengers and freight with up to seven sailings a day in the peak summer season. Services to Cherbourg in France are operated by Brittany Ferries who provide a year round service. From 30 November 2007 Brittany Ferries have also operated a weekend freight service to Santander in Spain. A seasonal service to the Channel Islands and St Malo, France, is run by Condor Ferries.
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