Tourist attractions Poole

The beautiful gardens of Compton Acres occupy over 6ha in a rift in the sandstone cliffs. They include rock, Italian, water and Japanese gardens and have flowers in bloom throughout the year. Beautiful sunsets can be admired from the English Garden ..

Housed in East Cliff Hall , the museum is decorated in High Victorian taste (numerous ornaments, decorative patterns, polychromes, etc.): inlaid furniture, painted ceilings, decorative windows and wallpaper. The collection includes a number of pain..

Not far from the village of Studland are Old Harry Rocks , extraordinary stacks of gleaming chalk that were once part of an unbroken shoreline leading to the Isle of Wight on the other side of the bay.

Brownsea Island is not far from the town of Poole. It is fringed by inviting beaches along its south shore and has two nature reserves (north and south) that stretch out on either side of a road. The north reserve is a sanctuary for waterfowl. The so..

The fine Perpendicular Church of St John the Baptist is the only building in the village to have survived the last of a series of fires in 1788. The carved, painted ceiling dating from the 16C is pure joy. Note the capitals in the late 12C arcade w..

After having been a fortress since the time of William the Conqueror, the castle, which overlooked the Purbeck Hills, had a very turbulent history and was defended by Lady Bankes, wife of the president of the appeal court under Charles I during the C..

Christchurch is a coastal village separated from Bournemouth by modern leisure centres and shopping malls. Its priory and castle date from Norman times. The harbour is surrounded by numerous little crafts shops.