Poole Harbour

Poole Harbour is the second biggest natural harbour in the entire world (next to Sydney Harbour in Australia). located between Poole and Purbeck. It is populated quite highly populated near the mouth but as you get deeper in the edge has less and less buildings surrounding it. There are lots of fishing boats that go into the harbour from along the south coast to fish because it is a good place to catch rare fish. Poole harbour also holds the chain ferry, the ferry from Sandbanks to Studland. Sandbanks, on the mouth of Poole harbour, is now officially the world most expensive place to buy a house in the entire world.

There are many islands in it and there are 5 main ones, Brownsea island is the biggest, followed by Fursey island, Green island, Long island and Round island.

Brownsea island is owned by the National Trust and is one of our house teams (i'm in it!) at school. It was founded by Robert Baden Powell, also the founder of all British boy scouts.

Fursey is the second biggest and has an huge oil rig at the centre of it. This is because in the sand under and around the island is masses of oil. It is privately owned and boats cannot land there.

Green island is a very dense island in the Harbour and the third biggest island there. It, like fursey island, is privately owned.

Long island is the furthest in island and the fourth biggest. It is privately owned.

Round island is currently owned by a very rich family and has changed hands many times before. Hardly anyone knows how much it was bought for but everyone thinks it is a lot. It is the smallest and like all the others (exept Brownsea) is funnily enough, privately owned.