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  2. RM Poole - Wikipedia

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    RM Poole. /  50.72028°N 2.02167°W  / 50.72028; -2.02167. Royal Marines Base Poole (RM Poole) is a British naval base located in Hamworthy a suburb of Poole, Dorset, England on the Poole Harbour and is the centre for Special Boat Service activities.

  3. Poole Harbour - Wikipedia

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    Poole Harbour. Designated. 22 July 1999. Reference no. 1005 [1] Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley ( ria) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome.

  4. List of Royal Navy shore establishments - Wikipedia

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    HMS Daedalus (previously HMS Ariel 1959 - 1965) RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England. HMS Dipper RNAS Henstridge, Somerset, 1943-1958. HMS Fulmar RNAS Lossiemouth Lossiemouth, Moray 1946 -1972. HMS Godwit RNAS Hinstock, Shropshire, 1942–1947. HMS Goldcrest, three naval air stations were commissioned as Goldcrest, RNAS ...

  5. Poole Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Hospitals in the United Kingdom. Poole Hospital (also known as Poole General Hospital) is an acute general hospital in Poole, Dorset, England. Built in 1907, it has expanded from a basic 14-bed facility into a 789-bed hospital. It is the trauma centre for east Dorset and provides specialist services such as cancer treatment for the entire county.

  6. Bournemouth - Wikipedia

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    Bournemouth ( / ˈbɔːrnməθ / ⓘ BORN-məth) is a coastal resort town on the south coast in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The town's urban subdivision had a population of 187,503 at the 2011 census making it the largest town in the county; the town is part of the ...

  7. Lilliput, Dorset - Wikipedia

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    Lilliput is a district of Poole, Dorset. It borders on Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs, Lower Parkstone, and Whitecliff and has a shoreline within Poole Harbour with views of Brownsea Island and the Purbeck Hills . Brownsea Island stands opposite Lilliput's harbour foreshore and is famous as the birthplace of Baden Powell's International Scouting ...

  8. Poole - Wikipedia

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    poole .gov .uk. Poole ( / puːl / ⓘ) is a coastal town and seaport on the south coast of England in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England. The town is 21 miles (34 km) east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and ...

  9. Poole Bay - Wikipedia

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    Poole, Bournemouth. Poole Bay is a bay in the English Channel, on the coast of Dorset in southern England, which stretches 16 km from Sandbanks at the mouth of Poole Harbour in the west, to Hengistbury Head in the east. Poole Bay is a relatively shallow embayment and consists of steep sandstone cliffs and several 'chines' that allow easy access ...