Poole is located within the county of Dorset with a population of around 140,000 inhabitants. The city is east of Dorchester and Bournemouth. The city used to been known as a port for transporting exports of the wool trade. Poole has been given a certificate of a Blue flag beach, which indicates the beach is clean and safe. Its natural history harbour is a huge tourist attraction as well as the lighthouse arts centre. There is a rate of around 4.3% unemployed people living within Poole.
The Arts University Bournemouth has its main campus within Poole, concentrating on performance, design, art and media. The university has around, 2,800 undergraduates and 74 post graduates. The college also offers short programmes for 16 year olds, Saturday art school for 9 to 18 year olds and summer courses.
Nearby Locations include:
- Waterloo
- Sandbanks
- Sandford Holiday Park
- Beacon Hill
- Upton
- Lytchett Minster
- Hamworthy
- Oakdale
- Canford Cliffs
- Lytchett Matravers
- Parkstone
- Branksome
- Canford Heath
- Holton Heath
- Branksome Park
- Nuffield Industrial Estate
- Southbanks
- Organford
- Holton Heath Trading Park
- East Holton