Piers · South East England
Pottery Pier
Pottery Pier is a pier in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Best time of year
- Summer
- Nearest railway station
- Poole · 3.0 km
- Free entry
- Family-friendly
- Dog-friendly
- Limited wheelchair access
About
Pottery Pier is a seaside pier on the coast of South-East England — Victorian pleasure architecture on stilts, still standing. The site is within the Dorset National Landscape (AONB), and is part of the PURBECK HEATHS National Nature Reserve. It sits within the South Dorset parliamentary constituency. The nearest railway station is Poole, about 3.0 km away. Postcode area BH15.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Poole Harbour SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: PURBECK HEATHS
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Dorset
- Ramsar wetland: Poole Harbour
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour, in the county of Dorset, England. The island is owned by the National Trust, with the northern half managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust. Much of the island is open to the public and includes areas of woodland and heath with a wide variety of wildlife, together with cliff top views across Poole Harbour and the Isle of Purbeck. The island was the location of an experimental camp in 1907 that preceded the publication of Scouting for Boys and The Scout magazine in 1908. Access is by public ferry or private boat; in 2017 the island received 133,340 visitors. The island's name probably comes from Old English Brūnoces īeg = "Brūnoc's island".
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 50.6925, -1.9881
- District
- Dorset
- Parish
- Corfe Castle
- Postcode
- BH15 1EF
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Dorset
- Nearest railway station
- Poole — 3 km
Sources
- osm: w95165331 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Pottery Pier (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pottery Pier?
- Pottery Pier is in South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode BH15 1EF), in the parish of Corfe Castle.
- Is Pottery Pier a protected site?
- Yes — Pottery Pier is part of the Poole Harbour SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the PURBECK HEATHS National Nature Reserve.
- Is Pottery Pier free to visit?
- Yes, Pottery Pier is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pottery Pier?
- The nearest railway station is Poole, about 3.0 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BH15 1EF.