In the top row of pictures:

• The view from Evening Hill across to Sandbanks, Old Harry and Purbeck in the distance (picture)
• Returning from a cockle hunt, rake and bucket are all that is required (picture)
• The shallow waters make this area popular with wind- and kite-surfers, however low-tide brings a halt to their activity (picture)
• A moored boat caught in the evening light, Sandbanks and Purbeck in the distance (picture)
• The view across the mudflats to Brownsea Island (picture)

In the bottom row of pictures:

• Cockle gatherers (picture)
• Boats moored by the yachting club, Sandbanks (picture)
• View across the harbour, Barclays House (in the centre of Poole) in the far distance (picture)
• Sunset at Poole Harbour (picture)
• Browsea Island in the late evening twilight (picture)

Other sites on the web

The Dorset Page:   Poole – local information and links to further resources on the web

Maps of the area on streetmap.co.uk:   1:50,000 – detail, 1:250,000 – locality and route to get there

The pictures of Poole Harbour in this gallery were captured at high resolution.
This is images of dorset stock photography gallery 014
All photographs copyright © 1998–2003 John Allen