Boats from the Quay to Brownsea Island, round the harbour and west along the coast to Old Harry Rocks.
Boat trips leave from Poole Quay, and they are the best way to understand how the town sits on its harbour.
Brownsea Island, about twenty minutes. Round-the-harbour cruises taking in the smaller islands and the shoreline. Coastal runs out through the harbour mouth and west to Old Harry Rocks.
Seasonal, weather dependent, and worth booking ahead in summer. See boat tours and tours and sightseeing.
Services to Brownsea Island, cruises around the harbour and its islands, and longer coastal trips west past the harbour mouth to Old Harry Rocks. Timetables are seasonal and weather dependent.
Most leisure services are seasonal, running spring to autumn, with reduced or no sailings in winter. The Sandbanks chain ferry runs year round.
Booking ahead is sensible in summer and essential for groups. Out of season you can usually turn up, but check the sailing is running first.
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Sandbanks hotels, harbourside flats a street back from the Quay and the quieter beds out at Hamworthy and Broadstone, with the areas each one suits.