Borough of Poole is asking residents to help preserve Poole’s heritage by updating its local list of heritage assets.
The council has more than 200 buildings and other structures of architectural and historic importance classed as listed, which enjoy protection against unauthorised alteration and demolition.
However, there are many other heritage assets that don’t meet the criteria [...]
Work on Poole’s £37 million Twin Sails Bridge project could start in the spring of 2010.
Borough of Poole has received tenders from six shortlisted contractors to build the town’s much-needed second harbour crossing.
Tenders for the project were submitted at the end of October 2009 and the council is now assessing the cost and quality of [...]
Standing on the Hamworthy-Poole lifting bridge, I found myself trying to remember the industries that existed there before Sunseeker arrived. Looking from the bridge, along the Hamworthy side of the quay stood:
Corrals – fuel oil distributors; R H Newman & Sons – boatbuilders; Wilkins & Wilkins – Marine Engineers; Stoneyard Ballast; The Shipwright Arms public [...]