Poole Facts, Figures and Trivia
Poole was regarded as the commercial capital of Britains oldest colony at the height of the cod trade.
But where is it?
Be Prepared... Lord Baden-Powell set up the first ever Scout camp on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour.
But in what year?
A boat or a plane?
On 3 August 1940, the first passenger flight across the Atlantic by a British commercial airline was made from Poole Harbour by a flying boat.
But which company manufactured it?
Nearly everything you wanted to know about Poole but were too scared to ask!!









