Poole town centre is an area ofPoole,Dorset. It is just to the west ofPoole Park.[1]Poole Old Town is home to many historic buildings like the 15th-centuryScaplen's Court, the 18th-centuryCustom House and the VictorianSt James' Church.
History
editThePoole explosion of 1988 caused 3,500 people to be evacuated out of the town centre in the biggest peacetime evacuation the country had seen since theWorld War II.[2][3]
In 2020,Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council revealed plans for regeneration of the area[4] with 25 million pounds for Poole High Street.[5]Poole railway station could potentially be moved and rebuilt in a new location.[6]
In November 2022, a sea-life mural dedicated toPhilip Henry Gosse, the naturist pioneer who was raised in the town, was unveiled in Poole High Street.[7]
Amenities
editPolitics
editPoole town centre is part of thePoole parliamentary constituency. It is inPoole Town ward for elections toBournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.
References
edit- ^"Shopping in Poole - Pooletourism.com".Poole. Retrieved19 November 2020.
- ^Parker, Dennis; Handmer, John (17 June 2013).Hazard Management and Emergency Planning: Perspectives in Britain. Routledge.ISBN 978-1-134-25314-2.
- ^"GALLERY: The explosions that rocked Poole - 30 years since the BDH fire".Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved29 March 2022.
- ^"Regeneration 'masterplan' for Poole Town Centre".Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved19 November 2020.
- ^"£25 million regeneration plans for Poole High Street".Dorset View.
- ^"Poole railway station could move in town centre plan".BBC News. 18 December 2019. Retrieved19 November 2020.
- ^"Poole: Sea-life mural celebrates aquarium creator".BBC News. 18 November 2022. Retrieved18 November 2022.
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