Poole is the industrial half of the south-east Dorset conurbation. Its port handles cross-Channel ferries, bulk cargo and marine fabrication, and the back-of-harbour land between the two lifting bridges is being redeveloped from old power station and industrial use into housing. Boatbuilding and engineering firms occupy large premises along the water, and the Nuffield Industrial Estate to the north is one of the biggest in the county.
Freight reaches the port along the A350 Holes Bay Road and the A35, with the A3049 Dorset Way taking traffic across the northern suburbs to the A31. Sweeping is called for on quays and yards, on roads next to regeneration plots, and on estates where dozens of occupiers share the same carriageway.
Coverage in and around Poole
From one enquiry, operators can normally reach Hamworthy, Upton, Creekmoor, Canford Heath, Parkstone, Broadstone and Branksome, and inland to Wimborne and Corfe Mullen. Wareham and the Isle of Purbeck are further and slower to get to, especially in summer, so those bookings benefit from extra notice and a longer hire period.