Owned by the National Trust, Brownsea Island is located in Poole Harbour, with spectacular views across to the Purbeck Hills. The island has woodland, …
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Apr 2, 2025
Lovely place to visit, nice views and interesting history that's involved with the island, saw some handsome peasants roaming around while having a magnum. Specially the one in my photo.Full review by V7101WOemmad
Dec 25, 2024
We have been many times and normally I would give 5 stars. However someone who thinks they know best and obviously has been given to much power which has gone to their heads, has decided to get rid o…Full review by 885tonye
Nov 2, 2024
Great trip to visit the place of the first ever Scout camp and home to over 200 red squirrels, we only saw 2 but still amazing. Great walk around the nature reserve, give yourself at least 3 hours, …Full review by jamie w
Over covid we have not ventured to ANY NT places despite being members for many years. Next week we wanted to visit Brownsea island but discover it is not dog friendly. Why? If dogs are kept on leads I can't see a problem. Kerry Price
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Hi there - sorry we don't allow dogs onto the island because of nesting birds and the risk of disturbing the population of rare red squirrels - but we do allow guide and assistance dogs on …
Hi there - sorry we don't allow dogs onto the island because of nesting birds and the risk of disturbing the population of rare red squirrels - but we do allow guide and assistance dogs on the island.
Where is the best place to park to get the ferry from Poole
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We parked at in Poole Quay multistorey car park which is less then 5 minutes walk to the Ferries and also a number of restaurants. It was easy to find using Google maps.
are you allowed to feed the red squirrels or peacocks?
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Hi there, we don't encourage feeding of any of the wild animals on the National Trust (NT) areas of the island. The chickens are the only animals that the NT staff feed. If they are fed …
Hi there, we don't encourage feeding of any of the wild animals on the National Trust (NT) areas of the island. The chickens are the only animals that the NT staff feed. If they are fed regularly by the public, they can end up hassling visitors for their picnic, and tend not to express their natural behaviour by scratching for worms etc. to top up their diet.
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I’d like to rent a National Trust property. Where can I find out what property is available?
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If you’re looking for residential National Trust rental properties that are currently available in England and Wales, please visit the National Trust pages on rightmove.co.uk.
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