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The river forms a wide, shallow ria at its estuary, Poole Harbour. Prior to the end of the last ice age , the Purbeck Hills were continuous with the Isle of Wight , and the Frome would have continued eastwards through what is now Poole Harbour and Poole Bay along the Solent , collecting the Stour – Avon , Beaulieu , and Test – Itchen ...
The River Piddle (alternative name: River Trent) follows a similar and almost parallel course to the Frome, rising a few miles to the east on the chalk downs near the village of Alton Pancras, then flowing roughly southeastwards through chalk and over sands and gravels to reach the English Channel through Poole Harbour. Along its course it ...
Rivers of Poole (1 P) R. Rivers of Bournemouth (2 P) Rivers of Christchurch, Dorset (2 P) ... River Frome, Dorset; H. River Hooke; J. River Jordan, Dorset; L. River ...
When completed the trail will link up with the Purbeck Way part of which runs beside the River Frome near Wareham [14] and the Poole Harbour Trails. [15] Signpost for the Frome Valley Trail in Higher Frome Vauchurch. The cycle route is joined by National Cycle Network Route 26 through Maiden Newton. [16] [17]
Poole Harbour is a large natural harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores. The harbour is a drowned valley ( ria ) formed at the end of the last ice age and is the estuary of several rivers, the largest being the Frome .
It is bordered by water on three sides: the English Channel to the south and east, where steep cliffs fall to the sea; and by the marshy lands of the River Frome and Poole Harbour to the north. Its western boundary is less well defined, with some medieval sources placing it at Flower's Barrow above Worbarrow Bay. [1]
Here, the Piddle turns to follow an east-south-easterly direction 12 miles (19 km) to Wareham, where it enters Poole Harbour via Wareham Channel. This section of the river runs more or less parallel with its bigger neighbour, the River Frome, together forming a broad, open valley divided by a low ridge of heathland.
The town is built on a strategic dry point between the River Frome and the River Piddle at the head of the Wareham Channel of Poole Harbour. The Frome Valley runs through an area of unresistant sand, clay and gravel rocks, and much of its valley has wide flood plains and marsh land. At its estuary the river has formed the wide shallow ria of ...