Canford Heath

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Canford Heath
Canford Heath shown within Dorset
Population	Unknown
OS grid reference	SZ027946
District	Poole
Shire county	Dorset
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	POOLE
Postcode district	BH17
Dialling code	01202
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	Poole
List of places: UK • England • Dorset

Coordinates: 50°45′05″N 1°57′43″W / 50.75125, -1.96194

Canford Heath is an area of heathland at Poole in Dorset, UK, that is a Site of Special Scientific Interest and part of the Dorset Heathlands Special Protection Area. It is home to the smooth snake, the sand lizard and the Dartford warbler. The area is within a couple of miles of the coast.

Canford Heath has also given its name to a housing development built on the heathland during the 1980s. Now an established part of Poole, Canford Heath has grown its own community life with two public houses (The Haymoor & The Pilot), a selection of churches, two supermarkets (Asda and Somerfield), five schools and a range of social activities for young people. The Tower Park leisure centre is nearby.

On 19 March 2006 a large fire swept across part of the heathland requiring almost 170 firefighters to extinguish. About 100 people were forced to leave their homes temporarily.^[1]

Contents 1 Schools 1.1 Primary schools 1.2 Middle schools 1.3 Secondary schools 2 Churches 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Schools

[edit] Primary schools

• Adastra First School
• Canford Heath First School

[edit] Middle schools

• Haymoor Middle School
• Canford Heath Middle School

[edit] Secondary schools

• Poole Grammar School
• Ashdown Technology College

[edit] Churches

• Canford Heath Baptist Church
• St. Paul's (Church of England)
• Canford Heath United Reformed Church

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Canford Heath Community