Poole is a fast growing resort for the discerning with excellent facilities for sailing, fishing, water-skiing and scuba diving. Sandbanks beach is officially recognised as one or Europe's cleanest. The Mansion House is centrally placed for touring Hardy's Dorset Villages, the beautiful New Forest and historic Stonehenge, Salisbury and Winchester.

The hotel boasts the most elegant staircase of any hotel in Dorset and all rooms are ensuite and tastefully furnished with antiques to create the atmosphere of a large private town house. Twenty eight bedrooms available with colour tv (inc. satellite), direct dial telephone, hairdryer, digital radio alarm and trouser press.