Looking for a taxi transfer to a Cruise Ship Terminal from Poole? Why not start your cruise in style, we offer cost effective travel from Pooleto the following ports:

• Poole to the Port of Dover
• Poole to the Port of Greenock/Glasgow
• Poole to the Port of Harwich
• Poole to the Port of Hull
• Poole to the Port of Liverpool
• Poole to the Port of Portsmouth
• Poole to the Port of Southampton
• Poole to the Port of Leith/Edinburgh
• Poole to the Port of London Tilbury
• Poole to the Port of Felixstowe
• Poole to the Port of Newcastle

With many years’ experience in ensuring our customers arrive at their destination on time, Cars Exec offer the very best in service with our excellent chauffeurs.

Our chauffeur driven taxi service provides comfort, style and luxury, all in one trip, to any of the major UK cruise ports from your home or airport. We will then be there on your return, ready to take care of you and your luggage, returning you home with the minimum of stress.

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Professional corporate travel

We provide a trusted, professional but discreet service to our business and corporate clients in Poole, with impeccable chauffeur driven cars as well as luxury people carriers to Poole based UK Companies, international business and discerning private clients, travelling to and from London.

Cars Exec offer cars to and from important meetings, a meet and greet service from major airports and train stations across mainland UK. as well as a daily commute service locally, or long distance to London and other UK cities

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Want to make your special event even more stylish? We will sweep you off to a day at the races, a concert, a birthday treat or even a proposal in our comfortable, luxurious cars. Just sit back and relax as you ride in style in executive chauffeur driven hire,

• Wimbledon.
• Birthday Treat / Surprise.
• Ascot.
• Silverstone.
• Wembley / O2 Arena.
• Anniversary celebrations.

Our VIP car service is the perfect prestige car hire service for you if you want to make the right impression, but at comparable taxi prices.

Poole in Dorset

Poole is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is 21 miles east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east.

Human settlement in the area dates back to before the Iron Age. The earliest recorded use of the town’s name was in the 12th century when the town began to emerge as an important port, prospering with the introduction of the wool trade. Later, the town had important trade links with North America and, at its peak during the 18th century, it was one of the busiest ports in Britain. In the Second World War, Poole was one of the main departing points for the Normandy landings.

Early History of Poole

Iron Age/Roman History
The massive Poole logboat dredged from the Harbour is one of the finest examples in Western Europe and has been carbon dated to about 295BC. The logboat can be viewed at Poole Museum.

During the Roman conquest of southern England a military port was situated at Hamworthy. The Roman forces active in the Poole area were commanded by a future emperor – Vespasian.

Saxon History
Massive oyster shell deposits containing millions of shells lie under Poole and Hamworthy Quays. These seem to represent the discarded waste from an oyster fishery of mid-late Saxon date. In 876 A.D. and 998 A.D. Viking fleets entered Poole Harbour sacking Wareham, Wimborne and other settlements.

Norman History
In 1248 the crusader knight William Longespee granted his borough of “La Pole” a measure of self-government under the Longespee Charter. He was killed in battle in Egypt in 1250.

Medieval History
Throughout the medieval period Poole was an important port trading with most of the maritime nations of Europe. Substantial stone buildings such as the Town Cellars date from this period.

Elizabethan History
In 1568 Elizabeth I granted the Great Charter under which Poole became “The County of the Town of Poole”, separate from the county of Dorset. A 1574 census showed Poole had a sizable population of 1,373.

Georgian History
Poole has a splendid heritage of Georgian mansions which can be seen in and around Poole’s Old Town. These were largely the product of the wealth created by the Newfoundland trade. Poole ships sailed to Newfoundland where salt cod was loaded and taken to Spain, Portugal and Italy. Back from these countries came valuable goods such as olive oil, wine and salt.

Victorian History
The end of the Napoleonic Wars was the beginning of the end for the Newfoundland trade. The 19th century was a period of decline and political bickering. Gradually the town regained its prosperity. Trade and industry increased and residential suburbs spread beyond the Old Town.

20th Century
Poole played its part in both World Wars and in particular was one of the points from which Operation Overlord was launched for the invasion of Europe in 1944. After the war Poole gathered momentum as an industrial and commercial centre and developed its name as home to many cutting edge industries in the marine, banking, engineering and Tourism sectors.

Poole Today

Many world class brands call Poole their home including Sunseeker International, Lush, the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI), LV=, Merlin Entertainment, Fitness First, Animal, Aish Technologies and major operations of companies such as Barclays, Jordans & Ryvita and Honeywell Analytics. It has also been recognised with Bournemouth as a hot spot for creative tech industries.

Poole has two universities, Bournemouth University, home to the internationally renowned Centre for Computer Animation and Arts University Bournemouth, which has been awarded the Gold standard rating by the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). Bournemouth & Poole College has a state of the art STEM centre and Marine Technology Centre sponsored by Sunseeker International.