The Haven Hotel
by Gordon James
Title
The Haven Hotel
Artist
Gordon James
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Photograph - Photography Digital
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The Haven Hotel is an AA four star hotel in Sandbanks, near Poole, Dorset on the south coast of England.
The first hotel built on this location was the North Haven Inn in 1838. The Inn was demolished and replaced with the present Haven Hotel in 1887.
Guglielmo Marconi established a wireless transmitter at The Haven Hotel in 1898, and carried out some of his first wireless telegraphy experiments from the hotel. Photographs and information on these experiments are still on display in the Marconi Lounge, within the hotel.
Other notable guests include Robert Browning, John Major and Real Madrid football team in 2014.
The Haven Hotel housed Belgian refugees during the First World War and was a military contact point during the Second World War, and was at one stage a Naval detachment. In 1976, The Haven Hotel was purchased by the hotel chain FJB Hotels.
In 2017, a planning application was made to demolish the hotel and build a six-storey apartment block on the site, and resulted in thousands of letters of objection from members of the public. Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council are expected to rule on the application in 2021.
This image was taken in October 2021.
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October 27th, 2021
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Lesley Evered
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