BLUE POOL

Set north of the Purbeck Hills between Wareham and Corfe Castle off the A351.

The Blue Pool at Furzebrook constantly varies in colour. Very fine clay in suspension in the water diffracts light in different ways producing a spectrum of colour sometimes green sometimes turquoise.

The clay pit was dug in the 19th. century for the pottery of Josiah Wedgwood and others.

Set in a deep clay bowl, steps lead down to the waters edge or up to views of the Purbeck Hills. The Pool is surrounded by 25 acres of heath woodland and gorse interlaced with sandy paths that seem to take you to another world.
The web-site says 'discover the luxury of silence'. How right they are!