And until they decided to build a ridge across Poole harbour making what is literally a rat run to the west where it meets the main road at Upton, it was a lovely peaceful little waterside haven.

The peninsula sits inside Poole Harbour and separates Lychett Bay on one side and Holes Bay and Pergins Island on the other and here stands the large Pilkington Tile factory as well as shipyards and a railway which once ran into the docks, a huge power station was also built here near to the Town Bridge and its tall chimneys cast a shadow over the village but there was worse to come as the power station was used to fill in Turlin Moor and the old brickworks was levelled out to make room for more factories and also for residential housing estates. Wareham Channel was also filled in to provide a Ferry Terminal to carry huge trucks to and from Cherbourg in France, unfortunately today the village is no more but in its place is a very busy suburb of Poole, even its little church has been demolished and a new modern one now stands in its stead.

Hamworthy is also the site of a Royal Marines training base for waterborne operations and is next to Rockley Sands holiday park which has grown so much over the years it is like a little town itself.

What has to be remembered is that though the area has grown and prospered there was an important Roman port here and a supply route to Bradbury Rings.