Guest houses and B&Bs in the Old Town, the villages and the quiet streets a short walk from the harbour.
A bed and breakfast is often the better call in Poole, because the town's most interesting streets are residential rather than commercial.
Rooms in the Old Town put you inside the historic quarter, a few minutes from the Quay and the boats. Parking is the thing to confirm.
Ashley Cross, Parkstone, Hamworthy and Broadstone have guest houses that are quieter, usually have space for a car, and cost less.
See also hotels and self-catering.
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Usually, yes, particularly away from the Sandbanks peninsula. A B&B in the Old Town or one of the villages typically costs well under a sea-view hotel room for the same access to the harbour.
Many do, but it is the thing to check first: parking in the Old Town and near the Quay is tight, and a room without a space can mean paying for a car park every night.
Sandbanks hotels, harbourside flats a street back from the Quay and the quieter beds out at Hamworthy and Broadstone, with the areas each one suits.