Studland
Studland is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The village is located about 2 miles north of the town of Swanage, over a steep chalk ridge, and 3 miles south of the South East Dorset conurbation at Sandbanks, from which it is separated by Poole Harbour.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Henry and Old Harry Rocks.
Fort Henry
Fort Henry is a World War Two observation bunker overlooking Studland Bay, in Dorset. It was constructed during September-October 1943 by 12 Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers for Exercise Pirate, the first large scale, live fire, rehearsal for the Normandy Landings.Old Harry Rocks
Old Harry Rocks are three chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located at Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England. They mark the most eastern point of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sandbanks and Nine Barrow Down.
Sandbanks
Suburb
Sandbanks is an affluent neighbourhood of Poole, Dorset, on the south coast of England, situated on a narrow spit of around 1 km2 or 0.39 sq mi extending into the mouth of Poole Harbour.
Nine Barrow Down
Locality
Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation.
Swanage
Swanage is a coastal town of 9,600 people in Dorset. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns. The town is a popular tourist resort, with many thousands of visitors coming to the town during the peak summer season, drawn by the bay's sandy beaches and other attractions.Studland
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Studland Bay”
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.65042° or 50° 39′ 2″ north
Longitude
-1.9486° or 1° 56′ 55″ west
Open location code
9C2WM322+5H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
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