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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Henry and Old Harry Rocks.
Fort Henry
Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fort Henry is a Grade II listed World War Two observation bunker overlooking Studland Bay, in Dorset. It was built in 1943 to defend the bay from possible German invasion along with other beach defences such as gun emplacements, Type 25 pill boxes and concrete Dragon’s Teeth anti-tank obstacles.
Old Harry Rocks
Photo: John Tomlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. 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″ northLongitude
-1.9486° or 1° 56′ 55″ westOpen location code
9C2WM322+5HOpenStreetMap ID
node 29332821OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3212972
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