Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone
Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone is a nature reserve in Studland, Purbeck District, England. Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone is situated nearby to the locality Redend Point, as well as near Woodside.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: UK marine area established to protect nationally important, rare or threatened habitats and species
- Also known as: “Studland Bay MCZ” and “UKMCZ0072”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Old Harry Rocks and Fort Henry.
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.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swanage and Canford Cliffs.
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.
Canford Cliffs
Suburb
Photo: Michael9559, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Canford Cliffs is a suburb of Poole in Dorset, England. The neighbourhood lies on the English Channel coast midway between Poole and Bournemouth. To the southwest is Sandbanks which has some of the highest property values in the world; with Canford Cliffs it forms a parish which has the fourth highest property prices in the world and second highest in the United Kingdom after London.
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.
Studland Bay Marine Conservation Zone
- Categories: Marine Conservation Zone and recreation area
- Location: Studland, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.6571° or 50° 39′ 25″ northLongitude
-1.9383° or 1° 56′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C2WM346+RMOpenStreetMap ID
way 840593895OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveWikidata ID
Q104832690
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Studland Bay and Knoll Beach.
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