Studland Beach
Beach · A National Trust sweep of sheltered golden sand and dunes in Studland Bay, a short walk from the path out to Old Harry.
Old Harry Rocks
White chalk stacks off the Handfast Point headland, reached by an easy clifftop walk from Studland on the eastern edge of the Jurassic Coast.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 3 h 52 min by train · Over 4 h by car
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Time there: 1.5–3 h to see its one place
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A gentle clifftop walk of about 3.5 miles from Studland, taking one to two hours, leads out to the chalk stacks and back over the ridge of Ballard Down.
The stacks stand at the eastern edge of the Jurassic Coast, England's only natural World Heritage Site, and are the first major landmark for walkers starting the South West Coast Path from the east.
Old Harry's Wife stood beside him until 1896, when erosion brought her down, and on a clear day the views take in the Isle of Wight and The Needles, which were once joined to this chalk.
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