Poole Sandbanks Peninsular

Dorset's "Isle" of Purbeck, a peninsula of chalk and limestone on the Jurassic Coast, with sea stacks, quarried stone and a ruined castle

0.6 km S

Chalk ridges, quiet combes and one of the finest coastlines in England, from Lyme Bay to Purbeck

1.3 km W

National Trust island in Poole Harbour where red squirrels survive, with a wader-filled lagoon, woodland paths and the first Scout camp site

1.4 km W

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

1.4 km SW · spans 4 counties

Three brilliant white chalk stacks and stumps at the seaward tip of the Purbeck, marking the eastern start of the Jurassic Coast.

5.2 km S

Four miles of soft Dorset sand between Old Harry Rocks and Poole Harbour, with wild heath and dunes at its back

5.9 km S