Studland Knoll House is a designated bathing water in Dorset with a sandy shore. Its water quality was classed Excellent at the Environment Agency's last classification. It is one of 41 bathing waters in the county. It lies within Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.
Other bathing waters nearby include Shell Bay North, Poole Sandbanks Peninsular and Swanage Central. Corfe Castle is 7.4 km away to the west.