Studland

The beautiful three-mile-long beach at Studland Bay is close at hand, and Swanage has lots of old-fashioned seaside activities including putting, tennis and bowls, and a couple of great fish-and-chip shops.

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By car: Follow B3351 from Corfe Castle, five miles or from Poole to Studland via chain ferry.

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By bike: Leave National Cycle Network route 2 where it joins the Ferry Road, then head south into Studland one mile and follow foot directions

Ten top UK winter walks: Old Harry Rocks, Dorset 2010

Cafe on South Beach and National Trust holiday cottage in Studland village.

Ten top UK winter walks: Old Harry Rocks, Dorset 2010

Only on the Studland side of Poole harbour is the landscape still relatively wild and unspoilt, though Brownsea was utterly wild for a spell in the last century.

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By foot: From the cross roads in Studland village, take the lane by the post office, and follow it round to the Bankes Arms pub

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Plans for Studland and Purbeck were due to be completed in 2000, plans for West Dorset will be updated in 2000-2001.

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I took with me copies of the 1st Canadian Corps papers dealing with this evolution of the tactics and techniques of the assault landing, as demonstrated at Studland Bay.

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In the following weeks the 3rd Canadian Division with its allotted Naval and Air Forces, evolved a mutually satisfactory operation of procedure and technique which was effectively demonstrated to a very important gathering in a combined Exercise known as "Pirate" which took place in Studland Bay, off the Isle of Wight, in October, 1943.

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Six months later, in the landing of the Allied Forces on the Normandy Beaches, the basic plan, the methods and techniques, bought and paid for by the 2nd Canadian Division at Dieppe, and demonstrated, over a year later, by the 3rd Canadian Division at Studland Bay, were put into successful execution.

Some Reminiscences of 1935-45 1949