Studland Bay, in Dorset, is the only known breeding ground in the UK for the spiney and short-snouted sea horse.

Studland Beach in Dorset, has been used by naturists for nearly 100 years. Two of its naturist visitors were author George Bernhard Shaw and children's authoress Enid Blyton. With her familiarity of the area, the nearby village of Studland was the basis for Toytown in her Noddy books and used again in her Famous Five stories.