Places

Swanage bay has a gentle shelving beach that runs the length of the town and is backed by a promenade Read more…

Studland Beach & Nature Reserve has three miles of beaches (Shell Bay, Knoll Beach, Middle Beach and South Beach) are owned Read more…

Corfe Castle once controlled the Isle of Purbeck, a thousand-year-old castle, that was destroyed during the English Civil War when Read more…

Kimmeridge Bay is part of the Jurassic Coast. This is not a sandy beach but a mixture of sand, pebbles, Read more…

Worbarrow Bay beach is mainly pebbles with a little sand. The beach has a steep shelf and so swimmers will Read more…

Chapman’s Pool is is a small cove backed by cliffs on the Isle of Purbeck near the village of Worth Read more…

The North beach at Swanage is still part of the main Swanage Bay but you are a little further away Read more…

Shell Bay beach is the first beach on the Studland Peninsula, Isle of Purbeck, at the mouth of Poole Harbour. Read more…

Swanage lifeboat station was established in 1875 and operates inshore and all weather lifeboats. Station open Mon-Fri, April – September. Read more…

The Central beach at Swanage is a great family beach set within a Victorian town with a pier. Swanage is Read more…

Dancing Ledge is not so much a beach but an old quarry floor. There are no beaches on this stretch Read more…