Places

The original Swanage Pier was built between 1859 and 1860 for use primarily by the local stone quarrying industry, and Read more…

The Durlstone Head Globe is on the cliffs of Durlston Head and is often refered to as the “Large Globe” Read more…

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

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

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

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

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

Built from local stone, Anvil Point Lighthouse was completed in 1881 and opened by Neville Chamberlain’s father, then Minister of 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…

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