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 Swanage
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| Swanage, a small
resort town overlooking Swanage Bay,with great views from Durlston
Head south of the town, and good beach at Studland to the north,
although you have to pay to go on it in the summer as its owned
by the National Trust.
The town is on the Isle Of Purbeck, not an island just where
the land juts out into the English Channel, with Corfe Castle
close by.
The inding streets
of Swanage follow the hills down to the seafront, where there
are attractive buildings around Mill Pond off the Main Street.
Tourist Information
centre in the town.
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Location
Map of Swanage |
What
To See -
Swanage Tourist Attractions
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 Swanage
Railway, this steam railway runs to Corfe
Castle, exhibition in the station, Tel: 01929 425800  |
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| Durleston
Country Park, south, takes in the headland and the cliffs,
also has a globe made of Purbeck marble, visitor centre, shop,
etc, Tel: 01929 424443, car park charge.Map |
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Corfe
Castle, inland on A351, great views from the ruins, National
Trust, Tel: 01929 481294
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Coach House Museum, Langton Matravers, off A351
north of the town,has displays of fossils, stone-working, and
reconstructions of underground quarrying, Tel: 01929 423 168
Map
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| Studland,
north of Swanage, with good beaches and an unspoilt church.
See the Agglestone, a massive ironstone rock to the west as
well as the chalk stacks of Old Harry Rocks offshore. Map |
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Days Out in and around Swanage
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| Visit Corfe
Castle then continue down to the coast to the famous Lulworth
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Towns near Swanage To Visit - straight line distance:
Corfe Castle Tourist Information (4.58 miles) Poole Tourist Information (7.82 miles) Wareham Tourist Information (8.59 miles) Bournemouth Tourist Information (8.85 miles) |
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Tourist
Information Office
The White House, Shore Road
Swanage
tel: 01929
422885
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