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Swanage Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station [1] located on Peveril Point in the town of Swanage in Dorset, England. It operates two lifeboats, the Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat 13-13 George Thomas Lacy (ON 1320) and the D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat (ILB) Roy Norgrove (D-884).
Swanage's primary sources of employment are wholesale and retail trade (including mechanics), health and social work, and accommodation and food service activities. [1] The town has a tourism industry; however, the demand level is highly seasonal, and as such people looking for permanent work may have to commute to nearby towns such as Poole ...
The museum had exhibits relating to Swanage and Purbeck, including geology, local history, archaeology, maritime and stone quarrying. [4] The tithe barn is Grade II listed and is built of Purbeck stone. [5] The listing entry describes the barn as 18th-century, although the local historian David Lewer attributed it to the 16th-century. [6]
Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. Swanage station. The Swanage Railway is a railway branch line from near Wareham, Dorset to Swanage, Dorset, England, opened in 1885 and now operated as a heritage railway. The independent company which built it was amalgamated with the larger London and South Western Railway in 1886. The ...
In June each year the gardens host the Swanage Fish Festival. [10] An episode of BBC's Songs of Praise was filmed in the gardens in 2021. [11] Other music and theatre performances take place in the gardens. [12] The open air theatre group, SISATA, started with a week's run in the gardens in 2012. [13]
37 ft 6 in (11.43 m) boat. Originally stationed at Swanage and then Falmouth. Sold in 1941 and converted to a replica galleon. [11] 1934–1961 Lizard-Polpeor 769 Duke of York: Watson: 41 ft (12 m) motor lifeboat. Sold in 1961 and reported to be at Wexford in 2023. [12] 1941–1963 Cadgwith 826 Guide of Dunkirk: Self-righter
The Great Globe at Swanage is one of the largest stone spheres in the world and stands at Durlston Castle within Durlston Country Park, a 113-hectare (280-acre) country park and nature reserve. [1] It is constructed of Portland stone, weighs about 40 tonnes and is 3 metres (10 ft) in diameter. [2] The Great Globe with Durlston Castle in the rear
Swanage Town Hall is a municipal building on Swanage High Street in Dorset. Constructed by the local building contractor George Burt in 1882–83, it reused materials salvaged from demolition works in London. The façade was rescued from London's 17th-century Mercers' Hall and the external clock is dated to 1826. It was not universally welcomed ...