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During its history the bay was listed variously as Swanawic, Swanwich and Sandwich, [3] and only in more recent history as Swanage. [4] The town is located at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The town contains many listed buildings and two conservation areas – Swanage Conservation Area and Herston Conservation ...
The Swanage Railway has been reopened as a heritage railway. During World War I and II Dorset, located on the English Channel , was both a target and important to the Royal Navy . The large Portland Harbour , built at the end of the 19th century and protected by Nothe Fort and the Verne Citadel , was for many years, including during the wars ...
The Priest's Way is the historical route taken by clergy from St Nicholas's, Worth Matravers to St Mary's Church, Swanage in the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The track arose as a result of St Mary's being a chapel of ease to St Nicholas's, and followed the route priests took to say mass in Swanage. A modern footpath and bridleway follows much of ...
Swanage Museum and Heritage Centre in 2008. Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre is a local history museum and family history centre in Swanage, Dorset.The museum was established in 1976; it merged with and has been collocated with the heritage centre in its current location since 2005.
Swanage, the main town and resort of Purbeck, with the Purbeck Hills in the background. Other places of note are: Swanage, at the eastern end of the peninsula, is a seaside resort. At one time it was linked by a branch railway line from Wareham; this was closed in 1972, but has now partially reopened as the Swanage Railway, a heritage railway.
The Jurassic Coast stretches from Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset, a distance of 96 miles (154 km). Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001, the Jurassic Coast was the first wholly natural World Heritage Site to be designated in the United Kingdom. [2]
Swanage Pier is a Victorian pier which extends into the southern end of Swanage Bay near the town of Swanage, in the south-east of Dorset. It was built in 1895 for passenger ship services. [ 2 ] It is situated on the eastern coast of the Isle of Purbeck , approximately 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10.1 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of ...
The Prince Albert Memorial is a memorial in Swanage, Dorset in the form of a stone obelisk to Prince Albert, the consort of Queen Victoria, who died in 1861. The memorial was erected in 1862, and is notable for having been the earliest civic memorial to the Prince. It was dismantled in 1971, and only rebuilt 50 years later, in 2021.