Swanage Bay
Swanage Bay is a bay in England, United Kingdom. Swanage Bay is situated nearby to the locality Peveril Point, as well as near Ballard Down.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre and The Mowlem.
Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre
Museum
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Steinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Swanage railway station is located in Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. Originally the terminus of a London and South Western Railway branch line from Wareham, the line and station were closed by British Rail in 1972.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swanage and Peveril Point.
Swanage
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swanage is a coastal town of 9,600 people in Dorset. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns. Town is a popular tourist resort, with many thousands of visitors coming to the town during the peak summer season, drawn by the bay's sandy beaches and other attractions.
Peveril Point
Locality
Peveril Point is a headland on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay.
Swanage Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: Bay in Dorset, England
- Category: body of water
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.61728° or 50° 37′ 2″ northLongitude
-1.94909° or 1° 56′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C2WJ382+W9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29687626OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2636444Wikidata ID
Q24637801
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Swanage Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Swanage Bay”
- Swedish: “Swanage Bay”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ballard Down and Ballard Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swanage Beach and Shep’s Hollow.
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