Peveril Point

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.

Photo: Ojl, CC BY 2.5.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swanage Lifeboat Station and Wellington clock tower.

Swanage Lifeboat Station

Building

Swanage Lifeboat Station can be found on the north facing shore of Peveril Point, a headland on the Isle of Purbeck, to the south of Swanage, a seaside resort and town sitting mid-way between Weymouth and Bournemouth, on the Jurassic coast of the county of Dorset in southern England.

Wellington clock tower

Building

Photo: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Wellington clock tower is a structure that stands on the seafront at Swanage in Dorset, England. It was originally built by the Commissioners for Lighting the West Division of Southwark at the southern end of London Bridge in 1854.

Swanage Pier

Pier

Photo: Kyriondaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herston and Anvil Point.

Herston

Neighborhood

Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Herston is a western suburb of the town of Swanage, in Dorset, England. It has its own railway station – Herston Halt railway station Near Corfe Castle – on the Swanage Railway.

Anvil Point

Locality

Photo: Huligan0, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Anvil Point is a headland that is part of the Jurassic Coast on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. It is within the grounds of Durlston Country Park and is about 3 kilometres from Swanage town centre. Anvil Point Lighthouse is located on the point and was established in 1881.

Peveril Point

Type: Locality
Description: headland in Dorset, England, UK
Categories: promontory and headland
Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.6072° or 50° 36′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.94371° or 1° 56′ 37″ west

Elevation

-3 feet (-1 metres)

Open location code

9C2WJ344+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2776449446

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

GeoNames ID

3211311

Wikidata ID

Q1530568

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Peveril Point” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Peveril Point”
Dutch: “Peveril Point”
German: “Peveril Point”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Peveril Point”
Swedish: “Peveril Point”

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