Anvil Point Lighthouse
The Anvil Point Lighthouse is a fully automated lighthouse located at Durlston Country Park near Swanage in Dorset, England. It is owned by Trinity House and currently operated as two holiday cottages.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tilly Whim Caves and Durlston Country Park.
Tilly Whim Caves
Cave
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Tilly Whim Caves consists of three stone quarries in Durlston Country Park, 1 mile south of Swanage, on the Isle of Purbeck, in Dorset, southern England. Tilly Whim Caves is situated 490 feet east of Anvil Point Lighthouse.
Durlston Country Park
Nature reserve
Durlston Country Park is a 320-acre country park and nature reserve stretching along the coast of the Isle of Purbeck on the outskirts of Swanage in Dorset, England.
Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre
Museum
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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 Museum & Heritage Centre is situated 1¼ miles north of Anvil Point Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anvil Point and Peveril Point.
Anvil Point
Locality
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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
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.
Anvil Point Lighthouse
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.5919° or 50° 35′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.95997° or 1° 57′ 36″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9C2WH2RR+Q2OpenStreetMap ID
way 272154160OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11071816Wikidata ID
Q15182446
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Polish—“Anvil Point Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Anvil Point”
- French: “phare d’Anvil Point”
- French: “Phare d’Anvil Point”
- Italian: “Faro di Anvil Point”
- Japanese: “アンヴィル・ポイント灯台”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Anvil Point”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Anvil Point Lighthouse”. Photo: JimChampion, CC BY-SA 3.0.