Dorset
Purbeck District
Swanage

Swanage Pier

Swanage Pier is a Victorian which extends into the southern end of Swanage Bay near the town of , in the south-east of . It was built in 1895 for passenger ship services.
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Photo: Kyriondaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Kyriondaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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  • Type: Pier
  • Description: pier in Swanage, Dorset, England, UK

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre and The Mowlem.

Museum
Photo: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre is a local history museum and family history centre in , . The museum was established in 1976; it merged with and has been collocated with the heritage centre in its current location since 2005. is situated 1,300 feet west of Swanage Pier.

Theater building
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a theater building, which is situated 1,600 feet west of Swanage Pier.

Library
Photo: Sebastian Ballard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1,700 feet west of Swanage Pier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peveril Point and Herston.

Locality
Photo: Ojl, CC BY 2.5.
is a headland on the east-facing coast of the in , England, and is part of the town of . It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay.

Neighborhood
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a western suburb of the town of , in , . It has its own railway station – Near – on the Swanage Railway.

Swanage Pier

Latitude
50.60876° or 50° 36′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.9501° or 1° 57′ 0″ west
Open location code
9C2WJ25X+GX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 877685629
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­pier
Geo­Names ID
11102859
Wiki­data ID
Q7653552
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Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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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 “Swanage Pier”. Photo: Kyriondaniel, CC BY-SA 4.0.