Coast Guard Station

Coast Guard Station is a coast guard station in Swanage, Purbeck District, England. Coast Guard Station is situated nearby to the building Swanage Lifeboat Station, as well as near Wellington clock tower.

Places of Interest Nearby

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. Wellington clock tower is situated 440 feet west of Coast Guard Station.

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. Swanage Pier is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Coast Guard Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peveril Point and Herston.

Peveril Point

Locality

Photo: Ojl, CC BY 2.5.

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.

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.

Coast Guard Station

Type: Coast guard station
Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.60716° or 50° 36′ 26″ north

Longitude

-1.9461° or 1° 56′ 46″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

9C2WJ343+VH

GeoNames ID

12110770

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