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.

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.

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

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.

Durlston

Type: Village
Category: locality
Location: Swanage, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

50.59966° or 50° 35′ 59″ north

Longitude

-1.95869° or 1° 57′ 31″ west

Elevation

157 feet (48 metres)

Open location code

9C2WH2XR+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12730674364

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

13275391

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French: “Durlston”

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