Swanage

Swanage is a coastal town of 9,600 people in . It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns. The town is a popular tourist resort, with many thousands of visitors coming to the town during the peak summer season, drawn by the bay's sandy beaches and other attractions.
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  • Town with about 9,430 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 feet (10 metres)
  • …is also known as “Swanage, Dorset”
  • Description: coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England

Places of Interest

Highlights include Durlston Country Park and Swanage Railway Station.
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is a 320-acre country park and…
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is located in Swanage, on the…
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Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre is a local history…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peveril Point and Herston.
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is a headland on the east-facing coast…
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is a western suburb of the town of Swanage, in , .
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is a headland that is part of the…

Swanage

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Latitude
50.6087° or 50° 36′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.9572° or 1° 57′ 26″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SWE
Open location code
9C2WJ25V+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29219529
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2636445
Wiki­data ID
Q1009298

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Swanage” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Սուոնեյջ”
  • Asturian: “Swanage”
  • Basque: “Swanage”
  • Belarusian: “Санадж”
  • Bengali: “সোয়ানাগে”
  • Bulgarian: “Суонидж”
  • Catalan: “Swanage”
  • Cebuano: “Swanage”
  • Chinese: “斯旺納奇”
  • Chinese: “斯旺纳奇”
  • Chinese: “斯沃尼奇”
  • Czech: “Swanage”
  • Dutch: “Swanage”
  • French: “Swanage”
  • Georgian: “სუონიჯი”
  • German: “Swanage”
  • Gujarati: “સ્વાનેજ”
  • Irish: “Swanage”
  • Italian: “Swanage”
  • Japanese: “スォニッジ”
  • Japanese: “スワニッジ”
  • Japanese: “スワネージ”
  • Japanese: “スワネイジ”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ವಾನೇಜ್”
  • Korean: “스와니지”
  • Ladin: “Swanage”
  • Latin: “Swanage”
  • Lithuanian: “Svonedžas”
  • Macedonian: “Свониџ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Swanage”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Swanage Bay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Swanage”
  • Persian: “سوانج”
  • Polish: “Swanage”
  • Portuguese: “Swanage”
  • Romanian: “Swanage”
  • Russian: “Санадж”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Swanage”
  • Slovenian: “Swanage”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سوانج”
  • Spanish: “Swanage”
  • Swedish: “Swanage”
  • Tamil: “ஸ்வானேஜி”
  • Telugu: “స్వానేజ్”
  • Turkish: “Swanage”
  • Urdu: “سوانیج”
  • Welsh: “Swanage”

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