Swanage features [4]
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Swanage features [4]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 12 Dec 2020
Outside the Purbeck Hotel on High Street is this K6 telephone box, designed in 1935 by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1323634 Swanage is a coastal town in the Isle of Purbeck, some 6 miles south of Poole and 25 miles east of Dorchester. Originally a small port and fishing village the town flourished in the Victorian era after the arrival of the railway and it first became a significant quarrying port and later a seaside resort. Tourism is an important part of the economy albeit seasonal and residents commute to Poole and Bournemouth for permanent employment. The town is the terminus of the heritage Swanage Railway.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.607738
Longitude
-1.955573