Guidebook for Swanage
Food Scene
The mussels and Pink Cava with a bowl of chips can't be beaten. Their crepes are delicious too.They have fabulous sea views- and the best thing is they sell tea in proper mugs- not polystyrene cups.
29 habitants recommandent
Gee Whites Seafood Restaurant
1 High StThe mussels and Pink Cava with a bowl of chips can't be beaten. Their crepes are delicious too.They have fabulous sea views- and the best thing is they sell tea in proper mugs- not polystyrene cups.
fantastic breakfast and cakes. They do a great raost on Sundays and the American owner often does American style and West Indian style dishes.They also do pancakes for Breakfast
Brook Tea Rooms
15 The Paradefantastic breakfast and cakes. They do a great raost on Sundays and the American owner often does American style and West Indian style dishes.They also do pancakes for Breakfast
This is a really good local fish and chip shop for those nights when you can't be bothered to cook.
Harlees Swanage
355 High StreetThis is a really good local fish and chip shop for those nights when you can't be bothered to cook.
Beavers
14 Institute RdLovely friendly restaurant with home cooked food, lovely cakes including Dorset Cream Teas.
The Castle has the most fantastic views of Swanage Bay, Old Harry and occasional dolphine. The Food is fantastic, a bit more upmarket than other local restaurants but still very reasonable.
81 habitants recommandent
Parc national et réserve naturelle de Durlston
Lighthouse RoadThe Castle has the most fantastic views of Swanage Bay, Old Harry and occasional dolphine. The Food is fantastic, a bit more upmarket than other local restaurants but still very reasonable.
Home made quiches, salads, soups cakes, great coffee and tea. Quirky furniture and kids toys. They catered for my daughters wedding in 2015
38 habitants recommandent
Love Cake Etc
42 High StHome made quiches, salads, soups cakes, great coffee and tea. Quirky furniture and kids toys. They catered for my daughters wedding in 2015
Essentials
5 minutes from the Clubhouse, has an in-house butcher with lovely local meat, vegetables, fresh bread, newspapers and a post office. Open 8-8 most days
Costcutters
208 High St5 minutes from the Clubhouse, has an in-house butcher with lovely local meat, vegetables, fresh bread, newspapers and a post office. Open 8-8 most days
A good sized supermarket with local delicacies such as Dorset Lamb, venison and cakes. Open most days till 9pm.
15 habitants recommandent
Budgens
36 Station RdA good sized supermarket with local delicacies such as Dorset Lamb, venison and cakes. Open most days till 9pm.
Larger, better stocked supermarket with everything you might need on your break. The taxi rank is nearby so you can just cab back up to the van.There are some smaller shops with local produce in town
24 habitants recommandent
Co-op Food - Swanage
52 Kings Rd WLarger, better stocked supermarket with everything you might need on your break. The taxi rank is nearby so you can just cab back up to the van.There are some smaller shops with local produce in town
Everything Else
the Gym has a great selection of weights and machines and exercise classes.There is also a lovely swimming pool in the Club House. Both are reasonably priced.
Joe’s Gym
the Gym has a great selection of weights and machines and exercise classes.There is also a lovely swimming pool in the Club House. Both are reasonably priced.
Our Caravan is on this site. Lots of people spend several months a year there. There are a few rentable vans but it is a quiet, friendly park with a Bar and restaurant. There are kids activities
Swanage Bay View Holiday Home Park
Panorama RoadOur Caravan is on this site. Lots of people spend several months a year there. There are a few rentable vans but it is a quiet, friendly park with a Bar and restaurant. There are kids activities
A real steam railway run by volunteers that goes all the way to Corfe Castle up the Valley. There's a sweet tea-room in an old Railway Carriage and stalls at the weekend that sell railway memorabilia
10 habitants recommandent
Swanage Railway Company
Station RoadA real steam railway run by volunteers that goes all the way to Corfe Castle up the Valley. There's a sweet tea-room in an old Railway Carriage and stalls at the weekend that sell railway memorabilia
Double decker Buses- some open topped ones- run to Bournemouth via Studland& the Chain Ferry at Sandbanks. Others run to local Villages, Corfe, Wareham and Poole with incredible views over the hedges.
Bus Station (Stop 1)
Double decker Buses- some open topped ones- run to Bournemouth via Studland& the Chain Ferry at Sandbanks. Others run to local Villages, Corfe, Wareham and Poole with incredible views over the hedges.
Drinks & Nightlife
Really nice pub with lovely home made food and roast dinners on Sunday. Real fires in the winter. There are other pubs selling Piddle beers and real ale in town and all sell really nice food.
37 habitants recommandent
Black Swan Inn
159 High StreetReally nice pub with lovely home made food and roast dinners on Sunday. Real fires in the winter. There are other pubs selling Piddle beers and real ale in town and all sell really nice food.
Arts & Culture
A really small theatre/cinema that shows recent block busters and plays and has a local Produce and Craft Market inside and outside every Sunday.
18 habitants recommandent
The Mowlem Theatre
Shore RoadA really small theatre/cinema that shows recent block busters and plays and has a local Produce and Craft Market inside and outside every Sunday.
This lovely new museum features lots of fossils found in and around Kimmeridge by a local man, Steve Etches.Hes managed to get lottery and other funding to get a beautiful local museum built to showcase what he has found, how he looks for fossils and has wonderful screens so you feel you are in an aquarium with prehistoric creratures swimming above you. Loads of great interactive screens to find out more and a massive microscope on the ground floor where you can examine fossils and minerals. Great sheets for kids to complete, nice gift shop and just across the road from Clavells, a famous ice cream and afternoon tea place. Ticket is valid for a year!
28 habitants recommandent
The Etches Collection, Museum of Jurassic Marine Life
This lovely new museum features lots of fossils found in and around Kimmeridge by a local man, Steve Etches.Hes managed to get lottery and other funding to get a beautiful local museum built to showcase what he has found, how he looks for fossils and has wonderful screens so you feel you are in an aquarium with prehistoric creratures swimming above you. Loads of great interactive screens to find out more and a massive microscope on the ground floor where you can examine fossils and minerals. Great sheets for kids to complete, nice gift shop and just across the road from Clavells, a famous ice cream and afternoon tea place. Ticket is valid for a year!
Sightseeing
A really amazing National trust beach with 3 car parks cafes on 2 of them(not the one by the car ferry) Middle beach has a watersports centre and there is a nudist beach nearby.
23 habitants recommandent
Knoll Beach Studland
A really amazing National trust beach with 3 car parks cafes on 2 of them(not the one by the car ferry) Middle beach has a watersports centre and there is a nudist beach nearby.
Lovely bay with lovely rock pools and one of those metal men made by Antony Gormley a famous English sculpture. There's a little marine conservation information centre which is great for kids
120 habitants recommandent
Kimmeridge Bay
Lovely bay with lovely rock pools and one of those metal men made by Antony Gormley a famous English sculpture. There's a little marine conservation information centre which is great for kids
A deserted village in a valley that was emptied during the war with school house,church and houses. Itsin the middle of the Lulworth Tank Shooting Ranges so only open at weekends
28 habitants recommandent
Tyneham
A deserted village in a valley that was emptied during the war with school house,church and houses. Itsin the middle of the Lulworth Tank Shooting Ranges so only open at weekends