Swanage Railway
Swanage Railway is a heritage railway and museum. Head 200 m northwest of Swanage to reach it. Our list has 45 more places within 15 km; first among them is Corfe Castle, at 6.2 km.
Heritage railway near Swanage
Just outside Swanage
Swanage Railway is 200 m northwest of Swanage. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The weather, month by month
The warmest stretch in Swanage is June to September, at 18–21°C in the afternoon.
Swanage Railway
It has articles in 5 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Heritage railway
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- 200 m northwest of Swanage
- Official site
- swanagerailway.co.uk
The area around Swanage Railway
The numbers show what else is near Swanage Railway, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Swanage Railway
Swanage tops the 8 for size, at 9,115 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Swanage
Langton Matravers
Harman's Cross
Studland
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Swanage Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanage | 200 m southeast of it | 9,115 | 21 |
| Langton Matravers | 700 m west of it | 868 | 23 |
| Harman's Cross | 2.3 km west of it | 404 | 23 |
| Studland | 3.4 km northeast of it | 260 | 16 |
| Worth Matravers | 3.9 km southwest of it | 260 | 14 |
| Corfe Castle | 5.4 km west of it | 890 | 17 |
| Ridge | 11 km northwest of it | 305 | 9 |
| Stoborough | 11 km northwest of it | 868 | 9 |
More near Swanage Railway
There are 45 within 15 km, 3 museums, 2 castles and a pier among them.
Castle · National TrustCorfe Castle6.2 km away · 190K visitors a year (2010)2
CastleBrownsea Castle8.5 km away3
MuseumSwanage Museum & Heritage Centre2 km away4
PierSwanage Pier2.3 km away5
MuseumPurbeck Mining Museum6.7 km away6
MuseumRussell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum14 km away7
FortFort Henry4.3 km away8
GardenCompton Acres11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Good to know about Swanage Railway
Where is Swanage Railway?
Swanage Railway is 200 m northwest of Swanage, Dorset.
What is Swanage Railway?
Heritage railway and museum in Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Swanage Railway?
June to September are the warmest months in Swanage, with afternoon highs of 18–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Swanage Railway?
Within 15 km: Corfe Castle (6.2 km), Brownsea Castle (8.5 km), Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre (2 km) and Swanage Pier (2.3 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Swanage Railway: LordHarris at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Corfe Castle: Albany E. Howarth, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Brownsea Castle: Iain A. Wanless, https://www.flickr.com/photos/reemul/, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre: Nicholas Mutton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Swanage Pier: Daniel Schmidt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Purbeck Mining Museum: John Rowley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Russell Cotes Art Gallery & Museum: User:LordHarris, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Henry: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Compton Acres: Derbrauni, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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