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Swanage Lifeboat
Swanage Lifeboat
Swanage Lifeboat Station is one of over 230 RNLI lifeboat stations around the coast of the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
The RNLI is a charity and relys on voluntary contributions from the public to keep its lifeboats at sea. At Swanage we have 2 lifeboats, an All Weather ‘Mersey’ class and a ‘D-Class’ inshore lifeboat.
We have a volunteer crew of which 26...
Steam Gala gets Cornish Dock Tanks
Cornish Dock TankCHARMING CORNISH DOCK TANKS ARRIVE TO STAR IN GRAND STEAM GALA – AND MAKE DORSET RAILWAY HISTORY!
Two diminutive and charming Cornish locomotives have arrived on the Swanage Railway to star in the heritage line’s Grand Steam Gala – and make a very special piece of Dorset railway history!
Bagnall-manufactured saddle tanks ‘Judy’ and ‘Alfred’ – dating...
Regatta & Carnival events
Swanage Railway Signal Box by Andrew P M Wright
RAILWAY VOLUNTEERS MAKE IT EASY TO TRAVEL TO THE SWANAGE REGATTA AND CARNIVAL’S FUND-RAISING EVENTS
Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are supporting the town’s annual regatta and carnival by running extra trains so revellers can leave their cars at Norden Park & Ride and let the train take the strain.
Evening trains will be running...



