Walk · Dorset

Peveril Point and the Swanage seafront

Swanage

2.4MILES

1hON FOOT

40mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 55% 45% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 35%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 45%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Broad Road pay and display car park, a minute from the Swanage seafront

Parking

Pay and display, about 150 spaces, full by 10.30am in the school holidays; the central seafront parking is metered and short stay

Directions to the start →

A level 2.4-mile hour round the bay from the town car park along the whole seafront to the pier and out to the ledges at Peveril Point, back through the old town by Church Hill and the mill pond. Promenade, shore path and a short grass headland, barely 40 metres of climb, and the one Swanage walk that works in any weather at any tide. Start at the Broad Road pay and display, roughly 150 spaces two minutes from the sand, with Swanage on the number 40 bus and the steam railway from Norden. Dogs are excluded from the central beach between 1 May and 30 September under the Dorset Council order, but the northern end past the sailing club and the Peveril ledges stay open, and the ledges give safe shallow rock pools for a paddle; leads on the promenade and the pier approach.

THE SMALL PRINTUnder the Dorset Council dog PSPO dogs are excluded from the central Swanage beach from 1 May to 30 September and must be on leads on the promenade, in council car parks and in the public gardens; the northern end of the bay and Peveril Point remain open to dogs all year.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Water bowls

REGION · DORSET

GRID · 50.6088, -1.9585

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DORSETCOUNCIL.GOV.UK/W/WALKING-DOGS-ON-BEACHES

Peveril Point and the Swanage seafront

House rules, decoded

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