The Devon Belle Observation Car at Swanage Station, Dorset, UK.

BR Standard 4MT, No. 80104, arriving at Swanage Station, Dorset, UK, with a train from Norden Park and Ride.

Swanage Shed coaling and watering point, Dorset, UK.

A general view of Swanage Shed and turntable, Dorset, UK.

A couple of old coach bodies near the viewing area of Swanage Railway Shed, Dorset, UK.

BR Class 08, No. 08436 just outside Swanage Station, Dorset, UK.

Ex-LSWR M7 Tank, No. 30053 on the turntable at Swanage Station, Dorset, UK. A member of this class of locomotive hauled the 1st ever train departing Swanage in 1885.

BR Class 33, No. D6515, at Swanage Station, Dorset, UK.

Durlston Stone Globe. The Great Globe is the largest sculpture created by George Burt at what is now Durlston Country Park. It is three metres in diameter and weighs about 40 tonnes and is made from local Portland Limestone.

Durlston castle, Swanage.

Durlston castle, Swanage.

An old London Bollard, moved to Swanage in the late 19th century.

Another stone quarry, the stones from these were extracted from cliffs and then lowered onto boats waiting below.

Another stone quarry, the stones from these were extracted from cliffs and then lowered onto boats waiting below.

Another stone quarry, the stones from these were extracted from cliffs and then lowered onto boats waiting below.

Another stone quarry, the stones from these were extracted from cliffs and then lowered onto boats waiting below.

The old fog horn at Anvil Point Lighthouse.

The light in Anvil Point Lighthouse.

Anvil Point Lighthouse.

The winch that that hauled the stone out of the quarry. Horses were used to pull the stone up the incline.

Tilly Whim 'caves' in reality a stone quarry.

Anvil Point Lighthouse.

Swanage Bay

Swanage harbourside.

Ex-Southern Railway, West Country Class, No. 34028, 'Eddystone' at Swanage Station, Dorset, UK.

South-west gatehouse, Corfe Castle.

A general view of the Inner Ward of Cofe Castle, the terraces are a 18th century addition when the rector of Corfe Castle, Thomas Bankes l'Anson, let out the Outer Bailey to farmers to graze animals and grow crops.

The Gloriette of (c. 1203-4), a sort of g13th century shed.

The Keep (c.1105) of Corfe Castle.

The Keep (c.1105) of Corfe Castle.

Corfe Castle, from the station, Dorset, UK.

The third tower of Corfe Castle.

The Outer Gatehouse (built C.1280-5), Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK.

Corfe Castle Goods Shed, now a museum aout the Swanage Railway.

Corfe Castle Station Signal Box. Unusually for a signal box the levers and instruments do not face the railway. This was due to subsidence afecting the original signal box and the only place was this rather cramped place. Dorset, UK.

Corfe Castle Station Signal Box. Unusually for a signal box the levers and instruments do not face the railway. This was due to subsidence afecting the original signal box and the only place was this rather cramped place. Dorset, UK.

Corfe Castle Station, Dorset, UK.

Ex-LSWR M7 Tank, No. 30053 at Swanage Station, Dorset, UK. A member of this class of locomotive hauled the 1st ever train departing Swanage in 1885.

A couple of waggons used in the transportation of clay from the mines to the Swanage Railway, outside a new museum dedicated to telling the story of Purbeck clay mining. Dorset, UK.

A couple of waggons used in the transportation of clay from the mines to the Swanage Railway, outside a new museum dedicated to telling the story of Purbeck clay mining. Dorset, UK.

The new museum of Clay Mining at Norden park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

A waggon used in the transportation of clay from the mines to the Swanage Railway, outside a new museum dedicated to telling the story of Purbeck clay mining. Dorset, UK.

Norden Park and Ride Station Shelter.

A selection of unusual garden ornaments, including Bill and Ben, Wallace and Gromit and characheters from The Muppets, at Norden Park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

A selection of unusual garden ornaments, including Bill and Ben, Wallace and Gromit and characheters from The Muppets, at Norden Park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

A selection of unusual garden ornaments, including Bill and Ben, Wallace and Gromit and characheters from The Muppets, at Norden Park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

A selection of unusual garden ornaments, including Bill and Ben, Wallace and Gromit and characheters from The Muppets, at Norden Park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

A selection of unusual garden ornaments, including Bill and Ben, Wallace and Gromit and characheters from The Muppets, at Norden Park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

A selection of unusual garden ornaments, including Bill and Ben, Wallace and Gromit and characheters from The Muppets, at Norden Park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

BR Class 33 No. 33034 at Norden Park and Ride (Dorset, UK), waiting departure for a scrap yard.

A bridge carrying the narrow guage railway from the clay mines to the standard guage railway near Norden park and Ride, Dorset, UK.

BR Standard 4MT, No. 80079 at Norden Park and Ride Station, Dorset, UK.

BR Standard 4MT, No. 80079 at Norden Park and Ride Station, Dorset, UK.