Volunteers at a heritage museum have celebrated an "exceptional" year with a 50 per cent increase in visitors. The Purbeck Mining Museum, near Norden, has experienced this surge in numbers thanks to ...

A dog has been rescued by coastguard teams after falling 120ft (37m) off the edge of a cliff onto a rocky beach. Swanage ...

A man who drove diesel trains to Swanage in the dying years of the Purbeck branch line has had one more drive on a 53rd anniversary.

In 1885, the ten-mile branch line railway linking Swanage and Corfe Castle with Wareham, on the main railway line to London, was first opened to ...

A flood warning has been issued by the Environment Agency for a stretch of coastline due to forecast high tides. A Royal Navy warship has been shadowing a fleet of Russian vessels for 500 miles ...

Heritage rail enthusiasts braved windy weather on New Year's Day to mark the start of a landmark anniversary year for ...

New Year’s Day will see dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers take part in a national ‘whistle off’ at the start of Railway 200 ...

The golden sand beach offers views of the Dorset coast, plenty of space to sunbathe ... Corfe Castle is a fortification ...

The foot is a complex structure made up of 28 bones, 33 joints, 19 muscles, over 100 tendons and ligaments, and more than 200,000 different nerve endings. These work together to allow you to walk, run ...

Maritime Archaeologists Recover Grave Slabs From 13th Century Mortar Wreck, Say They Haven't 'Seen Anything Like It' In 2024, ...