Swanage, Dorset - Esplanade - Sunny South real photo postcard 1969

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  The Esplanade, Swanage, Dorset - real photo type
• Publisher:  Dearden & Wade (Sunny South)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  2&half d. red Wilding
• Postmark(s):  Bournemouth 14 June 1969 'June Diary Festival' slogan
• Sent to:  Ipswich, Suffolk
• Notes / condition: 

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Swanage (/'sw?n?d?/ SWON-ij) is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 km south of Poole and 40 km (25 miles) east of Dorchester. The parish has a population of 9,601 (2011).^[1] Nearby are Ballard Down and Old Harry Rocks, with Studland Bay and Poole Harbour to the north. Within the parish are Durlston Bay and Durlston Country Park to the south of the town. The parish also includes the areas of Herston, just to the west of the town, and Durlston, just to the south.

The town, originally a small port and fishing village, flourished in the Victorian era, when it first became a significant quarrying port and later a seaside resort for the rich of the day. Today the town remains a popular tourist resort, this being the town's primary industry, with many thousands of visitors coming to the town during the peak summer season, drawn by the bay's sandy beaches and other attractions.

During its history the bay was listed variously as Swanawic, Swanwich, Sandwich, and only in more recent history as Swanage.

The town is located at the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.

Swanage is located in Swanage Bay in Dorset on the south coast of England at

50°36'43?N 1°57'30?W? / ?50.61194°N 1.95833°W? / 50.61194; -1.95833 (50.612, -1.958). The bay is east facing and is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 40 km (25 miles) south of Poole and 40 km (25 miles) east of Dorchester. The northern headland of the bay is formed of chalk, the southern of Purbeck Limestone, with softer primarily Wealden clays forming the bay and valley in which the town is sited. The Purbeck limestone was extensively quarried with several sites to the south west showing evidence of former quarries, particularly Tilly Whim Caves and Dancing Ledge, a man made rock shelf used for loading ships. Natural erosion has formed stacks along and at the end of the northern headland, in particular the notable Old Harry Rocks. In part through the process of quarrying, fossils from the dinosaur age have been discovered in the local rock, and the coastline up to and including Swanage Bay has been included in the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

type=real photographic (rp)

city/ region=swanage

period=post-war (1945-present)

publisher=dearden & wade

postage condition=posted

number of items=single

size=standard (140x89 mm)