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Celebrating 30 Years of Virtual Swanage: A Look Back at the Early Web In 2026, Virtual Swanage turns 30 years old, which feels somewhat unbelievable when you consider how different the internet looked back in 1996 and how many websites and businesses have appeared and vanished online in the past 30 years. What started as a simple five-page online guide for our home town has grown into one of the
03 December 2025
2023 to 2024 Site news and stats

2024 marks our 28th year at the Virtual Swanage website and we would like to thank all the businesses and organisations who have supported us in the past 28 years. Today the website has 29 accommodat

November and December updates

Welcome to the following businesses who have added their information to the Purbeck Directory at Virtual Swanage. Swanage RBL - a friendly social club that welcomes its club members and the public si

Website stats update for the past 12 months

Below is a table showing the visitor stats for the Virtual Swanage website for the past 12 months. Since updating the design of the website a few months ago we have seen a noticeable increase in both

August 2023 Website Update and News

In the past few months, we have been working on many changes to the website behind the scenes, which improve the speed and compatibility of the website with both mobile and desktop computer users. Th

25 Years of Virtual Swanage

25 Years ago, we started the Virtual Swanage website with 5 pages, now we have over 2250 pages of local information, events, photos and business listings. For our 25th anniversary we have launched a

Cycle route videos on youtube

Mountain biker Mike JP from Mike's MTB Adventures has visited Swanage and the Isle of Purbeck on his holidays and created videos of his bike rides in the area. Mike used our cycle routes for some of

New Events Added

We have added over 60 new events to the local diary

New electric car charging location

We have added the new charging location to the Electric car charging page.