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A Look Back at the Early Internet and our history
In July 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 three decades. What started as a simple five-page online guide for our home town has grown into one of the longest-r
12 July 2026
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.