Purbeck's largest town is the traditional seaside resort of SWANAGE , which sports a pleasant sandy beach and an ornate town hall, the facade of which once adorned the Mercer's Hall in the City of London and was brought back here as ballast on a cargo ship. The town's station is the southern terminus of the Swanage Steam Railway (April-Oct daily; Nov, Dec & late Feb to March Sat & Sun; £6 return), which runs as far as Corfe Castle and Norden (on the ... [More]