Durlston Castle (Swanage) A curious folly - Durlston Castle
(Swanage) Sightseeing National  Newest Review: ... and was a
lovely place to stop for a meal or drink beforehand, so i can
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Name: Bryn Pearson   Durlston Castle (Swanage)  Date: 23/04/02,
updated on 23/04/02 (120 review reads)   Advantages: relatively
cheap, wildlife and coast  Disadvantages: toilets, not a real
castle  Durlston castle stands on a headland above Swanage, in
Dorset. If you are thinking proper castle with keep, walls,
dungeon etc, think again. This is an amazingly foolish folly - I
don't think anyone could realistically live in it, and it
doesn't have much history. However, it does have a fair few
other things going for it.  If you arrive by car, you have to
pay to park - last summer it was four pounds for the day, expect
this to go up. After that you don't actually have to pay for
anything. You can have a look at