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Clubs and social venues in Swanage

GetBrent lists 9 clubs and social venues in Swanage, Dorset, including Isle of Purbeck Golf Club Ltd, Royal British Legion and Studland Social Club Ltd. Each listing shows what they offer, their phone number and where they are, and the owner can update it free at any time. Dorset Council area has 1,035 cafes, restaurants, pubs and takeaways among 18,000 business sites (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026).

9 clubs and social venues listed in Swanage

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The Square, Wimborne Minster, Dorset: shops and businesses that take card payments
The Square, Wimborne Minster, Dorset (2020). Photo: David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph.

Swanage in numbers

Dorset Council area has 1,035 cafes, restaurants, pubs and takeaways among 18,000 business sites (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026).

Swanage is a Purbeck seaside town whose trade swings with the summer season.

  • Footfall doubles in summer: 84,897 visits in February 2024 against 170,378 in August 2024. source
  • 61.5% of comparison spending in Swanage town centre comes from outside the Dorset study area, mostly visitors. source
  • The town centre has 234 units with 16 vacant (6.8%); 138 are independents, and leisure uses make up 41% of units. source
  • Swanage's built-up area had 9,113 residents at the 2021 Census. source

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How many clubs and social venues are there in Swanage?

GetBrent lists 9 clubs and social venues in Swanage. For the wider area, Dorset Council area has 1,035 cafes, restaurants, pubs and takeaways among 18,000 business sites (ONS UK Business Counts, March 2026). The ONS groups related trades together, so that figure is for the whole group.

How do I list my club or social venue in Swanage on GetBrent?

Sign up free at getbrent.co.uk/vendor/signup, choose "Another kind of business", pick "Clubs and social venues" as your type and add your town. The listing goes live straight away and you can add opening hours, services, photos and FAQs from your dashboard. The Free plan has no monthly charge.

What does a card machine cost a club or social venue in Swanage?

It depends on monthly card takings and average payment size. GetBrent compares the published fees of the main UK providers for clubs and social venues in Swanage, with a calculator for your own figures, on its card machine page for Swanage.

Where can a club or social venue in Dorset get free business support?

Free one-to-one business support is available from Business Growth Dorset, the Growth Hub covering Dorset and BCP.

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Listings come from the businesses themselves and from open data: Food Standards Agency food hygiene ratings (Open Government Licence v3.0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Owners can claim and update their listing free. Local figures: ONS UK Business Counts (March 2026), read 26 October 2026. GetBrent may be paid by partners marked Ad.