The Pines Hotel

09/09/2026

Just two days to go until another fantastic weekend at Swanage Folk Festival - whether you're staying with us or local, this is always a very popular weekend full of talented acts for you to enjoy - not to be missed! 🪗🎶

The Swanage Folk Festival Fringe events. Bands, singers, sing arounds, music sessions - all around town. Mainly free to enter, but we ask you buy a wrist band.

26/08/2026

The view back into Swanage from the top! Durlston Country Park
A must visit whilst staying with us - a day out suitable for the whole family, with stunning scenery and dramatic coastline, an abundance of wildlife, stunning walks and a gallery, shop and café. They also have a comprehensive accessibility guide on their website and free wheelchairs are provided.
For those unable to come and see for yourself - they even have a live clifftop we**am to make sure you don't miss out!

18/08/2026

Celebrating something special whilst you’re with us? Or maybe because why not? Order a bottle of sparkling wine from who are just up the road from us and enjoy the bubbles whilst soaking up the fresh sea air 🥂

12/08/2026

Live locally? Coming to stay with us soon?

Pop in and see us to buy a raffle ticket (or maybe more) for just £1 to be in with a chance to win Afternoon Tea for 2 people with us (worth almost £50!) with all proceeds from raffle ticket sales going to our friends at Swanage Fire Station - the winner will be drawn on Sunday 6th September 🍰🫖 Good luck!

08/08/2026

To celebrate the start of Swanage Lifeboat Week 2026 () - we will be donating £1 from every one of our fish main courses sold at dinner this weekend straight to the RNLI - an even better reason to enjoy some delicious, homecooked food with a very special view!

07/08/2026

***Green Tourism August 2026 update***

We are delighted to share just some of the ways in which we are already well underway in our Green Tourism journey and reducing the amounts of waste we accumulate. We are looking forward to submitting for our first assessment in the coming weeks and see what level of award we have achieved...! 🤞

We have -

• Removed plastic water bottles in rooms and replaced with glass refillable bottles - saving 20,000 plastic bottles in 2025 alone!
• Extra recycling bins in place to aid staff in sorting and organising
• Milk pots have been replaced with milk sticks - did you know the sticks have less packaging than the pots?
• Plastic drinks stirrers have been replaced with sustainable, recyclable wooden ones
• Large bottles of cleaning products and toiletries are ordered instead of repeatedly buying individual bottles
• Catering packs of cereal and cooking ingredients used instead of small, individual portions
• No longer ordering decorative tray papers or toilet roll stickers
• Large tubs and containers (for example ice cream tubs) are re used instead of recycled.

In the future, we are looking to -

• Replace our condiment sachets in our lounge bar with a more environmentally friendly alternative
• Source toilet paper wrapped in paper and not plastic
• Source alternatives to plastic toothbrushes
.. continued in the comments

05/08/2026

Swanage Lifeboat Week 2026 is almost upon us! Join us for eight days of more activities, events and learn more about what our wonderful RNLI volunteers do. A jam packed week not to be missed and all in support of a very worthy cause!

29/07/2026

What a way to start the day 🏊‍♂️🏊‍♀️☀️

A perfect morning to take a moment, breathe and enjoy our stunning scenery, all before another busy day enjoying and all its wonderful events all over again!

29/07/2026

Another jam packed day of events lined up today - be sure to join in the fun if you're staying with us... it's certainly another stunning, sunny day for it.

Don't forget to pop some change in the buckets, the team of volunteers put on this whole WEEK full of FREE activities for everyone to enjoy all to raise money for some incredible local charities - WOW!😎

15/07/2026

Good morning 😎🌼