Swanage faces east across the bay and gets as much sun as anywhere we cover. The Victorian terraces along the front and up the valley have slate roofs, while the estates towards Herston and up Northbrook Road are post-war bungalows and houses with easy roofs. Wareham and the Purbeck villages have Purbeck stone and clay roofs that need the right fixings, and parts of Corfe Castle and Wareham are conservation areas.
The Purbecks lose power in winter storms more than the conurbation does, which is why a battery with backup is a common request here. Salt air on the seafront means marine-grade fixings, as in Poole and Weymouth.