Monthly Archives: July 2013

The summer holidays are here and to celebrate Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park and Tower have a special offer just for teachers. Throughout August teachers and teaching staff can claim 2 tickets to Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park and Tower completely free of charge! Claiming the free teacher tickets couldn’t be easier either Step 1 – Visit the sealifeweymouth.com website Step 2 – Download the registration form on [...]

Weymouth's iconic Beach Fireworks display will take place on Carnival Day 20 August 2014 at 9.30pm

RAF Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic Championship is back on Weymouth Beach The great annual RAF Careers Beach Volleyball Classic Championship is back on Weymouth Beach from Friday 2 to Sunday 4 August. This follows a break last year when the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events were in Weymouth. The championship is celebrating its [...]

As the Olympic and Paralympic Games venue for sailing; the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Dorset has experienced a unique and unforgettable few years in the run up to and during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Now that the Games are over and the Olympic legacy is in full swing, this is the [...]

Its no coincidence that Weymouth's most popular period as a seaside resort runs parallel with the heyday of British Rail. The railway opened up coastal resorts like Weymouth as destinations for the masses  with regular excursions bringing thousands of holidaymakers to the resort on seaside excursions. Nowadays demand for the opportunity to experience those great [...]

The Dorset Festival of Sport marks the one year anniversary of Weymouth and Portland hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events. Residents and visitors to Weymouth will see the welcome return of the Weymouth and Portland Ambassadors who will provide information and guidance throughout Weymouth town during the 10-day festival (Saturday 27 July [...]

The Weymouth Seafront Regeneration Programme was shortlisted for three regeneration awards. The £3.5m scheme was: ‘Highly commended’ in the ‘Schemes on the Ground’ category in the Royal Town Planning Institute’s South West Awards Shortlisted for ‘Excellence of Planning & Design for the Public Realm’ in the Royal Town Planning Institute’s National Award for Planning Excellence [...]

Last Friday evening at The New Dorothy Inn on The Esplanade Weymouth's three Carnival Queen finalists were chosen in an as always well organised event by Ladies Alive. Pictured above are the three finalists, Gina Hartley, Sarah Flann & Victoria Hope. They will be chosen in a public vote that starts next week and we'll bring [...]

Condor Ferries is making final preparations for its first sailing from Weymouth, with 70,000 guests now booked to travel through the port over the coming months. Condor Vitesse will be welcomed back to the port tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday 16th July) in preparation for the first sailing from Weymouth in 17 months, which will be departing [...]

We thought we'd celebrate the arrival of The Olympic Torch  in Weymouth and Portland a year ago tomorrow by posting this brilliant video produced by Coca Cola of Wretch 32 in Weymouth to mark the torches arrival. Brings back some great memories for us hope it does for you too.

Dazzling new banners designed by Weymouth and Portland schoolchildren will be on display along Weymouth’s seafront and harbourside from 10 July. The 36 banners - inspired by the town’s success as an Olympic and Paralympic venue last year - are the result of a partnership between Weymouth & Portland Borough Council and Weymouth-based arts organisation [...]

A new chapter in the re-vitalisation of Weymouth's Brewers Quay was written this morning when the Mayor of Weymouth Ray Banham accompanied by Mayors Escort Pamela Nixon opened the new Brewers Quay Auction House and started the first auction by auctioning the very first lot. A crowd of around a hundred had arrived at the auction prior [...]

After nine successful years of ‘Sail for a Fiver’ funded by the Chesil Trust introducing over 10,000 children to the sport of sailing, the legacy programme has now been extended to offer water sport opportunities to those with disabilities with the introduction of the ‘Chesil Sailability’ group. This excellent new initiative will enable people with [...]

With just two weeks to go before the first sailing from Weymouth, Dorset-based Condor Ferries is preparing to celebrate the re-opening of the ferry link between the port and the Channel Islands. Weymouth has been in use as a port since Roman times, and passengers have been enjoying sailings to the Channel Islands since the [...]