With the clocks going forward tonight we thought it would be fun to turn the clock back to so scenes around Weymouth back in the 1950s and 60s captured in the black and white cine film clips. Despite the passing of nearly 70 years in some of the shots and them being in black [...]
Weymouth has a long tradition of running annual spectacular armed forces and veterans weekends dating back as far as we can remember to 1994 and the 50th anniversary of D Day in which Weymouth & neighboring Portland played a large part as a departure point for US Troops. Unfortunately due to covid restrictions, [...]
Installed by AC Special Projects in early 2020 Weymouth's new seafront lighting installation brings a new focus to Weymouth Esplanade with it's artistically programmed display of vertival colour along the full sweep of Weymouth's famous promenade. The Weymouth Promenade Artistic Lighting Scheme is part of a portfolio of connected projects which aim to improve [...]
For as long as we can remember Weymouth Carnival has been held on the third Wednesday of August and the highlight of the day on almost every year over the past more than 30 has been a spectacular display by the RAF Red Arrows over Weymouth Bay , said to be one of [...]
Nothe Fort is finally back open today ( 11 July) and ready to commence the 2020 season! With thanks to the many who contributed to their recent crowdfunder campaign and the match funded grant from Dorset LEP. They're ready to welcome visitors back and enjoy the improvements that have made to make visitor experience [...]
The Weymouth Beach Webcam is positioned on the front of the Weymouth Pavilion Theatre and broadcasts live views of the golden sands of Weymouth beach and The Esplanade.https://youtu.be/p7FchLYP2Mw The area of Weymouth Beach the webcam covers is the most used part of the beach for many of the beach based events that take place [...]
This live web cam broadcasts live from the Harbourmasters's Office on Weymouth Quayside. https://www.youtube.com/live/oXECyHh01Bc?feature=share
Greenhill Gardens, the 'Jewel in the Crown' of Weymouth Seafront offer the perfect break from the crowds of Weymouth Sands. You can enjoy a snack or ice cream in the cafe, get active on the bowling green, tennis courts or putting green or simply delight in the beautifully looked after gardens whilst still taking [...]
Take a video tour through the wild side of Weymouth and Portland taking in much of the resorts natural spaces, historic locations and spectacular scenery.
John Schlesinger's version of Thomas Hardy's Far From The Madding Crowd was filmed mainly on location in Dorset in 1965, a number of scenes were shot in and around Weymouth. These included the circus scenes shot at Coombe Valley and this one shot on Weymouth Esplanade and sands. Other than the beach being much [...]
Promoting an exciting new joint project between Weymouth Museum, The Nothe Fort and Portland Museum take a journey in time from Roman Weymouth at Bowleaze Cove to the current Portland Bill Lighthouse which was built in the early 1900s to replace two earlier lighthouses built in the early 1700s. [iee_empty_space type="vertical" height="10" width="10" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" [...]
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Weymouth and Portland Borough Council have thanked everyone who entered the #loveweyportparks2018 photography competition this year.
Report by Peter Lythgoe of Zippmedia on the volunteers open day held at Weymouth's Nothe Fort in late January. If you're a local this may encourage you to volunteer to be one of their eighty strong volunteer team, all manner of skills are sought after so there's opportunities for all. For visitors it's a [...]
Weymouth is one of the most popular destinations in the UK for charter boat angling and it's easy to see why in this video in which anglers show of their catches and David Gibson skipper owner of the fast offshore angling boat The MeerKat gives details of what you can expect to catch all year round [...]
This new Weymouth Harbour webcam broadcasts a live video feed from Weymouth Old Harbour looking out over the harbour scene from The Old Harbour Dive Centre just a short distance from the RNLI Weymouth Lifeboat Station. Why not click on full screen, sit down and relax and take in the view for a [...]
During The last week of July 2016 renown hollywood director Christoper Nolan brought the cast, including Harry Stiles, Cillian Murphy and Mark Rylance, and crew of the movie Dunkirk to Weymouth for two days of location shooting on Weymouth Quayside. Dunkirk - Announcement - Official Warner Bros. UKFrom filmmaker Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar,” “Inception,” “The [...]
We found a great excuse to get out into the sun yesterday and took some live video of the Greenhill area of Weymouth Beach for a live broadcast on Facebook. In less than 24 hours it's reached a staggering 100,000 + Facebook users and been viewed over 35,000 times! Guess we're not the only ones that [...]
This is a fascinating walk along Weymouth Beach in 360 degree surround video very recently published by DorsetForYou.com on their Facebook page. To view it you will most likely need to be on a desktop computer using Chrome or Firefox as your web browser, we checked out Facebook's 36o video specs and it seems Internet Explorer [...]
Most people know that the county of Dorset boasts many of the best walks and cycle paths in the country. Spectacular view are to be seen along the many miles of coastal path that border the shores of The Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site whilst inland bridal ways and footpaths straddle the rural splendour of [...]
Brilliant footage of September's Challenge Weymouth Triathlon produced for TV by Dreamteam Television. Weymouth was yet again at the centre of sporting action back in September when The Challenge Weymouth 2015 Triathlon took place in the resort. This is the full television coverage as broadcast after the event on TV and features all the excitement of the [...]
A year ago landscape photographer Mattia Bicchi saw some images of Durdle Door on The Jurassic Coast and was so taken by them that he decided there and then that he needed to head straight for the coast and discover more about our beautiful local coastline. From this journey came a commitment to develop a project [...]
Another wonderful video by Paul Hoskins shot at sunset at The Fleet
Many of the most spectacular views and relaxing walks to be found in the Weymouth and Portland area can be found along the shores of The Fleet. Here unspoilt Dorset farmland leads to the shores of the inland lagoon where the sheer beauty and natural wonder of this tranquil body of water is a wonder to behold... A photographers [...]
Music with a nautical theme will be the order of the day on Sat 5 September and Sun 6 September at Waterfest Weymouth Feast your eyes and ears on these videos of the acts booked to perform on Weymouth Quayside over the Waterfest weekend then check out the times of their performances on the Waterfest weekend [...]
A drone flight over the beautiful waters of Weymouth Bay on the south Dorset coast. Some beautiful sweeping views as this drone flies from Lodmoor around the bay to Newtons Cove. Subscribe to Aerial Flyer's YouTube Channel to see more of his videos.
The warm waters have brought quite a lot of large Barrel Jellyfish into the waters around Weymouth over the past few days with some pretty huge ones being spotted. Spencer Nicklin captured this amazing video from the air of what looks like hundreds of them, maybe even thousands gathered in Portland Harbour. What an astonishing sight this [...]
News from the team behind the Jurassica Project is that despite the setback in the recent round of National Lottery Heritage Fund awards they are fully committed to developing the project and are confident that it will be opening on Portland by 2021. This video featuring Sir David Attenborough shows the vision behind the project [...]
The new version of Far From the Madding Crowd is due for release in cinemas on 1 May. We're so pleased that so much of the movie was filmed on location in Dorset all within easy reach of Weymouth. [pro_ad_display_adzone id="14623" align="left"]The cast and crew of the movie talk about their love of Dorset and just why filming [...]
Saturday 25 April two dolphins ventured into Weymouth Harbour early in the morning and stayed for the day eventually swimming back out to sea. Helen Davidson captured this fabulous footage …