Weymouth’s best pubs and clubs celebrated at a prestigious awards ceremony last night. The ceremony held on Thursday (15/6) celebrated the success of venues who have achieved the nationally recognised ‘Best Bar None’ accreditation. Those celebrating a gold accreditation include the Gloucestor Pub, which was judged the overall winner. Other venues that also achieved a [...]
The replica of the first ship to circumnavigate the world and survive the greatest adventure in the maritime history The Nao Victoria will be visiting Weymouth in May and will be open to the public at Weymouth Harbour from May 4th to 14th [...]
Weymouth welcomes dogs and their owners but in common with most seaside resorts has restrictions on what parts of the beach dogs can be exercised on during the holiday season. Dogs are allowed in most public areas including the Esplanade providing they are kept on a lead, in certain recreation grounds and areas around them [...]
Award winning Weymouth Fish & Chip shop Fish n Fritz presented Mrs Brenda Bonwell B.E.M., the former Chairwoman of the Weymouth & Portland Friends of Julia’s House Children's Hospice, Group with a cheque for £250. Fish n Fritz raised the money by taking part in Julia’s House Chip Shop Challenge that saw chip shops from [...]
It's that time of year again when the evenings are drawing in, the air is crisp and clear bringing mind blowing sunsets and sunrises and the crowds have gone away. Yes Autumn's here and a short break in Weymouth is a fabulous way to enjoy it. So lucky for these type of [...]
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 [...]
This year, 24 car parks across West Dorset and Weymouth have been awarded the UK recognised Park Mark Award compared to 14 car parks in 2015. A Park Mark is awarded to parking facilities that have passed requirements of a risk assessment conducted by the Police. These requirements include: • Quality management • Appropriate lighting [...]
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 [...]
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West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland councils are hoping that a new campaign that has been launched will help tackle the issue of nuisance seagulls. The notoriously greedy birds are well known amongst holidaymakers and residents alike for their sometimes aggressive behaviour in pursuit of food. The councils have come up with a novel approach [...]
Waterside Holiday Park & Spa, Weymouth now offer the Ultimate Glamping Experience in one of their 7 Safari Tents. Available to book now, the Safari Tents offer a unique family holiday and the ultimate ‘camping’ experience. There are 7 Safari tents, each with 3 bedrooms, and they can sleep up to 8 people. They are [...]
Greenhill Gardens and Sandsfoot Gardens in Weymouth and Easton Gardens in Portland are among the very best in the UK – and that’s official. The gardens are part of a record-breaking 1,686 parks and green spaces that will today receive a prestigious Green Flag Award – the mark of a quality park or green space. [...]
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 [...]
Portland Museum is open 6 days a week but is normally closed on Fridays due to lack of volunteers but this Friday (8 July) Budmouth College has stepped in and will run the museum for the day. This will be part of the college’s Annual Development Day when Year 10 students take on a huge [...]
Weymouth is one of the top 12 harbours to visit in the UK, according to Sailing Today magazine. The article says: “You have to visit at least one classic British seaside town with that bewitching and evocative combination of an active harbour with pontoons for visiting yachts, a safe and extensive town beach with Punch [...]
Weymouth’s reputation for hosting great sports events continues in 2016 with the hosting of the second Sports and Well-being Festival, running from 14 to 31 July 2016 on Weymouth Beach. Organisers are planning to build on the success of the 2015 festival where over 4,000 people visited the site and took part in the range of [...]
The family affair continues at Weymouth’s most loved seafood restaurant No. 4, with Andrew Hind, Michelle Hind's son accepting the position of 'Front Of House Manager’. Andrew will be joined by No. 4's new culinary discovery from top London restaurant 'Mews Of Mayfair’ James Medhurst. James brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience [...]
Dorset’s top chefs are back helping to entertain, inform and bring seafood to the top of your shopping list at the award-winning – free to attend - 9th Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival - taking place 9-10 July 2016 around Weymouth Harbour. See Jack Stein in action, with Executive Chef Pete Murt from ‘Rick Stein Sandbanks’ [...]
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 [...]
More than 150 guests and local dignitaries helped Al Molo, Weymouth's Italian Fine Dining restaurant in the historic and iconic art deco pier bandstand celebrate its first birthday and raise over £600 for Arundawn Dog Rescue. The large number of guests were treated to a selection of tasty treats whipped up by Head Chef and [...]
Every year one of the main highlights of the Weymouth Carnival is the air displays of the Red Arrows, and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, however following the tragic Shoreham air disaster last year the future of air displays in the UK has been the subject of a lot of discussion. For the Weymouth Carnival organisers the [...]
Weymouth Carnival & event’s club are pleased to officially announce that the 2016 carnival will be held over two days. Wednesday 17th August will continue to hold such traditional events at the carnival such as flying displays and the grand procession. Tuesday 16th will set the stage for two new events. The introduction of cycle [...]
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 [...]
Like a number of seaside towns, Weymouth has struggled in the past with people causing trouble on the streets on Friday and Saturday evenings. Times are changing though and Dorset Police say measures put in place to tackle drink-fuelled problems here are working. Many of the town's most popular bars and clubs have come together through Pubwatch [...]
It's almost as relaxing watching this video by Andy Ballard as it must be to sit and watch the day go by in one of these fabulous beach huts on Portland. A fascinating history of one family's beach hut starting from the early 1950s and a great insight on beach hut lifestyle and what the rich [...]
WEYMOUTH WELCOMES MOTOCROSS & QUAD BIKES FOR A FREE WEEKEND OF ENTERTAINMENT Sat & Sun 27th & 28TH February 2016 Weymouth’s impressive annual events programme is preparing to roar to a START of 2016 as it plans to host it’s first thrilling weekend of top class beach racing. This all action motoring event promises to attract [...]
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council’s engineers will be carrying out planned maintenance works on Weymouth’s Pleasure Pier from the 1 February for six weeks. During this time, the pier and pedestrian approach will be closed for engineer access only. Roadside notifications will be put in place to warn the public of closures. The work involves [...]
Value House, Wyke Regis is the new home of Jurassic Coast Auctions, a brand new Auction House to the area. Glenn Chadwick local Portland councillor and entrepreneur spotted a gap in the market when National Trade Auctions closed at the end of 2015. After discussions with Value House and the owners of NTA, Glenn took [...]
Santas, elves, fairies and many other fabulous festive characters will gather together on Weymouth Beach to take part in the annual Chase the Pudding Event (Weymouth Pavilion end) on Sunday 20 December. Everybody is invited to come along cheer and support this colourful festive event on Weymouth seafront starting at 11am, with warm-up and `Santa [...]
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 [...]