London 2012 Olympic gold medallist Tim Baillie will be the star of the show at the Weymouth Ecover Blue Mile taking place off the resort’s main beach on 19-20 July. Tim and his canoe slalom C2 partner Etienne Stott gloriously claimed gold for Britain, just pipping GB team-mates David Florence and Richard Hounslow in a thrilling finale to the [...]
Weymouth Veterans Festival and Weymouth at War 2014 Gallery […]
England may be out of the World Cup but in the Sand Sculpting World Cup currently taking place in Atlantic City, New Jersey USA Weymouth's own Mark Anderson and Dave Hicks from Sandworld are still going strong representing the UK ! They've just sent us this video and it looks brilliant ... around 37 secs [...]
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council will be holding an official flag raising ceremony as part of the national Armed Forces Day “Fly a Flag for our Armed Forces” at the North Quay Council Offices on Monday 23 June at 10.30am. Weymouth & Portland Mayor Cllr Kate Wheller will lead the flag raising ceremony, joined by [...]
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council and partners will be hosting the 2014 Dorset Festival of Sports to mark the second anniversary of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events in the borough.
"Hustle" bring together some of Weymouth's finest musical talents, playing classic soul, R&B and funky new party anthems. You'll find them regular favourites on the lineup at local music venues.
Dorset's popular cycle route leaflets have been updated and now include Weymouth and Portland.
Over recent years lots of work has been taking place throughout Weymouth on cycle ways with plenty of new paths being added. We're really happy to say that with the joining up of these paths Weymouth now has a complete cycle way: The Jurassic Trails Cycle Way. The Jurassic Trails Cycle Way gives cyclists, visitors [...]
The weather forecast was dry and sunny and so was Weymouth when we descended upon it on the Friday, thank goodness we didn’t visit on the previous weekend as originally planned. So with the weather gods in our favour and with easels, paints brushes and pens packed a weekend of painting outside (plein air) was [...]
In light of the recent reports of Barrel Jellyfish which have been spotted in and around Weymouth and Portland, even from the top of the Weymouth Tower; Weymouth Sea Life is launching ‘Jellyfish Awareness Day’ on Friday 23May during Turtle Fest to educate guests about these magnificent creatures. With so many jellyfish being washed towards [...]
The Norwegian Seafood Council has teamed up with local Weymouth seafront chippy, King Edward’s Fish & Chips, to give 99p portions of cod and chips to locals in Weymouth to celebrate Norway Day on Saturday 17th May (whilst stocks last - takeaway only).
Recent weather conditions have brought large numbers of massive Barrel Jelly Fish into the waters of Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour. We're actually told that they are pretty harmless although it's probably best not to touch them as some say they can bring out an allergy rash in certain people so don't let them put [...]
This looks a whopper !
In the run up to Weymouth at War and Veterans Week in Weymouth we thought folk might be interested in this archive movie of a mock assault on Weymouth beach by Commandos that we think was shot in the mid 1950's
If you're a lover of good live music then you're in for a treat out and about in the hostelries of Weymouth. Here's Steamer Ducks at The Star recorded a week ago ...
The first May Bank Holiday weekend this year marks the official opening of Art Asylum. A new gallery that can be found upstairs in Brewers Quay, Weymouth. It's a gallery that aims to change the rules of the Art World by removing the mystery and encouraging everyone to be creative.
Seventy years on we look back on The US Ranger's preparations in Weymouth and Portland for the D-Day Invasion of Normandy in these rarely seen historic archive videos taken during the final preparations in early June 1944.
From the late 1800's until the mid 1960's Pathe News covered news stories across the UK to be shown in cinemas throughout the country and over this time their film crews visited Weymouth and Portland regularly. There is a huge archive available of their material which until a few days ago was only available on [...]
Our friends over on the Loving Weymouth and Portland Facebook page have been working really hard to create an online community of people who love Weymouth and Portland. It's a fantastic page to visit to find up to the minute news and views of what's happening locally. Nearly 14,500 people have liked the page so [...]
Weymouth’s year of great festivals and events will get off to a flying start when the first Community Beach Kite Festival is held on Weymouth Beach. The event takes place over the Bank Holiday weekend of Saturday 3 May to Monday 5 May. It will be packed full of colour, fun and excitement, with tens of [...]
Merlin’s Magic Wand charity believes in putting the magic back into the childhoods of serious ill, disabled and disadvantaged children by arranging great days out at Merlin Attractions throughout the world. To commemorate the opening of Merlin’s 100th attraction Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park are inviting local residents to nominate children who they know deserve [...]
Two of Weymouth Beach’s biggest events will be coming to town in August. The Royal Air Force Careers Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic will take place between 1-3 August, with the RAF Town Show will also taking place between 20-22 August. The volleyball will feature free grandstand seating for spectators, two show courts and nine outside [...]
This short video is a collaboration between Love-Weymouth.co.uk, Visit-Dorset.tv and local amateur drone photography enthusiasts who kindly donated they footage for editing into this video that was produced for The Best of Dorset Leisure and Tourism Show held in Weymouth on 30 March 2014. It was a real pleasure to put this together and we [...]
Sandworld’s co-founders, Mark Anderson and David Hicks are ‘pounding’ up Weymouth’s sand in readiness for the grand opening of ‘Literally Sand’ at their Lodmoor Park venue on Saturday 5th April. With just one week to go until Sandworld opens for the 2014 season we went for a look at how thing were going and were [...]
Over last weekend Votwo held the Jurassic Coast Challenge on the stunning Dorset coastline and on one of those days it passed through Weymouth and Portland . The challenge consisted of three marathons in three days and over 200 runners and walkers took part. Details of results can be seen at www.votwo.co.uk/results.htm There is another challenge [...]
The Fleet Clean Up has been confirmed as 22nd March 2014, to help clean up rubbish washed ashore after the terrible storms. (Not to be confused with the Chesil Clean Up happening on Sunday 23rd March 2014). The organisers of this event are The Chesil Bank & Fleet Nature Reserve. There are 4 locations where [...]
Love Weymouth and Portland? Love your local beaches? Why not show the love by helping with a local beach clean at Chesil Beach on Sunday 23rd March, between 11-1pm. There are two meeting locations for the day: 1. Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre. 2. Police Check point opposite Sailing Academy - the sailing academy is [...]
We've just seen this great news on the RAF Red Arrows website … Weymouth is on their schedule for Carnival Day ! Weymouth Carnival takes place Wednesday 20 August and for many the Red Arrows display will be the highlight of the day. We took this video on Carnival Day four years ago from Weymouth [...]
Last year it came to light that parts of Greenhill Gardens were at risk of being sold off and lost from the Georgian seafront for ever. On 7th January this year, Weymouth & Portland Borough Council’s Management Committee agreed to consult on proposals for a new 125 year lease of the Greenhill Gardens chalets, Esplanade [...]
Weymouth Beach has been voted Britain's 7th BEST BEACH in the Trip Advisor Travellers Choice Survey 2014! Missing out on the top spots to beaches like Rhossili Bay, Swansea which was named number 1, Porthminster in St Ives which came in at number 3, and Hengitsbury Head in Bournemouth which came in at number 4. [...]