On 30 July as a part of the Spirit of Portland Festival there will be an outdoor screening in the evening of the movie Grease in the fabulous setting of the grounds of the Pennsylvania Castle on Portland. The Pennsylvannia Castle has just announced on it's Facebook page that there are still a few tickets left [...]
It is exciting to be welcoming The Tall Ship Le Marité to Weymouth Harbour in September to take part in the town's Waterfest celebrations.
Once again Weymouth's traditional Carnival Night beach fireworks display will be taking place on Weymouth beach at 9.30 pm on Wednesday 20 August 2014.
The Weymouth Carnival team have announced that The RAF Red Arrows display team have confirmed their booking for carnival day on 20 August 2014
Pubs and restaurants around Weymouth will be encouraged to put on fixed rate menus over a six week period and celebrate the Weymouth foodie scene
There’s something for everyone at this weekend’s Ecover Blue Mile in Weymouth, with open water swims, water sport races and taster sessions, an Olympic gold medallist, and Octonauts activities for fans of the hit CBeebies show. The Ecover Blue Mile on 19-20 July kicks off the Dorset Festival of Sport and follows the hugely successful inaugural event in 2013. [...]
We took time out today to visit The Chickerell Steam and Vintage Show and as usual it was a joy to visit with a huge range of exhibits to see ranging from classic steam rollers to vintage cars and agricultural equipment.
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 [...]