Weymouth and Portland News

Weymouth’s events programme roars into Winter action over the weekend of 15/16 November with the high action Dickies Beach Cross event

In 2014, Weymouth & Portland will host over 260 festivals and events including community fetes and fairs, World and National sailing championships, live music, art events, shows, sport and many seasonal favourites. The events programme gets off to a sporting start in February with Top Class Sailing at the prestigious Weymouth and Portland National Sailing [...]

After the appeal yesterday on The Loving Weymouth & Portland Facebook Page  all the skips have now been sponsored for the Chesil Beach Clean Up on Sunday! This was an amazing response and happened within just a few hours of the appeal going out. In total 12 sponsorships have been pledged for the cleanup that [...]

Weymouth Carnival have just announced on their Facebook Page a complete facelift for the traditional Carnival Queen competition Entitled Miss Weymouth The competition opens on Valentines Day and is open to all females from the age of 6 years upwards. Contestants will be encouraged to fundraise with proceeds going to The Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. The [...]

The Ocean Hotel and Spa Retreat, at Southwell on Portland, has just been awarded a prestigious four star rating by Quality in Tourism which provides the official assessment service on behalf of Visit England, the national tourist board for England. The presentation of the  Four Star Certificate was made by Jeremy Pope, O.B.E., DL., today, [...]

Weymouth Harbour has frozen its fees for visiting yachts, boats and berth holders for 2014/15. It now means the harbour, run by Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, is one of the cheapest places to visit or moor on the south coast. Cllr Dominic Lonsdale, Chairman of the Harbour Management Board, said: “We want to keep [...]

On Friday 27th December the 2014 Merlin Annual Pass sale kicks off with the lowest price for the year on offer. Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park will be running a special promotion on the launch day. Situated in the entrance area will be a Christmas tree with twelve hidden numbered baubles for the first twelve [...]

Santas, elves, fairies and other Christmas characters will chase a Christmas pudding along Weymouth Beach (Weymouth Pavilion end) on Sunday 15 December. People are invited to come along and watch the event along Weymouth seafront at 11am. Organiser BustinSkin Events is aiming for record breaking entry numbers this year to raise money for the British Heart [...]

Resident short-clawed Asian Otter Johnny and his pups received a special sleigh full of goodies over the weekend from Father Christmas who is visiting Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park, with toys and treats galore for them to enjoy! The sleigh is currently in their pen where visitors to the Park can watch them playfully interact [...]

Weymouth Victorian Shownight returned to Weymouth town centre on Friday 6 December with thousands of shoppers enjoying an evening of free Christmas entertainment. View details of Weymouth Victorian Shownight 2014 Crowds were so huge that Santa and his reindeer had a real struggle to reach Santa's  grotto but the day was saved by a 9ft [...]

An ‘elf and safety’ drill was carried out at the Weymouth Sea Life Tower yesterday by Darren Stanley and Vicky Hill from Wessex FM, in preparation for the arrival of Father Christmas and his sleigh, who will be continuing his journey onto Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park for Saturday 7th December. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D03v_mICd-A Performing Arts students [...]

Residents and visitors to Weymouth can enjoy free parking on Small Business Saturday on 7 December. Free parking will be available in all borough council run car parks in Weymouth on the day please remember though this does not apply to on-street pay and display parking. Weymouth has already introduced free winter parking in council [...]

Planning for Weymouth Victorian Shownight is now well underway and details have now been released of the events and entertainment taking place in Weymouth Town Centre on the big day ... December 6. Click on a picture below to see what's happening. [justified_image_grid orderby=title_asc ng_gallery=40]

Monday 2 December is Mince Pie Monday at Weymouth Sea Life Park To celebrate the launch of Christmas and the lead-up to the arrival of Father Christmas to the Park, Weymouth Sea Life is organising ‘Mince Pie Monday’ to take place on Monday 2nd December. Visitors to the park are invited to bring a mince [...]

If you're planning a night out in Weymouth over the coming Winter months Weymouth and Portland Borough Council have an early Christmas present for you in the form of FREE parking in their car parks overnight between 1 November and 30 March 2014. Just look out for the orange sign on the car park ticket [...]

Dennis and Thelma Spurle spent their 60th Wedding Anniversary as VIP guests at Weymouth Sea Life Adventure Park and Tower in October. After their wedding in 1953, they chose Weymouth as their honeymoon destination after booking a caravan for just £4! couple, from Torquay in Devon were welcomed to the Park and were treated to [...]

Weymouth’s Halloween celebrations came to a climax last Saturday when The Halloween Spooktacular organised by The Weymouth BID took place across the town centre. […]

The Sea Life Tower in Weymouth turns into a pumpkin as the focal point of Halloween Trick or Treat celebrations in Weymouth. Joining in with the festivities being organised within the town on Saturday 2nd of November for the Spooktacular Fun Day organized by the Weymouth Bid the Weymouth Sea Life Tower will glow orange [...]

Gold winner in the Dorset Tourism Awards this year, Dorset Seafood Festival has not only taken the ‘Dorset Tourism Event of the Year’ award but also secured a new 5-year sponsorship agreement with its title sponsor, Champagne Pommery.   To top the celebrations, this year’s Seafood Festival raised a total of £7973 for its charity partner, [...]

Well done to Rebecca Alford and nephew Matt Chambers from Portland who on Sunday 27th October, battling stormy weather and gusts of up to 30 knots,joined 25,000 others to run 10 wild miles around Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as part of the Great South Run. Rebecca decided to run for the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust after [...]

This is the final programme for Weymouth's Spooktacular Halloween Fun Day which takes place on 2 November. Click Here to Download The Witch Hunt Entry Form