Free parking* will be available at several Weymouth town centre car parks on three fun-filled dates for your diary this Christmas. The first date coincides with the annual Christmas lights switch on which makes a welcome return this year promising festive, family-fun for all. And with two further dates when parking will be free of [...]
Spice up your life with a curry on the first day of December, and you will be spicing up the coffers for a local charity! This is the message from local restaurant owner, Shalim Abs, who will be honouring British Curry Day on Wednesday 1st December, by donating half of his day’s takings to the [...]
Dorset Council is working to install a collection of sculptural artworks in Weymouth, designed to encourage people to explore the town and reveal its history and relationship with water. Weymouth Art Trail will feature a series of six sculptural installations at a variety of locations around the town, including some lesser-known spots. The artworks will [...]
As part of  We Are Weymouth’s amazing Steampunk weekend Weymouth’s Nothe Fort shall be transformed, for just one day, into a creative world of steampunk imagination that could of sprung from the pages of a novel by Jules Verne or HG Wells. Feel free to dress in your Victorian best and join in. This is [...]
A mystical and fantastical array of events is set to take over Weymouth this Christmas as Steampunk hits the town. For one weekend only, official Steampunkers from across the country will descend on the town for a host of incredible, Christmas-themed, activities. [adsanity id="23244" align="aligncenter" max_width="800"/] 4th December 2021: Be a part of [...]
Festive lights, Elf Workshops, Live Entertainment, and an Elf World Record Attempt - Christmas is coming to Weymouth!
Local homeless charities have had a lunchtime fish feast today - thanks to award winning local chippy, Fish ‘n’ Fritz. Let down by a coach party at the last moment left award winning chippy owner, Paul Hay with 45 portions of hot fish and chips dinners at lunchtime today (9th November) and no diners! But [...]
N.B. Jubilee Clock will be lit red from Thursday 11th to Monday 15th November to mark remembrance period. With Remembrance Sunday this weekend (November 14th), here’s Weymouth’s confirmed plans from Weymouth Town Council to honour our fallen heroes, veterans and serving members of the Armed Forces. A traditional Remembrance Day service will take place at the Cenotaph on the Esplanade at 10.50am, hosted by the Mayor [...]
Weymouth is officially celebrating after receiving the prestigious Purple Flag Award for its evening and night-time economy. [adsanity id="23244" align="aligncenter" max_width="800"/] The town has been accredited for the fourth year running, recognising its continued collaboration with partners to provide a safer night-time economy. Like the Blue Flag scheme for beaches, Purple Flag areas are singled [...]
With the COP26 summit in full swing and the UK Government’s pledge to invest in cycling and walking infrastructure Weymouth business EBIKE Cafe @ Deheers heralds the ambitious target. The Net Zero Strategy announced by the government recently commits £2 billion investment in active travel infrastructure to enable half of journeys in towns and cities [...]
The Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival has raised another £8000 for The Fishermen’s Mission, bringing the total amount raised to just under £90,000 since the Festival began. The Fishermen’s Mission is the only fishermen’s charity that provides emergency support alongside practical, financial, spiritual, and emotional care. The charity helps all fishermen, active or retired, and their [...]
Weymouth Town Council will be hosting its free annual Guy Fawkes Event on Friday 5 November on Weymouth seafront. The fun starts at 4pm with a family funfair on the Pavilion forecourt, joining many stalls and attractions on Weymouth seafront which will be in place throughout the evening. [adsanity id="23244" align="aligncenter" max_width="800"/] At 6.30pm, the [...]
This October, families in Weymouth will be able to track down 10 Mexican folk-art inspired ‘Alebrije’ in AR thanks to We Are Weymouth, The Weymouth BID Click here for all you need to know about how to play In a first of its kind, We Are Weymouth have teamed up with trail experts High Street [...]
In a record-breaking year for the Green Flag Award, as the scheme marks its Silver Jubilee, Greenhill and Sandsfoot Gardens are two of 2,127 parks and green spaces celebrating success today. Today (Thursday 14th October), Weymouth Town Council is raising a Green Flag Award at Greenhill and Sandsfoot Gardens. The Jubilee Clock will also be [...]
We Are Weymouth (BID)Â is proud to announce that Weymouth has been awarded GOLD in the National Britain in Bloom competition. Chief Operations Officer, Dawn Rondeau and Zach Williams from the We Are Weymouth team attended the awards ceremony in Weston-super-Mare with Tara Williams Parks and Open spaces Manager for Weymouth Town council on October 7th [...]
TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF PART OF THE ESPLANADE AND PART OF CUSTOM HOUSE QUAY, WEYMOUTH FOR WEYMOUTH BEACH MOTOCROSS 2021
Weymouth & Portland Lions Club, together with Purbeck Motocross Club, are gearing up to stage the annual Motocross event on Weymouth beach after last year’s event was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Up to 15 thousand spectators are expected to be watching the high-flying extravaganza over humps and bumps that will be held on Weymouth beach on Sunday October [...]
The Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival is set to take place over the weekend of 11th and 12th September 2021, at the Weymouth Peninsular. The award-winning event is more than just a food festival, the Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival is an event with a conscience, promoting responsibly sourced seafood, raising funds for The Fishermen’s Mission, [...]
Inside Out Dorset, the biennial international arts festival produced by Activate, has pulled some strings to bring together different communities from across Weymouth and Portland to make puppets. For the festival’s final weekend on 24 and 25 September, the spectacular after-dark parade show Sense of Unity will make its way through the town led by the drummers [...]
The public are invited to a flag raising ceremony and short service for Merchant Navy Day on Friday 3rd September at 10.50am. The service will take place at the Merchant Navy Memorial adjacent to the Pier Bandstand on Weymouth Seafront. Weymouth Town Council will support the local merchant navy for this important annual event to [...]
Weymouth Town Council are excited to announce that they will be working in partnership with We Are Weymouth, The Weymouth BID to produce a new artwork mural trail in and around the town. The trail will attract and engage with a wide range of Weymouth residents and visitors to explore artworks inspired by local history [...]
The UK’s favourite seafood festival is set to return on the 11th and 12th September 2021 at Weymouth Peninsula. The award winning Nyetimber Dorset Seafood Festival not only offers some of the best seafood in the South West, but also brings together talented chefs, fine English Sparkling Wine, and a truly educational and immersive [...]
There has been a 97% decline in wildflower meadows in the UK since 1930s. These grasslands, bursting with colour and the hum of insects, were once at the heart of the landscape but changing farming practices mean they are now a rare site, with just 1% of the UK covered in traditional meadows and grasslands. [...]
With the festival less than eight weeks away (11th & 12th September), the recent announcements from the government gives the organisers the opportunity to make some welcome changes to this year’s event. Until the announcement the festival had offered tickets for morning or afternoon sessions, to ensure it could give as many people as possible [...]
450 years ago in 1571, the Boroughs of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis were joined at the command of Queen Elizabeth I, to form the Weymouth we know and love today. Weymouth & Portland and the surrounding countryside are steeped in history with Vikings invading Portland – the first Viking invasion of Portland, and the [...]
Weymouth Town Council and the directors of the Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic 2021 are delighted to announce the support of the Weymouth BID for this year’s Classic. The Weymouth BID will be officially recognised as the premier sponsor of this year’s prestigious championships, held on Weymouth Beach from Friday 16th to Sunday 18th July.
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. [adsanity id="23244" align="aligncenter"/] Unfortunately due to covid [...]
Weymouth Town Council has confirmed its final plans for the annual Armed Forces Weekend which will take place this weekend (Saturday 19th and Sunday 20thJune 2021) and have announced announced that a parachute display from the RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team will be taking place as part of the weekend. [...]
77 years ago today on 6 June 1944 Weymouth and Portland were at the heart of Operation Overlord with many thousands of US Troops embarking from both ports for the beaches of Normandy ... Respect to all who were a part of this and the many who sadly never returned .. [...]
Weymouth Town Council will be hosting a scaled down event for this year’s Armed Forces Weekend, to be held on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th June.