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Sandworld’s “Best of British” Celebrates Only Fools and Horses
Sandworld unveiled their latest sculpture in their "Best of British" display today celebrating one of  the UK's best loved comedy series Only Fools and Horses Getting into the spirit of the day this spitting image of Del Boy dropped in to take a look for himself and say hello to world [...]
Weymouth and Portland Gardens Win Green Flag Awards
Three of Weymouth and Portland's gardens have won Keep Britain Tidy Green Flag Awards for 2015/16 Greenhill Gardens and Sandsfoot Gardens in Weymouth along with Easton Gardens on Portland took pride of place amongst the 83 winning gardens in the West Country when the winners were announced today. More information about the [...]
Everything’s Looking Good For Weymouth Carnival 2015
 Weymouth Carnival will be taking place on Wednesday the 19th August and is now set to get bigger and better thanks to the support from the local community and businesses. After a very difficult start to the year Weymouth Carnival is now only around £5,000 from braking even before the [...]
Win a Car in The Weymouth Carnival Grand Draw 2015
Weymouth Carnival have launched the Grand draw for 2015. You could be going home from Weymouth Carnival on Wednesday 19th August in a brand new SUZUKI Celerio SZ2 which has been supplied at a discount from Lanehouse SUZUKI. As well as the car the carnival has had return support from [...]
Weymouth’s Town Bridge Time Capsule
Last week saw the 85th anniversary of the opening of Weymouth's iconic Town Bridge which was opened on 4 July 1930. A year earlier in 1929 the Mayor of Weymouth laid the foundation stone for the pier. When doing so a time capsule was cemented into the foundation stone we [...]
Jurassic Rocks Festival Re-schedules to August
Jurassic Rocks, the music festival held on the Isle of Portland has rescheduled from July to 21st, 22nd & 23rd August. Jurassic Rocks organisers took the difficult decision after looking at the advance ticket sales and requests from bands that wanted to play the festival. The new dates allow the [...]
Wreck Fishing in Weymouth on Charter Boat Wild Frontier
Fantastic video brings to life just how fun a days fishing out of Weymouth can be on one of the many Charter boats that operate out of the harbour. This video was shot on the Wild Frontier when taking a group out wreck fishing for cod. For more information about [...]
Win Tickets to Circus Wonderland in Weymouth
Circus Wonderland visits Weymouth this week and here's a great chance to win family tickets to the show. Just click here to visit the Loving Weymouth and Portland Facebook page where you will find the simple competition at the top of the page. For more about Circus Wonderland's visit click here.
The Waters of Weymouth
A drone flight over the beautiful waters of Weymouth Bay on the south Dorset coast. Some beautiful sweeping views as this drone flies from Lodmoor around the bay to Newtons Cove. Subscribe to Aerial Flyer's YouTube Channel to see more of his videos.
Pirates of the Pavilion Return to Weymouth This July and August
Following a hugely successful season in 2014, PIRATES OF THE PAVILION – The Swashbuckling Summer Pantomime is back to take you on a brand new adventure! We are extremely excited to announce that BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT favourite PHILIP GREEN will be coming aboard the Saucy Sally as he steps into [...]
Weymouth and Portland is Ready for Armed Forces Day Celebrations
This year’s major Armed Forces Day Celebrations will be held over a week starting on Saturday 20 June. There will be many stands and displays full of information from various veteran’s agencies and charity organisations for visitors to learn about the important role they play and how to support them. [...]
Weymouth Made Film Marks Volunteers Week for The RNLI
This week is volunteers week and to mark the occasion the RNLI wanted to celebrate that behind every rescue, there’s a volunteer – from the fundraiser to the education presenter, the launch authority to the museum volunteer, the crew member to the sea safety officer. Without volunteers, they wouldn’t have been [...]
Plague of Jellyfish in Portland Harbour
The warm waters have brought quite a lot of large Barrel Jellyfish into the waters around Weymouth over the past few days with some pretty huge ones being spotted. Spencer Nicklin captured this amazing video from the air of what looks like hundreds of them, maybe even thousands gathered in Portland Harbour. [...]
Sir David Attenborough on Jurassica
News from the team behind the Jurassica Project is that despite the setback in the recent round of National Lottery Heritage Fund awards they are fully committed to developing the project and are confident that it will be opening on Portland by 2021. This video featuring Sir David Attenborough shows [...]
Weymouth Carnival is Taking Procession Entries
There's great news  today that Weymouth Carnival has overcome it's earlier financial difficulties and is now taking entries for the Carnival Procession. The opening of entries for the procession had been left later than usual while the finances were sorted out but it's now full steam ahead for a bumper Carnival [...]
Local Photographer wins Prestigious Photo Competition
Weymouth based professional photographer Ollie Taylor has won the 2015 Lovers of Light photo competition  with his inspiring photograph ‘Durdle Door Starburst’. Over 21,000 photographs were entered in the competition and the judges commented on the award winning photo saying "The photograph evoked powerful memories of childhood holidays and long summer nights [...]
Weymouth Beach wins Seaside Award
Weymouth Central Beach has won the coveted Seaside Award for 2015 from Keep Britain Tidy. The Seaside Award recognises beaches in England that achieve the very highest management and environmental standards, as well as the tough bathing water quality criteria. Weymouth & Portland Borough Council’s Tourism & Events Manager, Matt [...]
Weymouth SEA LIFE Tower Commemorates VE Day
Friday 8 May 2015: To commemorate the 70th Anniversary of VE Day Weymouth SEA LIFE Tower was illuminated by Weymouth Pavilion and this stunning display was visible all across Weymouth Bay. [foogallery id="14883"] Images by Harbour Media
Far From The Madding Crowd Dorset Locations
The new version of Far From the Madding Crowd is due for release in cinemas on 1 May. We're so pleased that so much of the movie was filmed on location in Dorset all within easy reach of Weymouth. [pro_ad_display_adzone id="14623" align="left"]The cast and crew of the movie talk about their love of [...]
Video Dolphins in Weymouth Harbour 25 April 2015
Saturday 25 April two dolphins ventured into Weymouth Harbour early in the morning and stayed for the day eventually swimming back out to sea. Helen Davidson captured this fabulous footage …
 
 


 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 