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Annual Big Guy Fawkes Event on Weymouth Seafront
Residents and visitors are invited to Weymouth Seafront for a night of fun at the free annual Big Guy Fawkes Event on 5 November. Fun starts at 3pm with the fun fair on the Pavilion forecourt and stalls along the seafront followed by the traditional free Children’s Guy Fawkes competition [...]
The Channel Guest House Has Changed Name and Become Weymouth Beach B & B.
Long established family run Weymouth seafront guest house The Channel has changed it's name to Weymouth Beach B and B. Chris Reay one of the proprietors explains ... "The house sits proudly opposite the award winning central beach, our guests only have to walk a matter of yards across The [...]
Challenge Weymouth 2015 Travel and Traffic Info
The Challenge Weymouth Triathlon takes place on Sunday 13 September and thousands of athletes and spectators will be visiting Weymouth for this prestigious event in the annual Triathlon calendar. Whilst the event itself takes place on the Sunday Saturday 12th  is also likely to be very busy with many athletes and spectators [...]
Sunset at The Fleet on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
Another wonderful video by Paul Hoskins shot at sunset at The Fleet
The Fleet – Dorset Countryside Meets Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
Many of the most spectacular views and relaxing walks to be found in the Weymouth and Portland area can be found along the shores of The Fleet. Here unspoilt Dorset farmland leads to the shores of the inland lagoon where the sheer beauty and natural wonder of this tranquil body of water is a [...]
Weymouth Waterfest 2015 Picture Gallery
Weymouth harbour was alive with colour over the weekend of 5 and 6 September for the annual Waterfest celebration of the town's maritime heritage. For more pictures and video take a look at www.facebook.com/weymouthandportland [foogallery id="16316"]
Musical Treats at Waterfest 2015: Videos
Music with a nautical theme will be the order of the day on Sat 5 September and Sun 6 September at Waterfest Weymouth Feast your eyes and ears on these videos of the acts booked to perform on Weymouth Quayside over the Waterfest weekend then check out the times of [...]
Beautiful Portland Video
Beautifully shot video of Portland from the air by Jamie Moore ...
Pop-up Jurassica Exhibition at Osprey Leisure Centre
This Bank Holiday Weekend, Osprey Leisure Centre will host a Pop-up Jurassica Exhibition from Saturday 29th August until Monday 31st August 2015 from 10am to 4pm. This is a fantastic opportunity to travel back in time 140 million years to experience the terrifying world of Jurassic Dorset and meet the [...]
An Invitation to Businesses to Join in on Weymouth Carnival Day
Weymouth carnival is urging businesses to dress their shops, hotels and staff and get in the carnival spirit. Weymouth Hoteliers, Guest Houses & Leaseholders have donated £500 to Weymouth Carnival in the memory of Dave Price. Alison Weller of WHGLA said " After the sad and sudden death of our [...]
A King, Queen, Prince and Princess are Chosen for Weymouth Carnival
Weymouth has four new members of Royalty as Weymouth Carnival has crowned the new Queen & Princes and for the first time ever King & Prince Weymouth’s new Queen is Cat Greenway was over the moon to have been chosen. “Pageant night was awesome, the ocean room looked beautiful and [...]
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.


