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Weymouth Dorset Photographs
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Title: Easter in Weymouth
Place: Weymouth
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About: We are always a bit behind in adding our photographs as we take so many at a time. We visited The old harbour at Weymouth during the Easter holiday and we were blessed with glorious sunshine. Both sid......
Photograph Added: 25th May 2011
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Title: Crowded harbour
Place: Weymouth
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About: It was so sunny when we visited Weymouth earlier this year that both sides of the harbour were crowded with people enjoying the view and quite a few had a pint or two. Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbou......
Photograph Added: 25th May 2011
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Title: Old Harbour
Place: Weymouth
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About: Weymouth's picturesque harbour is now home to countless fishing boats, pleasure craft and yachts. Condor's high speed ferries make daily trips to the Channel Islands and both sides of the harbour are......
Photograph Added: 25th May 2011
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Title: Protection Scheme
Place: Weymouth
About: Newton's Cove Coast Protection Scheme was one of the 2004 finalist in the Prime Minister's better public buildings awards. The scheme was devised to protect residential property while at the same time......
Photograph Added: 25th August 2010
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Title: Brewers Quay at Weymouth
Place: Weymouth
About: A Victorian brewery at Weymouth is now a unique Shopping Village called Brewers Quay which is full of specialist shops and attractions. Beside it is the historic Hope Square, with cafes, bars and bi......
Photograph Added: 11th August 2010
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About Weymouth Dorset.
The area of Weymouth has been a port for many centuries and evidence shows that Roman ships sailed up the River Wey. Originally there were two ports on either side of the river, Weymouth on the south side and Malcombe Regis to the north, the site of today's shopping centre. As elsewhere in the region the towns owed their prosperity to the woollen trade. It has been reported that it was through the port of Malcombe Regis that the Black Death arrived in England. In 1571 the two towns were combined but it was not until 1597 that the first bridge was built to link the town across the river.
From the early days of discovery and colonisation many emigrants to the New World sailed from Weymouth and unlike the Mayflower Steps at Plymouth, Weymouth did nothing to mark this until May 1994 when a street near the Custom House Quay was named Pilgrims Way to remember those who sailed from the quay to start a new life in America and beyond.
Today all manner of ships and ferries make Weymouth harbour a very busy place and there are records of a ferry to the Channel Islands as far back as 1784. Modern pontoons, electricity and fresh water hook ups and there are many harbour-based activities throughout the year, including Trawler Races and an Oyster Festival and various sea angling events.
Weymouth has hosted the start of the Cutty Sark Tall Ships race on three separate occasions and commercial fishing is still a vital activity within the port. Today the Port has the largest annual fish tonnage in England and the third largest in the UK.
In 1789 King George III visited the area and went into the sea using a bathing machine. These early machines not only allowed bathers to undress but also to enter the sea privately. The king apparently enjoyed his time at Weymouth as he became a regular visitor and bought himself a house on the seafront called Gloucester Lodge. This building has since been a hotel and has now been turned into luxury apartments. A statue of the King was erected at the junction St. Mary Street and St. Thomas Street in 1810 to commemorate his Golden Jubilee and show appreciation of the king's patronage of Weymouth.
Weymouth's most famous landmark, the Jubilee Clock, is to be found at the end of King Street on the esplanade. Erected in 1887 the clock commemorates the Fifty years that Queen Victoria was on the throne.
There is much to attract the visitors to Weymouth, the climate is very mild with few frosts and even rarer, snow. The beach has some of the finest sand in Britain and has won many awards, it is ideal for families as it is safe for bathing and has a host of attractions including the sand sculptures. Located near Alexandra Gardens the sculptures are created by Mark Anderson, who has taken on the role of his legendary sand-modelling grandfather Fred Darrington. Also on the beach during the summer is Prof Guy Higgins with a children?s favourite, the Punch and Judy Show.
Weymouth has many attractions both old and new. Just off Weymouth's Old Harbour is Brewers Quay a redeveloped Victorian brewery building which houses a unique undercover Shopping Village. There are over 20 specialist shops offering a fascinating choice of goods. The building also houses the Timewalk which allows the visitor to travel back through 600 years of local history and explore the unique brewing heritage in which the present attraction was created. Brewers Quay is also the home of the Weymouth Museum that has a unique record of local and social history.
Nothe Fort on the Nothe peninsula overlooks both Weymouth and Portland Harbours and offers some remarkable views. This Victorian fort is now a museum specialising in the Victorian and World War II periods. Today the fort is designed to present the history of the fort in a bright and attractive way.
Weymouth has something for everyone and is worth a visit at any time of the year.
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