Local Information

Shopping
Weymouth town centre is well equipped with shops, from mainstream outlets to individual, local stores.  There is a weekly market which can also be found in Portland and Dorchester. In addition, Weymouth offers a Christmas market weekly throughout December.

Travel
Boats regularly leave the harbour on sight-seeing trips and fishing excursions, while the Condor high-speed ferry will whisk you off to Jersey, Guernsey or France for the day.

Sports
Weymouth offerse excellent facilities for golf, sea and coarse fishing, watersports, motorsports, canoeing, diving, shooting, horse riding and quad-biking.  The town boasts a football team in the Blue Square conference and a rugby team.

Restaurants
Weymouth offers a fantastic choice of restraurants, including traditional British fish & chip bars, French & Italian and the more exotic Chinese, Indian and Thai. Most restaurants are child-friendly.

Nature & Wildlife
For a pleasant day out why not try a walk in Lodmoor Country Park or a visit to Abbotsbury Swannery or sub-tropical gardens. Alternatively, treat the kids to the Sea Life Centre or Monkey World?

Places of Interest
Take a short drive to the Isle of Portland and see the famous Portland Bill lighthouse, or perhaps take a stroll along Chesil Beach and view The Fleet, Great Britain's biggest Tidal Lagoon, which forms part of the 95-mile stretch of coastline which runs from Orcombe Point in Devon to Old Harry Rocks in Swanage, Dorset and makes up the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

Nightlife
Catch a show at the Pavilion Theatre, have a drink by the beautiful Old Harbour, or, for the younger or more energetic amongst you, try out some of the many bars and clubs in the town.

Special Events
Festival Week in August, which features the Red Arrows and a Carnival Parade, motorcross on the beach, speed boat racing in the bay and a spectacular Bonfire Night fireworks display, to a Victorian night held at the Pavilion Theatre in December and the famous New Years Eve celebrations where the majority of people wear fancy dress, you are sure to find something to suit your taste!