CHOOSE WEYMOUTH FOR THE PERFECT SHORT BREAK THIS SEASON WE EAT WE SAIL WE WALK WE WATCH WE DIVE WE STAY One of the main business objectives of the Weymouth BID is to attract more visitors to Weymouth out of season. This week the first regional marketing campaign...
The Visit Dorset Tourism Partnership has capitalised on the growing surge in users of social media with its first major Facebook campaign promoting Dorset. The Visit Dorset Facebook page complements the visit-dorset.com website with up to the minute information on what’s happening in the area whilst giving the partnership...
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council is backing a community event urging people to get behind the evolving Weymouth town centre masterplan. The event, set up by WeyForward and AirFM, on Sunday 21 September between 11am and 1pm on Weymouth Pleasure Pier will include live bands and recorded music. Information...
DJ Property based on the Granby Industrial Estate in Weymouth has been successful in their application for one of the new travel grants available to Dorset businesses by Dorset County Council. The grant will enable many new travel related benefits to be installed at the Granby and Lynch Lane...
A new visitor information centre will officially open its doors this week (17/7) on the Isle of Portland. The new information centre will be based at thePortland Heights Hotel. Weymouth & Portland Borough Council awarded a one-off financial contribution of £4,472 to help with the creation of the new...
Police, Coastguards and councils are warning the public about the dangers of ‘tombstoning’ in Dorset. Young thrillseekers have been putting their lives at risk by jumping into the sea from a great height – often from the top of cliffs. There have been reports of youngsters jumping off the...
Popular cycle route leaflets have been updated and now include Weymouth and Portland. Leaflets promoting the National Cycle Network (NCN) Routes 2 and 26 through West Dorset have been reproduced and updated and now include route details all the way to Weymouth and Portland. The NCN routes...
The Weymouth BID is committed to increasing visitor numbers in Weymouth. During the Easter period the Weymouth BID team have planned ‘MAD Saturday’ to take place on 26th April. The day will include a series of Mad Hatter Tea Parties and see the launch of a brand new fun...
Photo call: 11am on Wednesday 9 April on Weymouth Beach (Pavilion End, Spike It Volleyball Courts) There will be a photo call to celebrate the continued partnership between the Royal Air Force and two of Weymouth’s big summer events - the Weymouth Beach Volleyball Classic and the RAF Town Show. Representatives of the RAF, Weymouth...
Weymouth Harbour has frozen its fees for visiting yachts, boats and berth holders for 2014/15. It now means the harbour, run byWeymouth & Portland Borough Council, is one of the cheapest places to visit or moor on the south coast. Cllr Dominic Lonsdale, Chairman of the Harbour Management Board,...
