Working west from Osmington Mills access to the beach from Osmington via a minor road is either down the steep path from the Smugglers’ Inn car park or from the coast path and steps just to the east of the pub. As with the previous section from Bran Point to Osmington Mills, a low tide is necessary to...
West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland beaches have achieved 11 excellent ratings for their bathing water quality. Weymouth Central, Seatown, West Bay West and Ringstead Bay were among a host of beaches to achieve an excellent rating. Lyme Regis’ front beach also received a good rating for it’s bathing water....
Cllr. Ray Bryan, Portfolio Holder for Highways, Travel and Environment at Dorset Council, has issued the following statement in response to continued coverage of the safety barrier installation at Weymouth Harbour.
“Following concerns raised by residents directly with the Health and Safety Executive last year, the HSE asked us to...
Weymouth & Portland Borough Council coordinated the £1.2m project to provide the new centre which is situated on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site and was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund as well as a wide range of local and other partners, including The Crown Estate on whose...
Residents and visitors will be able to enjoy a safe, fun and sustainable summer on the beach thanks to new communal electric BBQs being installed along Bournemouth and Poole’s seafront.
The fixed electric BBQs will help to reduce the use of disposable alternatives that are often left as litter, impact...
Purpose: This is a joint update from the subgroups that feed into the Multi Agency Forum (MAF), which supports operational planning of the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland. The MAF consists of representatives from the Home Office, Dorset Council, Portland Town Council, Weymouth Town Council, Dorset Police, Dorset &...
Officers are appealing to the public to stay away from Durdle Door in Purbeck as emergency services are in attendance to deal with a number of casualties.
Dorset Police was called at 3.43pm on Saturday 30 May 2020 to a report of concern for the safety of people who were...
Weymouth Town Council are planning to light up Weymouth’s iconic Jubilee Clock throughout 2021 to raise awareness for good causes.
The initiative will light up the clockface with colours that represent different charities and will run throughout the year. The council aims to represent one cause or charity per month,...
BCP Council is creating enhanced space for walking and cycling on a section of Poole Quay and Lower High Street, enabling residents and workers to socially distance more easily as people return to open spaces.
From next week (27 June 2020) restricted access will be in place for cars and...
Dorset Council is proposing to keep the current safety railings on Custom House Quay, Weymouth, in place for the foreseeable future.
The railings were installed in April earlier this year following advice from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) that edge protection was required to ensure that people were adequately protected from falling in...
