Weymouth Town Tourist Information

Weymouth Town Tourism Attractions

The town centres around Weymouth Harbour around which Weymouth originally grew. The town's streets are lined with a good range of shops including independent and high street names. The Brewer's Quay complex, a former Victorian brewery, contains around twenty outlets including specialist shops, restaurants, bars and bistros.

Weymouth's streets have lots of character including many Georgian buildings. Not far from Brewers Quay is one of Weymouth's few remaining Tudor buildings, the Tudor House. This has been preserved by Weymouth's Civic Society and is open to visitors from May to mid October. A guided tour will take you round the house and tell you more about its history as a merchant's house.

Weymouth Museum is in the Brewers Quay complex near the harbour/in the town centre and tells the social history of the town and its inhabitants. It holds the Bussell collection of prints and paintings that tell the story of Weymouth's history. It is open seven days a week from 10am-4.30pm and admission if free, donations are welcomed. Weymouth Museum, Brewers Quay, Hope Square, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8TR. Tel: 01305 777622. Fax: 01305 761680.

For a rainy day attraction this coupled with the Timewalk, where you can experience the sounds and smells of Weymouth from the fourteenth century, make Weymouth's history come alive. Children might also find the Discovery interactive science centre attraction fun which is kitted out with puzzles, gadgets and books within the Brewers Quay complex. After that you can explore the shops that are housed in Brewers Quay.

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Weymouth Harbour Tourism Guide

Weymouth Harbour sandwiches the town between it and The Esplanade. It's a busy harbour that is at the heart of Weymouth's Old Town and it retains much of that historic seafaring character, particularly along the seventeenth century waterfront. You can pick up the Heritage Trail which will point out some of Weymouth's historic sights and the stories that include the Black Death, the Spanish Armada and the Civil War.

There is a good choice of restaurants, pubs and shops, including chandlers, around the harbour making it ideal for visiting pleasure craft. All the town's shops and attractions are only a short walk away.

Several of the boat trip operators running trips and cruises around Dorset's Heritage Coast depart from Weymouth Harbour. Check our boat trips page, link right.

On the south east side of Weymouth Harbour is the Nothe Peninsula where you'll find Weymouth's Nothe Fort. The Fort was built in 1860 to defend Portland Harbour and housed a 12 gun battery of canons. The Fort is now a museum dedicated to coastal defence and has seventy rooms of exhibits looking at Weymouth at war and the Royal Navy who have operated out of the town as well as more ancient history that has affected Dorset such as the Roman invasion. There are plenty of vehicles and guns for the kids to play on!

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RSPB Reserves Weymouth

North of the harbour, within the town is Radipole Lake RSPB reserve - a large reedbed and lake that is excellent for a spot of birdwatching.

Cetti's warblers and bearded tits can be spotted all year round. In Autumn you never know what you're going to see as it attracts a range of migrating birds and bitterns in winter. There is a Visitor Centre on site with a viewing shelter and hide. You can also grab a snack and hot drink or browse publications in the shop.

Check the weblink right for more information or call Tel: 01305 778313.

Over to the east of the town centre at Lodmoor Country Park is another RSPB Reserve. Lodmoor RSPB Reserve contains open water, reedbed, saltmarsh and wet grassland that is excellent for a range of birds including rarities like Cetti's warbler, bearded tits, bittern, as well as hundreds of swallows, martins and waders.

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