Places

Portland Castle overlooks Portland harbour and onwards to Weymouth. The castle was built by Henry VIII to defend the anchorage Read more…

Corfe Castle once controlled the Isle of Purbeck, a thousand-year-old castle, that was destroyed during the English Civil War when Read more…

Charmouth beach is a sand, at low tide, and shingle beach that stretches for two miles with many rock pools. Read more…

Lyme Regis lifeboat station was established in 1853 and now operates an inshore lifeboat from the famous Lyme Regis Cobb Read more…

Lodmoor beach is in Weymouth bay some 1 mile (1.6km) east of Weymouth town centre and the beach is backed Read more…

Max Gate was the home of novelist and poet Thomas Hardy – it is believed Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Jude Read more…

Brownsea Island offers a varied and beautiful landscape for enjoying the wonders of nature; from the patchworks of woodland, heath Read more…

Overcome beach lies at the northeastern end of Weymouth Bay under Furzy Cliff, and is thus also known as Furzy Read more…

Newton’s Cove is a small cove between the main Weymouth beach and Portland Harbour, next to the Nothe Fort. The cove Read more…

Hengistbury Head is a headland jutting into the English Channel between Bournemouth and Christchurch, at the end is a spit Read more…