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Weymouth
Weymouth has so much to offer the visitor from it's heritage heartland where historical buildings, a restored Victorian Fort, pubs, restaurants, visitor attractions and museums merge with the new town centre shopping complex, 10 pin bowling and 9 screen multiplex cinema. Face a bustling flotilla of fishing boats, pleasure craft, yachts, catamarans and the high speed fast Condor Ferries making their day trips to the Channel Islands and St Malo in France which gives that little extra in making a memorable holiday experience. An ever changing view and atmosphere of the bay, harbour and new marina awaits you.
Weymouth's crowning glory is its award-winning beach. It's safe, it's soft and it's sandy. The impressive sweep of the Georgian seafront houses a wide variety of hotels, restaurants and pubs, cafes and shops, small character shops and the new town shopping centre.
Just a few hundred metres from the town centre, you'll find the Swannery and RSPB Nature Reserve, a swimming pool complex, colourful gardens and a host of attractions open all year. The varity of places to visit and things to do so close will amaze you.
There are many outstanding coastal walks around Weymouth and Portland or just a short drive into the surrounding countryside to visit some of the many memorable locations, visit TE Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia's House or the frequently written and filmed about Thomas Hardy Countryside with the beautiful scenery as seen in the much acclaimed film "Far From The Madding Crowd".
Weymouth's fame as a seaside town goes back over 200 years to the times when King George III and the Royal family spent their holidays in the resort, making Weymouth "The First Resort".
Whatever you're looking for, Weymouth makes the ideal base from which to tour. Much of the countryside surrounding Weymouth has been designated an "Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty" and in December 2001 received World Heritage Status. From the European Award-winning coastline of dramatic cliffs, quiet coves, shingle banks and sandy beaches, to the patchwork quilt landscape of fields and rolling hills, Dorset offers an unrivalled variety of moods and scenery.
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