Weymouth /ˈweɪməθ/ is a seaside town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast. The town is 11 kilometres (7 mi) south of Dorchester and 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the Isle of Portland. The town's population is 52,323 (2011). The town is the third largest settlement in Dorset after the unitary authorities of Bournemouth and Poole.
Population: 50,253
Latitude: 50° 36' 52.13" N
Longitude: -2° 27' 35.68" W
Easton railway station was the terminus of the Portland Branch Railway, which operated in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened with the Easton and Church Hope Railway, one of the constituent parts of a complex line, on 1 September 1902, …
Crookhill Brick Pit (grid reference SY644798) is a 4.77 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 2003.
Clandon Barrow is a very large bowl barrow dating from the Bronze Age, which overlooks the village of Martinstown, near Dorchester in Dorset, and which lies on the same ridge as Maiden Castle. It was excavated by Edward Cunnington in 1882. Gold obje…
Charlestown is a suburb of Weymouth in Dorset, England, situated in the west of the town beside The Fleet, although it is in Chickerell parish (population 5,282 in 2001) and West Dorset district, rather than Weymouth and Portland borough.
Chalbury Hill And Quarry (grid reference SY694838) is an 11.9 hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, England, notified in 1977. The site consists of grassland (10.3 hectare) and a disused limestone quarry (1…
Broadwey /ˈbrɔːdweɪ/ is a former village in the northern suburbs of Weymouth, Dorset, England. It lies on the B3159 road.
Bookham is a hamlet in Dorset, England located south-east of the village of Buckland Newton.
Bennetts Water Gardens is an 8-acre (32,000 m2) garden in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, in southern England. It holds national and international collections of water lilies which flower from late May through to September. The plants are display…
Abbotsbury Blind Lane (grid reference SY576856) is a 0.4 hectares (0.99 acres) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Dorset, notified in 1986; this area is slightly smaller than when it was first notified in 1977. It is also a Geological…
Wyke Regis Halt was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.
Westham Halt was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.
Up Sydling is a hamlet in west Dorset, England, at the head of Sydling Water, a tributary of the River Frome, ten miles north of Dorchester.
Tollerford Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
St George's Hundred, later often George Hundred, was a hundred (administrative division) in the county of Dorset, England, containing the following parishes:
Sandsfoot Castle Halt was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway between Weymouth and Portland in Dorset.
Rodwell was a small railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.
Portland was a railway station on the Portland Branch Railway in the west of the English county of Dorset.
Portesham was a small railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway, it was sited across the fields from Portesham village not far from an underbridg…