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Bed And Breakfast In Weymouth
Chris Carr previously owned a popular seafront hotel in Weymouth. Not resting on their laurels they have redecorated from top to bottom to a very high comfortable standard. Along with a warm, friendly and down to earth welcome they offer a ‘breakfast to die for' in comfortable, stylish surroundings. Choose from the following for a delicious breakfast which will kick start your day.
You are welcome to come and stay at our home, a small and friendly Non-Smoking husband & wife run house. We are situated at the quieter end of town near the church with the very tall spire { St Johns Church } still only 5 mins from Weymouth 's Sandy Beach and Greenhill. A short walk will take you to Lodmoor Country Park and the Sea Life Centre. The railway station is 15mins walk or a short taxi ride away. Condor Ferry Port {routes to St Malo and the Channel Islands } is a 4 minutes drive along the Esplanade.
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Warwick Court Guest House
The Warwick Court is a 3 star rated guest house run by resident proprietors Kim and John Richards who offer a friendly service and a warm welcome. You will always find a pleasant home from home atmosphere for you to relax and enjoy your holiday.
You will find us ideally situated just a few minutes walk from Weymouth sea front, harbor, shops & train/coach stations. We have a free car park available to the rear of the property.
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MARIBEL'S BED AND BREAKFAST
Maribel's Bed and Breakfast - Warm and friendly relaxed atmosphere. Maribel your host will make your comford and enjoyment a priority. Ideally situated 5 minutes level walking from the 17th cetrury old harbour,weymouth town,Beach,Railway station mainline and nature reserve.
Maribels Weymouth is Open All Year!
High standard of cleanliness throughout
Parking
Optional evening meal available with b&b (except July and August)
Most rooms have a lake or garden view
Colour TV with Freeview, Hospitality Tray, and Mini Fridge in all rooms
Internet and Wi-Fi
Most rooms with ensuite (ground floor ensuite available)
Vegetarians catered for
Telephone: 01305 773255
Basil Towers
Telephone: 01305 839005
A Knights Rest Guesthouse
Telephone: 01305 766669
Aaran House
Telephone: 01305 783849
Alverstoke Guest House
Telephone: 01305 782542
Anchorage Hotel
Telephone: 01305 770410
Annes House
More Information About Weymouth
Weymouth (pronounced /ˈweɪməθ/) is a large town in Dorset, England, situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey on the English Channel coast. The town is 13 kilometres (8 mi) south of Dorchester and 8 kilometres (5 mi) north of the Isle of Portland. The town's population is around 54,000. The A354 road bridge connects Weymouth to Portland, which together form the borough of Weymouth and Portland. The history of the borough stretches back to the 12th century; including involvement in the spread of the Black Death, the settlement of the Americas, the development of Georgian architecture, and preparations for World War II. Although fishing and trading employ fewer people in the area since their peak in earlier centuries, tourism has had a strong presence in the town since the 18th century. Weymouth is a tourist resort, and its economy depends on its harbour and visitor attractions; the town is a gateway situated half-way along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Weymouth Harbour is home to cross-channel ferries, pleasure boats and private yachts, and nearby Portland Harbour is home to the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, where the sailing events of the 2012 Olympic Games will be held. Tourism has been the largest industry in Weymouth for decades, though the number of people employed in the sector has declined slightly since its peak in the late 1990s.[54] Weymouth's coast and beaches, lakes, museums, aquarium, and two shopping centres are the main attractions for visitors. The visitor accommodation consists of hotels on the seafront, guest houses around the town centre,[12] and caravan and camping sites just out of town, including three sites owned by Haven and British Holidays: Littlesea, Seaview and Weymouth Bay.[55] There are over two hundred events held throughout the year in the borough,[56] including firework festivals, dragon boat racing, beach volleyball,[57] handball[58] and motocross,[59] and the annual carnival in mid-August, which attracts around 70,000 people each year.[12][56] Weymouth is the only port in the world to have hosted the start of The Tall Ships' Races three times[60]—in 1983, 1987 and 1994; the 1994 race attracting 300,000 spectators.[61] he Pavilion Theatre was built in 1960 on a peninsula of reclaimed land between the harbour and the esplanade, after the Ritz Theatre was destroyed by fire in 1954.[62] The Pavilion is owned and operated by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, providing a venue for local community groups and schools, and hosting seasonal "end of the pier" entertainment and year-round shows and events. It was announced in 2006 that the Pavilion complex and 4 hectares (10 acres) of its surroundings will be entirely redeveloped from 2008 to 2011, in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The complex is to include a refurbished theatre, a World Heritage Site visitors' centre, a new ferry terminal, a 140 bed 4-star hotel, an underground car park, a shopping arcade, offices, around 340 luxury apartments, 110 affordable homes, public squares, promenades, and a 290-berth marina.[63] Delays to the project mean it is now unlikely to be completed in time for the 2012 Summer Olympics.[64] As part of the regeneration of Weymouth and Portland, it was decided in 2007 that Weymouth's esplanade will be redeveloped in time for the 2012 Olympic Games. Planned improvements include a public square around the restored statue of King George III, the restoration and extension the Art Deco pier bandstand, a Tourist information centre and café, Victorian-style shelters and seasonal kiosks, a beach rescue centre, and a sand art pavilion for the sculptures of Mark Anderson.[65] Other alterations to the promenade are considered, particularly around key areas such as the Jubilee Clock and the pier bandstand, including a lighting scheme and seating areas with planting, fountains and structural trees.[65] All proposals are scheduled to undergo a period of public consultation before accepted improvements could begin in 2008 for completion before 2012.[66] Weymouth Harbour is long and narrow, and formed the estuary of the River Wey until the building of a bridge to Westham, which separated the harbour's backwaters from Radipole Lake. For centuries the harbour was a passenger terminal and trade and cargo port: goods handled included wool and spices, and in the 20th century Weymouth was a bulk importer of fertiliser and cars.[2] The old harbourside, on both sides of the seaward end of the harbour, still hosts a large fishing fleet, with docks, unloading areas, and a cross-channel ferry terminal. Fishing and cargo trading employ fewer people in the area since their peak in earlier centuries, but local fishermen catch the largest mass of fish in England and the third largest in the United Kingdom.[60] The inner harbour has been refurbished in two phases, in 1994–1996 and in 2002, to include a new marina with hundreds of berths for pleasure boats, cruisers and sailing boats.[60] Local boats offer fishing and diving trips, pleasure cruises along the Jurassic Coast, and thrill-rides to the Isle of Portland.[67] The main shopping centre in the area is in Melcombe Regis, consisting of two pedestrianised streets (St. Thomas's and St. Mary's Street), shops along the esplanade, and a new precinct stretching from St. Thomas's Street to the harbourside, built in the 1990s. There are shops and restaurants in the pedestrianised Hope Square and Brewers Quay, which are linked to the town centre by town bridge and a small passenger ferry service across the harbour.[12] In 2005 the town centre had 292 shops and 37,500 square metres (404,000 sq ft) of floorspace, and there was 0.4 square kilometres (100 acres) of industrial estate in the area.[1] Weymouth, Portland and Chickerell have been a Fairtrade Zone for three years.[68] Fashion company New Look has its national head office in Weymouth, and until 2005 the company's regional distribution centre was based at the same site.[69] Plans were approved in 2007 to develop the New Look site to include new headquarters, retail warehouses and industrial units, a hotel, fire station, and a medical centre with ambulance station.[70] Transport Weymouth railway station is the terminus of the route from London Waterloo and the route from Westbury and Bristol. Its size was appropriate for the rail traffic that came in and out of Weymouth on summer Saturdays, however it was oversized as trains became less popular, and was demolished in 1986. A smaller station took up part of the site, and the rest was given to commercial development. Parts of the South West Main Line west of Poole have been reduced from dual to single track; as part of preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games, local councils have lobbied the Department for Transport to relay the track and increase services to London and Bristol, and to introduce new direct services to Exeter.[71] Services to London Waterloo began running every 30 minutes from December 2007, but services through Bristol to Cardiff were reduced.[72] An unusual feature of the railways in Weymouth was that until 1987, the town had street running of main-line trains though the streets and along the Weymouth Harbour Tramway to the Quay station at the eastern end of the harbour, to travel to mainland Europe by sea. Due to declining business, goods traffic ceased in 1972, but passenger services continued until 1987, when these services ceased from lack of use.[73] The Quay Station houses the Condor Ferries Terminal; Condor Ferries' main UK port is Weymouth, and the HSC Condor Express runs from the harbour to the French port of St Malo, and the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.[74] Local bus services are run by First Hampshire & Dorset, which bought the local Southern National company. Services run from Weymouth to the Isle of Portland, Dorchester, Bournemouth, Wool, Beaminster, Axminster, other villages and the town's holiday parks.[75] Weymouth is connected to towns and villages along the Jurassic Coast by the Jurassic Coast Bus service, which runs along the route of 142 kilometres (88 mi) from Exeter to Poole, through Sidford, Beer, Seaton, Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Bridport, Abbotsbury, Weymouth, Wool, and Wareham. This service is convenient for walkers who can ride the bus to or from a walk along the coast.[12][76] The A354 road connects the town to the A35 trunk road in Dorchester, and terminates at Easton on the Isle of Portland. The A353 road runs east from Weymouth to the south of Warmwell, where it connects with the A352 to the Isle of Purbeck and Wareham. In the 1980s the town centre was bypassed by the A354 to Portland, but the government's road building policy changed before a proposed relief road could be completed. The A354 follows its original route through Upwey and Broadwey, where traffic problems are common at peak tourist times, particularly on event days such as the carnival.[77] The relief road's construction was delayed by opposition from residents and environmental groups, including Transport 2000 and the Campaign to Protect Rural England, who object to the route's partial destruction of a nature reserve, which is an AONB and SSSI.[78] With Weymouth and Portland scheduled to host 2012 Olympic sailing events the project reopened; the local authorities favouring a more environmentally friendly proposal than in the 1990s.[77] On 5 April 2007, Dorset County Council granted planning permission for a modified proposal including a single carriageway running 7 kilometres (4 mi) north, and a 1000-space park-and-ride scheme, costing £84.5 million.[79] Work commenced in 2008; it has been agreed that the work be completed in three years, in time for the 2012 Olympic sailing events.[79]
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