Local places to visit, eat and shop
Eating out
About a 15 minute walk from the house. Old country pub serving food including Sunday roast, with a pub garden too.
10 locals recommend
The Old Ship Inn
High West StreetAbout a 15 minute walk from the house. Old country pub serving food including Sunday roast, with a pub garden too.
Large outdoor terrace with amazing sea views both inside and outside. Great place for lunch, dinner or just coffee. Perfect for watching the sunset. Serves a great selection of Gins too! About a 10 minute drive from the house.
14 locals recommend
The Fat Badger
90 Camp RoadLarge outdoor terrace with amazing sea views both inside and outside. Great place for lunch, dinner or just coffee. Perfect for watching the sunset. Serves a great selection of Gins too! About a 10 minute drive from the house.
Lovely country pub in a gorgeous village on the outskirts of Weymouth. Beautifully decorated old pub. Serves an amazing carvery! Pub garden available. Stream just outside the front of the pub to feed the ducks!
27 locals recommend
Springhead
Sutton RoadLovely country pub in a gorgeous village on the outskirts of Weymouth. Beautifully decorated old pub. Serves an amazing carvery! Pub garden available. Stream just outside the front of the pub to feed the ducks!
Right on the beach! Serving cooked food, eat in with great views of the sea which is only a few yards away or at tables right on the beach. Great coffee, takeaway food & drink available. Cakes and ice-creams too. 5-10 minute drive from the house and a car park right next to the café (keep your parking receipt and they will refund you if you buy food or drinks).
33 locals recommend
Cafe Oasis
Bowleaze CovewayRight on the beach! Serving cooked food, eat in with great views of the sea which is only a few yards away or at tables right on the beach. Great coffee, takeaway food & drink available. Cakes and ice-creams too. 5-10 minute drive from the house and a car park right next to the café (keep your parking receipt and they will refund you if you buy food or drinks).
Great café with stunning views right around Weymouth bay. Eat in or outside on one of the many large round picnic style tables. Serves hot and cold food and incredible home made cakes. Perfect space for children or dogs to run around too!
14 locals recommend
Lookout Cafe
Bowleaze CovewayGreat café with stunning views right around Weymouth bay. Eat in or outside on one of the many large round picnic style tables. Serves hot and cold food and incredible home made cakes. Perfect space for children or dogs to run around too!
10 minutes drive is Brewery Square in Dorchester an amazing little plaza with numerous restaurants a walk through fountain (kids love this when it's hot!). Includes a cinema as well as eateries such as:
Brewhouse Kitchen (Pub serving drinks, food and sometimes live music)
Nandos
Luccio's (Owned by Lucciano Marco Pierre-White)
Zizzi
Cote Brasserie
Pizza Express
Costa
Creams (an amazing ice-cream, crepes, milkshakes, coffee bar)
Wagamamas
25 locals recommend
Brewery Square
10 minutes drive is Brewery Square in Dorchester an amazing little plaza with numerous restaurants a walk through fountain (kids love this when it's hot!). Includes a cinema as well as eateries such as:
Brewhouse Kitchen (Pub serving drinks, food and sometimes live music)
Nandos
Luccio's (Owned by Lucciano Marco Pierre-White)
Zizzi
Cote Brasserie
Pizza Express
Costa
Creams (an amazing ice-cream, crepes, milkshakes, coffee bar)
Wagamamas
Lovely pub in the heart of the old harbour. Right by the water, eat inside or out or sit and have a drink and watch the world (and boats!) go by.
Old Rooms Inn
Cove RowLovely pub in the heart of the old harbour. Right by the water, eat inside or out or sit and have a drink and watch the world (and boats!) go by.
Large Harvester right near beach, parking, large salad bar and plenty of food choices for adults and children
The Spyglass Inn Harvester
Bowleaze CovewayLarge Harvester right near beach, parking, large salad bar and plenty of food choices for adults and children
Great place to take families to eat, right near beach and aquarium (Sea Life Centre) and local park.
Brewers Fayre Lodmoor
Beach RoadGreat place to take families to eat, right near beach and aquarium (Sea Life Centre) and local park.
Right on the harbour tables inside and out, great place to eat and soak up the harbour atmosphere whilst watching the boats come and go.
Old Rooms Inn
Cove RowRight on the harbour tables inside and out, great place to eat and soak up the harbour atmosphere whilst watching the boats come and go.
Sightseeing
Amazing historic beaches and unusual cliff forming a 'door'
Plenty of parking and views from the top of the cliff but the walk down (and subsequently back up!) could be tricky for those with mobility issues.
403 locals recommend
Durdle Door
Amazing historic beaches and unusual cliff forming a 'door'
Plenty of parking and views from the top of the cliff but the walk down (and subsequently back up!) could be tricky for those with mobility issues.
Nothe Fort
Barrack RoadHistoric fort in Weymouth
Lovely old harbour with plenty of places to eat, drink, go crabbing, catch a boat trip, buy fish and chips and sit and watch the boats come and go or mooch around the quaint little shops.
26 locals recommend
Weymouth Harbour
Lovely old harbour with plenty of places to eat, drink, go crabbing, catch a boat trip, buy fish and chips and sit and watch the boats come and go or mooch around the quaint little shops.
Stunning Jurassic coast, great for walks (not many amenities available)
112 locals recommend
Chesil Beach
Stunning Jurassic coast, great for walks (not many amenities available)
Sandworld
Sand sculptures
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
Bullers WayBeautiful gardens and also Swannery to see swans
RSPB Radipole Lake
Radipole Park DriveAmazing for bird watching!
Sandsfoot Castle
39 Old Castle RdOld ruined castle, cafe and gardens
The Red Lion
Hope StreetPub right on the harbour front
Local shops
Corner shop within 5 mins walk of the house. Come out of house turn left to end of Beech Road. At the end, turn right into Dorchester Road. A 2 minute walk up the road is the shop. Serving all the basics you need, including bread, cakes, chilled food, wines, spirits and icecreams.
6 locals recommend
Broadwey Village Stores
608 Dorchester RoadCorner shop within 5 mins walk of the house. Come out of house turn left to end of Beech Road. At the end, turn right into Dorchester Road. A 2 minute walk up the road is the shop. Serving all the basics you need, including bread, cakes, chilled food, wines, spirits and icecreams.
Small shopping centre with Pharmacy, GP Surgery, Dentist, Hair Salon, large Home Bargains store as well as Subway, Chinese Takeaway and Kebab shop.
Littlemoor Shopping Centre
Littlemoor RoadSmall shopping centre with Pharmacy, GP Surgery, Dentist, Hair Salon, large Home Bargains store as well as Subway, Chinese Takeaway and Kebab shop.
Pharmacy
Rowlands Pharmacy
7 Littlemoor RdNearest pharmacy
Supermarkets
Morrisons
Large supermarket 5 minutes drive
Tesco Superstore
Weymouth AvenueTesco supermarket
Large Asda supermarket, also sells toys, clothing and homeware
15 locals recommend
Asda Weymouth Superstore
Newstead RoadLarge Asda supermarket, also sells toys, clothing and homeware
Lidl
148 Dorchester RdLidl Supermarket
Aldi
Mercery RoadAldi supermarket 5 minutes drive
Places to take children
Indoor Aquarium with outdoor kids adventure park. Right near beach and Brewers Fayre pub right next door.
81 locals recommend
SEA LIFE Centre Weymouth
Indoor Aquarium with outdoor kids adventure park. Right near beach and Brewers Fayre pub right next door.
Fantasy Island Fun Park
Bowleaze CovewayFun park for kids
City advice
Getting around
Bus stop and train station both within a few minutes walk
Buses - come out of the house, turn left and walk to the end of our street then turn right onto Dorchester Road and you will see bus stops both sides of the street. Buses going towards Weymouth or Dorchester.
Trains (7 -10 mins) come out of the house, turn right and walk to the end of our street. Turn right again, walk about 50 yards and then cross over the road (Littlemoor Road) . From there head left towards the underpass but turn right before you get there. Head down that small road and at the end is Upwey station. Catch trains from here to both Weymouth and Dorchester town centres.