In the top row of pictures:

• View across the beach at low tide to the long, south-east facing Esplanade (picture)
• Statue of George III, erected at the southern end of the Esplanade by the local inhabitants in 1809, in gratitude for his patronage (picture)
• The Esplanade and the Jubilee Memorial Clock Tower, for the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887 (picture)
• Guest houses and small hotels crowd the sea-front ... (picture)
• ... whilst at the other end of the scale is the Royal Hotel, overlooking the centre of the Esplanade, dating from 1887–9 and built in a style termed 'Free Renaissance' (picture)

In the middle row of pictures:

• Inland – overlooking Radipole Lake – the small visitor centre at the RSPB bird reserve (picture)
• Fronting onto the harbour quay, the Custom House and other warehouses (picture)
• View from the Town Bridge along Custom House Quay (picture)
• The recently re-developed Brewer's Quay, on the western side of the River Wey (picture)
• View across the River Wey, terrace of houses along the western side of Weymouth Harbour (picture)

In the bottom row of pictures:

• View out along Bincleaves Groyne, one of the breakwaters making up Portland harbour which was built in 1849–1903 to provide safe anchorage for Naval and commercial ships (picture)
• Guarding the entrance to Weymouth harbour, Nothe fort, built 1860–72, one of several constructed along the south coast to defend harbours and naval installations (picture)
• One of several recently re-furbished terraces on the west bank of the river around Brewers Quay (picture)
• The centre of the town has also recently undergone redevelopment, Lower Bond Street and the White Hart Inn – one of the larger buildings surving from 17th century Weymouth (picture)
• Mid-day in the summer, the scene down St Mary Street attests to the continuing popularity of the resort (picture)

Other sites on the web

Weymouth & Portland Borough Council:   the official town website

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB):   manage the nature reserve at Radipole Lake – events, visitor access and directions to the reserve can be found on their Radipole Lake reserve page.

The Dorset Page:   Weymouth – local information and links to further resources on the web

Maps of the area on streetmap.co.uk:   1:50,000 – detail, 1:250,000 – locality and route to get there

The pictures of Weymouth in this gallery were captured at high resolution.
This is images of dorset stock photography gallery 024
All photographs copyright © 1998–2003 John Allen