Weymouth 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 a gateway situated halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast. Weymouth Harbour has included cross-channel ferries, and is home to pleasure boats and private yachts, and nearby Portland Harbour is where the sailing events of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games were held.
About Weymouth, Dorset in brief
Weymouth 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 a gateway situated halfway along the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site on the Dorset and east Devon coast, important for its geology and landforms. Weymouth Harbour has included cross-channel ferries, and is home to pleasure boats and private yachts, and nearby Portland Harbour is where the sailing events of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games were held. The history of the borough stretches back to the 12th century, including its involvement in the spread of the Black Death, the settlement of the Americas, the development of Georgian architecture, and as a major departure point for the Normandy Landings. The resort is among the first modern tourist destinations, after King George III’s brother the Duke of Gloucester built a grand residence there in 1780. A statue of the King stands on the seafront, which was renovated in 20078 by stripping 20 layers of paintwork and replacing it with a stainless steel one mounted on the chalk hills of Osmington. The A354 road bridge connects Weymour to Portland, which together form the borough of Weymorsh and Portland. The towns were united in an Act of Parliament in 1571 to form a double borough. In 1635, on board the ship Charity, around 100 emigrants from the town crossed the Atlantic Ocean and settled in Weymours, Massachusetts.
More townspeople emigrated to the Americas to bolster the population of Nova Scotia and Salem, Massachusetts; then called Naumking. King Henry VIII had two Device Forts built to protect the south Dorset coast from invasion in the 1530s: Sandsfoot Castle in Wyke Regis and Portland Castle in Castletown. Parts of Sandsfoot have fallen into the sea due to coastal erosion. The villages of Upwey, Broadwey,. Preston, Wykeregis, Chickerell, Southill, Radipole and Littlemoor have become part of the built-up area. The Georgian buildings were constructed in the Georgian and Regency periods between 1770 and 1855, designed by architects such as James Hamilton and James Hamilton. The new esplanade is composed of terraces, which have been converted into hotels, hotels, and guest houses, which are now called the Esplanade Hotel and Spa. The Esplanades are made up of terraced houses, some of which were designed by James Hamilton, such as the James Hamilton House, which is located in the centre of the town. The seaside resort has a population of 53,068, and it is the third largest settlement in Dorset after Bournemouth and Poole. It is also home to a number of tourist attractions, including a marina, a spa, a hotel, a restaurant and a golf course.
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