Qualla: Weymouth https://qualla.com/weymouth en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Weymouth https://qualla.com/weymouth Weymouth: Introduction https://qualla.com/weymouth/ On New Year's Eve, the country's biggest fancy-dress party happens in Weymouth. The pubs of St Mary Street and St Thomas Street fill with Roman centurions, dinosaurs, Vikings, Disney princesses and dozens of more obscure costume choices, and they pour out into the streets between bars. The locals are not entirely sure when this tradition began. They are quite sure it is not stopping. The same town that puts on the New Year's costume spectacle is also the place King George III chose for summer bathing in 1789, beginning the transformation of an old port into one of England's first seaside resorts.

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/b/y/r/weymouth-wk/gbyr-weymouth-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Weymouth: Where the King Bathed https://qualla.com/weymouth/ King George III made his first visit to Weymouth in 1789, drawn by doctors who believed sea bathing would help his recurring bouts of illness. The royal endorsement turned Weymouth into a fashionable resort almost overnight. The Esplanade was laid out, Georgian terraces went up a...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/b/y/r/weymouth-wk/gbyr-weymouth-where-the-king-bathed.mp3 0:06 2 full Weymouth: The Jurassic Coast https://qualla.com/weymouth/ Weymouth sits roughly halfway along the Jurassic Coast, England's only natural World Heritage Site - 95 miles of cliff and beach running from Exmouth in Devon to Old Harry Rocks in Dorset, with rocks spanning 185 million years of geological history. To the west of Weymouth, the l...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/b/y/r/weymouth-wk/gbyr-weymouth-the-jurassic-coast.mp3 0:06 3 full Weymouth: Getting Here Without a Motorway https://qualla.com/weymouth/ Dorset has no motorway. Drivers from London follow the A35 toward Dorchester, then take the A354 south to Weymouth. The West Country approach uses the A35 from Bridport. South West Trains - now South Western Railway - runs services to Weymouth station every thirty minutes from Lo...

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]]> Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/b/y/r/weymouth-wk/gbyr-weymouth-getting-here-without-a-motorway.mp3 0:06 4 full Weymouth: The Harbour and the Town https://qualla.com/weymouth/ Weymouth's inner harbour cuts straight into the heart of the town. Pleasure craft jam the moorings in summer; fishing boats land their catch in the early hours. Crabbing on the quay is the standard occupation for visiting children - a length of line, a piece of bacon, and patienc...

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