Beach Maintenance Throughout the course of the year the tides coming in and out take their toll on the sand in Weymouth Bay and gradually Weymouth’s miles of golden sand gradually slips back into the sea. To counter this, each spring, when the tides are at their lowest, the Council spend a good deal of time and money ensuring that our greatest asset is preserved for the enjoyment of the many... 

Schneider Trophy THE STAINFORTH MEMORIAL WEATHER VANE IN GREENHILL GARDENS, WEYMOUTH The “Schneider Trophy” was a prize instituted to spur aircraft development. It came to prominence in the late 1920’s and early 1930’s when prowess in aviation was seen as an indication of a nation’s industrial strength. The competition for the trophy eventually became an out and out test of speed. To compete... 

Thomas Hardy Naval Officer A British naval officer closely associated with Adm. Horatio (afterward Viscount) Nelson, two of whose flagships he commanded during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. A sailor from 1781, he met Nelson in the mid-1790s, while the future hero of Trafalgar was still a captain. After Nelson’s victory over the French in the Battle of the Nile (Aug. 1, 1798), Hardy... 

Thomas Hardy the Writer Weymouth is a site of worldly pleasure in Thomas Hardy’s writing and is more or less the antithesis to Egdon Heath and other desolate areas. The town’s importance stemmed from the patronage of King George III, who spent his summers here, in his later years. In the afterglow of this regal splendour, Weymouth became the choice holiday resort in the south. Diggory Venn in The...