Web Issue 1, April 2017
RNLI COMMUNITY LIFESAVING PLAN
WEYMOUTH LIFEBOAT AREA
Produced for consultation by the Weymouth RNLI Community Safety Team
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RNLI COMMUNITY LIFESAVING PLAN
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 1
Purpose .................................................................................................................................................. 1
Location ................................................................................................................................................. 1
Emergency Assets ................................................................................................................................. 2
Other Assets Likely to be Available to Call Upon .................................................................................... 2
WHO IS MOST AT RISK? ................................................................................................................................................. 2
The Risks 2009-2015 ............................................................................................................................. 2
General Boating Safety .......................................................................................................................... 2
Missing Persons ..................................................................................................................................... 2
Cut-Off by the Tide ................................................................................................................................. 2
Ramblers & Dog Walkers Fallen Down Cliff or Buried Under Rock Falls ................................................ 2
Persons Injured ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Diving ..................................................................................................................................................... 3
Leisure Angling....................................................................................................................................... 3
Surfing, Wind-Surfing, and Kitesurfing ................................................................................................... 3
Stand-up Paddle Boarding ..................................................................................................................... 3
Coasteering ............................................................................................................................................ 3
Tombstoning .......................................................................................................................................... 3
Swimming............................................................................................................................................... 3
Paragliding ............................................................................................................................................. 3
INTERVENTIONS STRATEGY ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Cliff & Coastal Path Incidents ................................................................................................................. 4
Cliff & Coastal Path Incidents (cont.) ...................................................................................................... 5
Missing Persons ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Diving ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
Leisure Angling....................................................................................................................................... 5
Kayaking ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Dog Walking ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Stand-up Paddleboarding ....................................................................................................................... 6
Joint Exercises ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Schools .................................................................................................................................................. 6
ANNEX A ....................................................................................................................................................................... A1
RNLI Weymouth Community Lifesaving Plan – Planned RTW Interventions ........................................ A1
ANNEX B ....................................................................................................................................................................... B1
Weymouth Events 2017 ....................................................................................................................... B1
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INTRODUCTION
Purpose
To prevent loss of life and reduce incidents in the Weymouth Lifeboat area:
 By working with the community to help people make safer decisions.
 Providing a safer environment
 Ensurig the provision of rescue cover by means of reduction initiatives, emergency response and
community engagement
Location
The Weymouth Lifeboat Area extends from Lulworth Cove in the east to Burton Bradstock in the west
covering a stretch of roughly 50 miles of the Jurassic Coast.
Weymouth is the only major town within the Weymouth Lifeboat Area, with a resident population of some
54,000. In addition to this around 450,000 holiday makers and some 1.7 million day visitors stay in
Weymouth & Portland over the course of the year. These figures rise considerably if the number of
holidaymakers visiting other places along this stretch of coast are taken into account.
Weymouth is, therefore, essentially a tourist resort whose economy depends on its harbour and visitor attractions.
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 was a port for cross-channel ferries in
the past and the port of Portland is now visited by some two dozen cruise ships annually. Both Weymouth and
Portland Harbour are home to pleasure boats and private yachts; Portland Harbour is home to the Weymouth and
Portland National Sailing Academy, where the sailing events of the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games
were held
All forms of water sport and coastal activity are undertaken with many visiting vessels either in transit or
using Weymouth or Portland as a destination. There are 2 harbours, 2 marinas, thousands of resident boats
and several slipways accommodating hundreds of slip-launched boats during the summer season. Kayaking
is also very popular, as is shore angling, coastal walking (the South West Coast Path runs through the area)
scuba diving and the increasingly popular sport of Stand-Up Paddle Boarding
Other than leisure boating, commercial vessels (awaiting orders, taking stores, transferring oil or making
crew changes) are present in Weymouth Bay and Portland Harbour all year round. Cruise ships visit and
there are maritime events during the summer season including national dinghy sailing championships etc. as
well as regattas organised by the local sailing clubs.
Weymouth is also a fairly major fishing port and there are 23 boats operating trips for anglers. There is a
dive club in the area and a large number of divers who either use their own dive boats, hire one of 9
professionally operated dive boats or use one of the 4 or 5 club boats operating out of Weymouth & Portland
Harbours, or simply enter the water at places such as Chesil Cove, (a hotspot for training novice divers)
West Bexington or Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock. There is an active PADI dive school shop and club, as
well as a BSAC club operating out of Weymouth with 2 further dive schools, 3 shops and Othree a renowned
drysuit/wetsuit company on Portland.
Weymouth Harbour is also home to the sail training ship TS “Pelican” and the MV “Freedom”, a Registered
Charity boat which operates trips for those with both physical and mental handicaps.
The area has several coves, sea caves and popular beaches, including much of the 18 mile stretch of Chesil
Beach notorious as the graveyard of sailing ships in the past and still a potential hazard as a result of a
strong undertow in all but the most favourable weather conditions. Weymouth Bay is east facing and
therefore protected from the prevailing winds. However, west of Portland Bill, Lyme Bay is exposed to the
prevailing winds and, in a south-westerly of anything above about force 4, there is no safe refuge or
anchorage.
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The beaches at Weymouth and in Weymouth Bay have mainly gently sloping access to the sea, without any
surf or rip currents and in the summer season the main ones have Lifeguards. The waters immediately off the
beach are hugely popular for swimming, pedalos and associated recreational activities including open-water
swimming, gig racing etc. The beaches west of Portland Bill mostly shelve very steeply and are unguarded,
although Hive Beach at Burton Bradstock is overlooked by the NCI Lyme Bay National Coastwatch Look-Out.
The area benefits from the coastguard rescue teams based at Lulworth, Portland, Wyke and West Bay
although the latter is not strictly within the Weymouth Lifeboat area.
Emergency Assets
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RNLI ALB, Severn, based at Weymouth Lifeboat Station
RNLI B class Atlantic 75 ILB based at Weymouth Lifeboat Station.
RNLI Lifeguards Weymouth Main Beach with Inshore Rescue Boat – from May until September
inclusive.
RNLI Lifeguards Greenhill Beach July-August
NCI Lookout at Portland Bill
NCI Lyme Bay Look Out at Hive Beach, Burton Bradstock.
HM Coastguard Coastal Rescue Teams, including Mud and Rope rescue specialists, based at
Lulworth, Portland, Wyke Regis and (technically outside the area) at Bridport West Bay.
HM Coastguard SAR Helicopter based at Lee-on-Solent (there is no longer an SAR helicopter based
at Portland)
Other Assets Likely to be Available to Call Upon
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The Harbourmasters at Weymouth and Portland harbours
Marina Managers at Weymouth & Portland
Several vessels locally belonging to members of the Merchant Navy Association Boat Club’s
“SeaVue” Watchkeepers Afloat Scheme which could be called upon to assist with searches or towing
for example
Staff at the National Sailing Academy on Portland
WHO IS MOST AT RISK?
The Risks 2009-2015
There were 582 Lifeboat launches in this period with 600 people rescued or lives saved. The figures were
based on Lifeboat launch data.
General Boating Safety
76% (445/582) of all incidents were to vessels of one form or another with 57% (258/445) of this number due
to mechanical or electrical failure. Future interventions to include Advice on Board, “Calling got Help”
seminars and Lifejacket clinics and RNLI fishing vessel training
Missing Persons
1.4% of incidents concerned lifeboat launches to missing persons usually at the request of the Police via HM
Coastguard. Generally these fall into the “at risk" category but in many cases are not found by either HM
Coastguard or the RNLI but are discovered ashore.
Cut-Off by the Tide
0.34% of all launches. The areas where people, usually children/teenagers get cut off these areas include
parts of the coast around Durdle Door and elsewhere i.e. at ???
Ramblers & Dog Walkers Fallen Down Cliff or Buried Under Rock Falls
3.4% of all launches concerned lifeboat launches to assist with the recovery and or evacuation of persons
who had either fallen, were stuck half way down cliffs or had been injured by falling rock whilst walking or
sitting on the beach beneath the cliffs.
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Persons Injured
6% of all launches is split equally by those ashore and those afloat (including commercial fishing) with the
former often the result of cliff falls in the area around Burton Bradstock and those around Durdle Door and
Ringstead?
Diving
Whilst the percentage (1.2%) of calls for help as a result of diving incidents isn’t very high they have a high
risk injury in the form of The Bends and a high risk of loss of life.
Leisure Angling
Both shore and boat angling have risks especially as the former is sometimes carried out from areas with
difficult access or on steeply shelving beaches such as the Chesil Beach at West Bexington.
Kayaking
Whilst a very low percentage of launches was to kayaks and canoes, the sport is growing rapidly particularly
with the advent of sit-on kayaks and there have been several minor incidents along the coast that didn’t result
in the need to launch a lifeboat, plus two major incidents during the past five years involving loss of life.
Surfing, Wind-Surfing, and Kitesurfing
Windsurfing and Kite Surfing are very popular particularly in Portland Harbour close to the western shore
where the world speed sailing event is held whilst surfing off Ringstead and Kimmeridge is popular as well as
off the east and west coasts of Portland
Stand-up Paddle Boarding
This is a relatively recent activity that is quite rapidly growing in popularity and poses a potentially serious risk
as it usually involves lone individuals with no lifejackets or survival aids and some of these lone individuals
venture out to sea at night which is obviously potentially dangerous
Coasteering
Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove both used to have Coasteering companies operating but this was halted by
the landowner. There was fatality a little further along the coast at Anvil Point a few years when a brother and
sister got swept into a cave by a rough sea and the girl perished inside the cave while her brother was trying
to get help. Weymouth is not good for coasteering but on the other hand Portland does have a company
offering organised coasteering opportunities
Tombstoning
There are several places popular with youngsters for “tombstoning” including off Weymouth Pleasure pier for
example, at Durdle Door and at several locations on the isle of Portland especially Pulpit Rock.
Swimming
Weymouth has a normally very safe gently shelving beach, but even so there is a potential for problems
posed by revellers leaving pubs and nightclubs through the night in an inebriated state and then going
swimming, in the sea or by jumping off Weymouth Bridge – fortunately unlike many other resorts the beach
shelves so gently that these “swimmers” often get cold or tired and even sober-up before they reach water
sufficiently deep to swim in or likely drown in. However the idea of persuading night club bouncers to
undertake beach patrols after closing time (as is the practice in Brighton) is interesting and might be pursued
if the practice of late night/early morning swimming by nightclub customers increases in frequency.
Paragliding
There are several areas along our coast popular with paragliders, including off West Bexington (where a
member of the local Pearcew family is a paragliding tutor) and Burton Cliffr, and east of Weymouth
particularly around Durdle Door.
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INTERVENTIONS STRATEGY
General Boating – Mechanical Failures
Planned Interventions
Lead
Partnership Involvement
Resources
Promote boating safety through
clubs
CSO &
DCSO
Sailing and rowing Clubs
Safety leaflets, CDs and
presentation material Volunteers
Promote and carry out advice on
board in marinas, harbours and
slipways
DCSO &
CSO
Weymouth & Portland harbour
authorities and D&R Marina
managements)
Flyers, checklists, DVDs, other RNLI
and HM Coastguard material e.g.
SOLAS Volunteers
Promote and carry out advice
ashore
CSO &
DCSO
Life jacket clinics
CSO &
DCSO
Chandlers such as Bussells,
Kingfisher Marine or other local
or national firm(s)
RNLI life jacket clinic display
material, leaflets and booklets
Volunteers
Display engine checklists and
boat safety material at multiple
locations
CSO
Training establishments
Chandlers and clubs
Harboumasters & Marina offices
Volunteers Leaflets, DVDs and
booklets
Coastal safety and PR events,
“Calling for Help” seminars
CSO &
DCSO
Sailing Clubs, Rowing Clubs,
Kayak Clubs, Angling Clubs,
Marinas
Roadshow
Gazebo
“Calling for help” and. other safety
display and demo material
Circulation of leaflets providing
safety advice to participants in
all activities afloat
CSO
Harbourmasters Offices, Marina
Offices
Publication issued by Harbour staff
and Coastal Safety Team ???
Recommend flank stations major
on mechanical failure as many
vessels arrive in Weymouth &
Portland from these ports
CIRM
Partner stations Swanage and
Lyme Regis
Flank station CSOs Gary
Richardson and Richard Finch
As above plus ????
Cliff & Coastal Path Incidents
Planned Interventions
Lead
Partnership Involvement
Resources
Additional warning signage at
beach entry/on cafes at Cogden
Beach, West Bexington & Hive
Beach & Burton Cliff
CSO
&CSAs
The South West Coast Path
Assn, Rural England and the
National Trust; also the local
West Dorset District Council
Funded signage? The path from
Ringstead to Lulworth is currently
(spring 2017) under review by the
SW Coast Path assn
RNLI Dog Walking leaflet
warning of dangers to be
displayed at beach cafes, local
campsites at Burton Bradstock
and at NCI Lyme Bay Look-Out
CSO &
CSAs
NCI Lyme Bay Station
Manager, National Trust and
local Café and Campsite
operators
Distribute the above to
individuals/families on beaches
CSO/CSA
Free tide tables with maps at
beach cafes
CSO/CSA
Café owners
Tide tables provided by ???
Signage
CSO
WDDC
Funded signage
HM Coastguard patrols
providing advice and warnings of
risk
HMCG
HM Coastguard CRTs
Joint local multi-agency SAR
resilience exercises
CSO &
DCSO
HM Coastguard, CRTs & NCI
Volunteers
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Cliff & Coastal Path Incidents (cont.)
Youth education teams working
with schools to promote
awareness & water safety
CSO &
CSAs
Local schools
RNLI Volunteer Education
Presenters
HM Coastguard patrols
providing advice and warnings of
risk
HMCG
HM Coastguard CRTs
Lifeguards running beach safety
workshops for children
Lifeguard
supervisor
RNLI Lifeguards
Meet the Lifeguards” programme
delivered by RNLI Lifeguards at
local primary schools throughout the
month of May
RNLI “Swim Safe” new for 2017/18
joint initiative with Weymouth &
Portland Council – children get
beach safety talk and get sea
swimming lesson
Patrols by vehicle and/or boat to
visit local high risk
locations/activities throughout
the area
CSO &
DCSO &
CSAs
Merchant Navy Assn Boat Club
“SeaVue Watchkeepers Afloat”
members’ vessels
MVS RIB
*
Dissemination of reports of
potential hazards
CSO
The Nautical Institute and their
CHIRP reporting scheme
*
Visit to Paragliding Tutor at West
Bexington
CSO
The Pearce family at West
Bexington
*
Missing Persons
Planned Interventions
Liaise with Police/HM
Coastguard if called upon to
assist with search
Lead
CSO
Partnership Involvement
Police
HM Coastguard
Resources
Lead
Partnership Involvement
Resources
Diving
Planned Interventions
Engage divers by presentations
and face to face contact at dive
schools/clubs
CSA Diving
Alice
Higgins
Diving Clubs/Schools
HQ dive club packs?
Face to face with individual
divers/groups (encourage
individuals to advise clubs from
out of Weymouth to contact
CSO, DCSO or CSA Diving
Alice Higgins
CSA Diving
Alice
Higgins
PADI or BCSA perhaps?
Safety cards and stickers
Promote health checks/medicals
CSO
CSA Diving
Old Harbour Dive Centre?
Stickers and stress balls
Leisure Angling
Planned Interventions
Ambassador Scheme introduced
into 5 tackle shops across the
Bay
Lead
CSA
Angling
Partnership Involvement
Tackle Shops
5
Resources
HQ Ambassador Scheme
equipment supplied CSA???
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Kayaking
Planned Interventions
Lead
Promote kayaking safety
through local clubs? and
groups? using either Coastal
Safety Advisers or club officers
CSO
One to one advice to kayakers
at launch sites
CSA
Refer clubs to national kayaking
policy compiled by BCU and
RNLI
CSO
Partnership Involvement
Jurassic Coast Activities
109 Watersports
Weymouth Watersports
Resources
Waterproof phone cases, leaflets
and flyers.
As above
BCU
Dog Walking
Planned Interventions
Vet practices and pet shops
asked to post and circulate
posters and have flyers available
for customers
Lead
CSO
Partnership Involvement
Castle Vets, Pets at Home,
Resources
Posters and flyers
Stand-up Paddleboarding
Planned Interventions
Promote SuP safely through
local clubs and groups using
CSAs or club officers
Refer Clubs to safety info
Lead
CSO
Partnership Involvement
Jurassic Coast Activities
109 Watersports
Weymouth Watersports
Resources
Waterproof mobile phone cases,
Posters and flyers
Joint Exercises
Planned Interventions
Joint exercises with ALB, ILB,
HMCG (Helo?) MNA Boat Club
boats
Lead
CSO &
DCSO
Partnership Involvement
Coastguard CRT, RNLI,
Lifeguards, MNA Boat Club
Resources
MNA Boat Club members’ boats
Schools
Planned Interventions
Presentations to local primary
schools in the area
Lead
CSO CSA
Lifeguards
Partnership Involvement
RNLI Education team
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ANNEX A
RNLI Weymouth Community Lifesaving Plan – Planned RTW Interventions
NOTE: Highlight items are awaiting receipt/delivery
FACILITY
CONTACT
ADDRESS
PHONE
EMAIL
VISITED
ITEMS
Commercial
TS Pelican
My Girl
01305 839476
Weymouth
Coastline Cruises
Mv Freedom
01305 832512
Paul Stevens
07974266867
Customs House Quay
07470686138
Kings Arms Steps.
07872140753
Weymouth Angling Society
Commercial Road
01305785032
Weymouth Angling Centre
St Edmund Street
01305777771
Jurassic Jet-Ski Tours
Weymouth RIB Charter
3/4/17
Stickers & badges for kids
8/4/17
Phone wallets plus stickers
8/4/17
Promo key rings etc
Fishing
Top Cat
Angling
Bait & Tackle
Boating Clubs
Royal Dorset Yacht Club
Paul Compton
Custom House Quay
01305 786258
[email protected]
Weymouth Sailing Club
Steve Pitman
Nothe Parade
01305785481
[email protected]
Old Castle Road
01305783708
Winterbourne Steepleton
01305782688
Osprey Quay
01305866000
109 Portland Road DT4 9BG
01305773109
Unit 1 Main Road Lulworth
01305 835301
Castletown
01305826059
Nothe Parade
01305760888
Cove Passage
01305767231
Castle Cove Sailing Club
Weymouth Cruising Assn
John Atkinson
Weymouth Rowing Club
Portland Rowing Club
Ferrybridge Kayak Club
National Sailing Academy
Weymouth Kite Surf Club
109 Watersports
Jurassic Coast Activities
Dive Centres
Breakwater Diving Centres
Old Harbour Dive Centre
Apex Divers
Underwater Explorers
O’Three
Mary & Nigel
Maritime Business Centre Portland
Osprey Quay
01305822820
A1
[email protected]
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FACILITY
CONTACT
ADDRESS
PHONE
EMAIL
VISITED
ITEMS
Chandlers etc.
Bussells
Steve
30 Hope Street DT4 8TU
01305 785633
[email protected]
7/4/17
Wallets, keyrings etc
Kingfisher Marine
Dave
10a Custom House Quay DT4 8BG
01305 766595
[email protected]
8/4/17
Wallets key rings & stickers
Scott Condliffe
Burton Bradstock
01308 897317
Martin Cox
Burton Bradstock
01308422139
Campsites
Freshwater Holiday Park
WDLH Larkfield
WDLH Graston Copse
Burton Bradstock
WDLH Sandyholme
Owermoigne
Bagwell Farm
Chickerell
01305782575
East Fleet Farm
Chickerell
01305785768
Fleet
01305782218
Bere Regis
01929472727
Pebble Bank CP
Camp Road DT4 9HF
01305774844
Littlesea Holiday Park
Lynch Lane, DT4 9DT
01305774414
Osmington DT3 6ED
01305834314
Weymouth Bay HP
Preston DT3 6BQ
01305832271
Eweleaze Farm CP
Osmington DT3 6ED
01305833690
Portesham Dairy Farm
Portesham DT3 4HG
01305871297
St Nicholas Street
01305773377
Franchise Street
01305 786811
Hope Square
01305786940
East Street
01305786061
Sea Barn Farm & West Fleet
Rowlands Wait
White Horse CP
Pubs
Pubs on the Front
Sailors Return
Chapelhay Tavern
Red Lion
Globe
Tammy
Boot
Nothe Tavern
White Horse
Barrack Road
01305839255
Pete & Jamie
Litton Cheney
01308 482530
Debbie & Jamie
Langton Herring
01305871257
Breakwater Hotel
Boat that Rocks
Elm Tree
Wyke Smugglers
Portland Road Wyke
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FACILITY
CONTACT
ADDRESS
PHONE
EMAIL
VISITED
ITEMS
Pet Shops/Vets
Castle Vets
Rip Kirby
Pets at Home
Broadwey
01305 267083
Jubilee Close
The Doggie Shop
Mauden Street, DT4 8BA
01305 784963
7/4/17
24 Dog walking leaflets
7/4/17
AOB + dispenser
[email protected]
10/4/17
Require 24 x wallets
[email protected]
8/4/17
Wallets, key rings, stickers
7/4/17
24 Dog walking leaflets
Other
Weymouth Harbour
Keith Howorth
143 Custom House Quay
01305 838386
K.Howorthdorset.gov.uk
Portland Harbour
Mike Shipley
Castletown
01305824044
[email protected]
Weymouth Marina
Alistair Clarke
Commercial Road, DT4 8NA
01305 767576
Russ Levett
Osprey Quay
08454302012
Steve George
Castletown
077551663953
Portland Marina
D Day Dorset
Weymouth TIC
NCI Portland Bill
NCI Lyme Bay
[email protected]
01305785747
Geoff Peters
Portland Bill
01305 860178
David Last
Hive Beach Burton Bradstock
01308 897778
Barrack Road
01305 766626
The Nothe Fort
Chesil Beach Centre
01305 760579
RNLI Lifeguards
01305 767188
Hive Beach Cafe
Blue Anchor Cafe
Ferrybridge Marine
Sea Cadets
HM Coastguard
01305777350
David Bradford
Barrack Road
01305 775191
Rob Sansom
Fire Service HQ Poundbury
07703584029
Sam
Hope Street DT4
07773 359556
Surfing
The Surf Boutique
Jubilee Close
Mauden Street, DT4 8BA
01305 784963
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ANNEX B
Weymouth Events 2017
EVENT
DATE/TIME
9th
DETAILS
The World of Peter Pan
April
11:00 - 16:30
A fun filled family day at the Nothe Fort complete
with pirates, indians, mermaids and fairies!
The Big Dorset Outdoor Week-end
20th - 21st May
A brand new event for 2017, celebrating the wide
range of outdoor adventure activities visitors and
residents can access across Dorset.
Fayre in The Square
27th - 28th May
Raising money for local charities, featuring live
music and stalls.
Wessex Folk Festival
2nd - 4th June
Free annual event featuring live music, dancing
and more.
17th - 23rd June
Military displays, vehicles and re-enactments
continue to be a favourite, with the Service of
Remembrance and parade at 11:00am, Sunday
18th June.
Weymouth & Portland Armed
Forces celebrations
Jurassic Coast Mighty Hike
Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival
RAF Careers Beach Volleyball
Classic
Weymouth Carnival
Weymouth Lifeboat Week
8th July
A challenging trek along the Jurassic Coast in aid
of Macmillan Cancer Support, starting at Lodmoor
Country Park Weymouth and finishing at Norden
Farm, Corfe Castle.
8th - 9th July
28th - 30th July
The UK's largest FREE seafood festival set in
Weymouth Harbour; stunning location, local
seafood, great chefs, demos and more.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary year in 2017!
Part of the National Beach Volleyball Tour,
organised with the support of the RAF and
Volleyball England.
15th - 16th August
Two days of entertainment, displays, processions
and more.
23rd - 29th July
Events every day in the harbour, or on the beach,
at Bowleaze Cove or on the Nothe see
www.rnliweymouth.org.uk
Dragon Boat Racing
27th August
Organised by the Rotary Club of Melcombe
Regis, follow the event on Facebook.
Lulworth Bestival
7thh - 10th
September
Electric Rock festival
Bart’s Bash 2017
16th - 17th September
Ironman 73
Be part of the World’s largest sailing event!
17th September
Beach Motocross
22nd October
Annual race event on Weymouth Beach
organised by Weymouth Lions Club
Guy Fawkes Celebrations
5th November
Including children’s Guy Fawkes competition,
fairground, bonfire and fireworks display.
Christmas Day Harbour Swim
25th December
Annual fundraising swim across Weymouth
Harbour.
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