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Things to do in Weymouth
The best holidays are planned around great days out. Here's what's on the doorstep in Weymouth, from big-ticket attractions to rainy-day savers.
Showing museums, aquariums and attractions with indoor areas — the ones that work whatever the forecast.
🎟️ This weekend near Weymouth
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Poole Audio Tour: Bridges, Beacons, and Baden-Powell
Poole Methodist Church, Poole · 21.9 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Weymouth Audio Tour: A Pier-to-Garden Odyssey
Christ Church, Weymouth, Weymouth · 0.1 mi
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Fri 13 Nov · 12:00
Dorchester Audio Tour: Roman Legacy
The Keep, Dorchester, Dorchester · 7.0 mi
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Sat 14 Nov · 14:30
The Sound of Musicals - Poole
St Aldhelm's Church, Poole · 24.8 mi
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Aquariums
26.4 mi from Weymouth
Oceanarium
The Oceanarium is a tropical aquarium on Bournemouth's seafront, home to sharks, a loggerhead turtle, otters, jellyfish, clownfish and a colony of Humboldt penguins. You can walk t...
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Museums & Galleries
0.6 mi from Weymouth
Weymouth Museum
Weymouth Museum tells the story of the town through a varied collection, from a Tudor carved panel to brewery memorabilia, plus items connected to Sandsfoot Castle, HMS Weymouth an...
0.6 mi from Weymouth
Tudor House
The Tudor House Museum, often simply known as Tudor House, is an early 17th-century building, which remains a museum and one of the UK's best preserved Tudor buildings. It is in We... — Wikipedia
0.7 mi from Weymouth
Nothe Fort
Nothe Fort is Weymouth's historic sea fort, set on the Jurassic Coast and home to a museum packed with things to explore. You can wander the maze of underground tunnels, visit the...
3.2 mi from Weymouth
Castletown D-Day Centre
Castletown D-Day Museum recreates the busy wartime dockyard that once stood here on the Isle of Portland, from where thousands of American troops embarked for the Normandy beaches...
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5.2 mi from Weymouth
Portland Museum
Portland Museum is a small, volunteer-run museum housed in two seventeenth-century cottages near Rufus Castle, telling the story of the Isle of Portland through its social, maritim...
7 mi from Weymouth
The Keep Military Museum
The Keep Military Museum sits in Dorchester, Dorset, in a striking Victorian former barracks gatehouse built in 1879 and designed to resemble a Norman Castle. Inside, exhibits cove...
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7 mi from Weymouth
Dinosaur Museum
The Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester is Britain's original museum devoted entirely to dinosaurs, opened in 1984 close to the Jurassic Coast. Inside, you'll find pioneering interactive...
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7 mi from Weymouth
The Tutankhamun Exhibition
This exhibition in the centre of Dorchester recreates Tutankhamun's tomb and treasures, including the ante-chamber and burial chamber as discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. You'll...
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7.1 mi from Weymouth
The Teddy Bear Museum
The Dorset Teddy Bear Museum is a teddy bear museum in Dorchester, Dorset, south west England. It opened in 1990 in Bournemouth, before moving to Dorchester in 1995. It is the olde... — Wikipedia
7.6 mi from Weymouth
Cider Museum
Mill House Cider Museum in Owermoigne, Dorset, shows you how traditional cider was made, with displays of antique mills, presses and equipment dating back to the 18th and 19th cent...
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10.9 mi from Weymouth
The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum, in the Museums & Galleries category, brings the story of tanks and their crews to life in an awe-inspiring modern museum. You can come face-to-face with over 300 t...
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11 mi from Weymouth
The Tank Museum
The Tank Museum is a large indoor attraction in Bovington, Dorset, telling the story of tanks and their crews. You can come face-to-face with over 300 tanks and hear powerful stori...
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11.6 mi from Weymouth
Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum
The Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum tells the story of the Martyrs' arrest, trial and punishment, and how this led to the foundation of modern trade unionism. It grew from a small library...
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12.6 mi from Weymouth
Tyneham
Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943 and former civil parish, now in the parish of Steeple with Tyneham, in the Dorset district, in the south of Dorset, England, near Lulwo... — Wikipedia
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14.8 mi from Weymouth
Museum of Jurassic Marine Life
The Museum of Jurassic Marine Life, home to The Etches Collection, is a modern museum showcasing amazing fossils of the marine life that lived in Jurassic Dorset's seas 157 million...
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15.5 mi from Weymouth
Bridport Museum
Bridport Museum sits in one of Bridport's oldest buildings and brings together 180 million years of rocks and fossils, centuries of local history, and the town's ropemaking heritag...
16 mi from Weymouth
Wareham Town Museum
Wareham Town Museum tells the story of the Wareham area of Dorset in southern England from prehistoric times to the present day, with a special exhibition on Lawrence of Arabia, wh... — Wikipedia
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16.2 mi from Weymouth
Blue Pool
The Blue Pool is a nature reserve and tearooms set within the 300-acre Furzebrook Estate near Wareham on the Isle of Purbeck. Once a 17th-century clay pit, it filled with rainwater...
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17.5 mi from Weymouth
Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum
The Purbeck Mining Museum tells the story of Purbeck Ball Clay mining and its narrow gauge railways, housed in the last underground mine building that worked in Purbeck. You can st...
Theme Parks
1 mi from Weymouth
Sandworld
Sandworld is a sand sculpture festival set in Lodmoor Park in Weymouth, Dorset, where internationally renowned artists carve giant sculptures from sand and water alone, with new de...
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17.7 mi from Weymouth
Dorset Adventure Park
Dorset Adventure Park is an outdoor activity park set across 18 acres of woodland near Corfe Castle, built around two lakes. You can take on the inflatable waterpark with its float...
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Zoos & Wildlife
22 mi from Weymouth
Foxdown Childrens Farm
Foxdown Children's Farm is a small family-run working farm set high in the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset, with views towards the Jurassic coastline. Here you can wander at leisure, p...
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Where to stay near Weymouth
Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.
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Itineraries
- A weekend in Bournemouth: an accessible itinerary · 2 days
- A weekend in Bournemouth with the kids · 2 days
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best things to do in Weymouth?
The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Weymouth.
What can we do in Weymouth when it rains?
Museums, galleries and aquariums are your friends — filter the list below by category and keep a couple in reserve for wet days.
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