Events & Places

There are regular events throughout the year in Weymouth. Here are a few examples:

Weymouth Carnival week
Veterans Weekend (remembering the part Weymouth played in the D-Day landings)
Annual World Kite Festival
Firework display in the bay on Monday evenings throughout the summer weeks
The annual Triathlon race
Shows and events at the Pavillion Theatre
Vintage Car Rally

Graingers is perfectly positioned for easy access to many of the surrounding attractions and sights, both in the seaside town of Weymouth and in the beautiful county of Dorset.

Portland Bill
Lodmoor and Radipole nature reserves (wetlands famous for their bird population)
White water boat rides
Abbotsbury Tropical Gardens and Swannery
Historic Dorchester, with numerous museums and Maiden Castle, an Iron Age hill fort dating back to 600BC
Thomas Hardy's cottage, set in beautiful Thorncombe Wood
Monkey World and the nearby Tank Museum
Numerous coastal walks
Corfe Castle
The historic market town of Wareham

We are also centrally located for easy access to all parts of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. This stretches from Studland Bay near Poole right down to the Orcombe Rock in Exmouth. It provides a fascinating insight into the ancient past from fossil strewn beaches at Lyme Regis to the 185 million year geological evidence of the Jurassic, Triassic and Cretaceous periods displayed in the 95 mile stretch of coastline.