Weymouth Marina
The Weymouth marina picture is taken from Weymouth harbour town bridge showing the marina at sunset. Weymouth town bridge lifts regularly daily. Weymouth marina today is full of boats ranging from simple day boats to multimillion pound yachts, commercial Weymouth fishing boats and charter boats.
You can walk all the way around Weymouth marina, from the Chapelhay side of the town bridge, you can walk alongside the harbour wall to the other end of Weymouth marina where you can cross the bridge and carry on back around the other side where you will see a lot of the Weymouth fishing boats and the old Weymouth harbour train line, coming back to Weymouth town bridge and carrying onto Weymouth old harbour where you will eventually come to Weymouth pleasure pier and the Pavillion.
Radipole Lake nature reserve
Instead of crossing the bridge at the back of Weymouth marina you can carry on around the backwater - a popular place for the swans, it is also used to sail model boats. Walking on a little further, you will enter the Radipole lake nature reserve, here you can walk along the walkways through the lake and see the abundance of wildlife that live on the Radipole nature reserve.
Radipole lake is one of the free Weymouth attractions - an excellent idea if you are looking for things to do in Weymouth for free, open all year round, the nature reserve has footpaths through the lakes reeds where you can see all sorts of birds and other animals. The Radipole lake footpaths also have useful information boards and places to sit at convenient places around the reserve.
More free things to do in Weymouth for nature lovers
If you enjoy nature and your looking for more free things to do in Weymouth then why not take a walk around the Nothe gardens at the other end of Weymouth old harbour, full of wildlife. Also worth a visit is the nearby Newtons cove that runs along the edge of the Nothe gardens. Across the road from Radipole lake is Radipole gardens, formal gardens with beautiful flower displays and ideal for enjoying a picnic while the small but beautiful Greenhill gardens are worth a look along the Weymouth seafront - often hosting music events through the summer.
Things to do near Weymouth.....
The Saxon walled town of Wareham is about 30 minutes drive away from Weymouth.
Wareham is a historic town, surrounded by millennia old walls built by Alfred the Great as an attempt to defend the important river port from Vikings. Wareham sits on the beautiful river Frome with walks including along the Wareham walls - little changed from Saxon times and along the river Frome, a visit to Wareham is recommended.
