Upwey train station, postcode – DT3 5RB is only 1/2 mile from the cottage, so a short walk.
Weymouth station is a little further (in the centre of Weymouth) but within easy reach of the cottage by taxi.
Trains from London Waterloo to Upwey take 2 hours 40 minutes.
For indoor swimming pools near the cottage you can visit –
The Hotel Rembrandt (2 miles away)
01305 764 000
or further away –
Warmwell Holiday Park
Near Weymouth
Dorset
DT2 8JE
For local taxis we recommend –
Weyline 01305 777777 or 01305 770077
There is a community hospital in Weymouth –
3 Melcombe Avenue
Weymouth,
Dorset
DT4 7TB
Tel – 01305 760022
The main Dorset county hospital is in Dorchester –
Williams Avenue
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 2JY
Tel – 01305 251150
Our local shop is Broadwey Village Stores is just at the end of the lane (a 30 second walk from the cottage) and sells all basic supplies, plus the staff are hugely helpful and friendly –
Broadwey Village Stores
608 Dorchester Road
Weymouth
Dorset
DT3 5LH
Tel – 01305 812417
Please note they are not open on Sundays.
Our nearest large supermarket to the cottage is Morrisons, full address and opening hours –
Morrisons
Manor Roundabout
Dorchester Road
Weymouth
DT3 5AX
Tel – 01305 761787
Opening times –
The Daily Telegraph featured an article on Weymouth as ‘The Perfect Break’, you can read the full article here –
The Daily Telegraph – Weymouth
or below an extract –
Why go?
To recapture the nostalgia of childhood family holidays. On Weymouth’s famously golden sands, Punch and Judy still hammer it out several times a day, near the donkey rides and carousel. For a British beach holiday any more quintessential, you’d have to bring out the cucumber sandwiches while swatting away wasps with sticks of pink rock.
A haven of simple pleasures – the Georgian Esplanade is a parade of penny arcades, tea rooms and chippies, dominated by a statue erected in 1810 in the king’s honour – Weymouth is more than its majestic beachfront. Slap on some sunblock and head out in a boat into some of the best sailing waters in northern Europe. The south coast’s sailing capital hosts the Weymouth and Portland International Regatta 2011 next week (www.wpnsa.org.uk).
It also makes for the perfect jumping-off point to explore the Jurassic Coast (jurassiccoast.com) – a 95-mile strip of sandstone cliffs and fossil-rich prehistoric shoreline 185 million years in the making. Gasp at its showstopping centrepiece, Durdle Door, a 200ft limestone arch formed by the erosive lapping of the waves. Hunting for ammonites along this Unesco-protected stretch will stoke any child’s dinosaur fever.
“The cottage is close to Weymouth and also other places which are easy to get to, nice little garden where you can sit.”
July 2009
Just got back from 5 days in Weymouth where we stayed in a little village called Upwey.
The cottage we stayed in was perfect for me, my partner and our dog in a very quiet position in the village. The property backed onto a field which was ideal for those early morning walks with the dog. Cottage was very well furnished, more like home from home. Location was great as it was within easy reach of the many attractions Dorset has to offer. The garden was lovely to sit in and soak up the early evening sun, BBQ and garden furniture are provided which is an added plus.
A must is the walk from the National Trust Car Park at Ringstead across the cliffs on the coast path up to the Coastguards cottages, stunning views. Lulworth Cove another lovely place although a little too overcrowded for our liking, although that said, it is a superb place for children to go fossil finding’.
Lesley
May 2011
“Wonderful week in Weymouth, lovely home. Thank you”
December 2010