Weymouth and Portland

50°34′00″N 2°27′15″W / 50.5666°N 2.4541°W / 50.5666; -2.4541

Weymouth and Portland
Borough of Weymouth and Portland
Non-metropolitan district and borough
Coat of arms of Weymouth and Portland
Coat of arms
Weymouth and Portland shown within Dorset
Weymouth and Portland shown within Dorset
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionSouth West England
Non-metropolitan countyDorset
Admin HQWeymouth
Incorporated1 April 1974
Abolished1 April 2019
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district council
 • BodyWeymouth and Portland Borough Council
 • LeadershipLeader & Cabinet ( )
Area
 • Total
16.1 sq mi (41.8 km2)
Population
 (mid-2018)
 • Total
65,800
 • Density4,100/sq mi (1,600/km2)
 • Ethnicity
98.5% White
Time zoneUTC0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code19UJ (ONS)
E07000053 (GSS)
OS grid referenceSY6784374258
Websitewww.weymouth.gov.uk

Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle of Portland.

In Portland Harbour is the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, where the sailing events at the 2012 Olympics took place. The main reason that the resort was chosen to be an Olympic venue was that the Sailing Academy had only recently been built, so no new venue would need to be provided. Weymouth and Portland's waters have also been credited by the Royal Yachting Association as the best in Northern Europe.[1]

Weymouth and Portland have been twinned with the town of Holzwickede in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, since 1986,[2] and the French town of Louviers, in the department of Eure in Normandy, since 1959.[3]

  1. ^ "2012 Olympic Games sailing venue". Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2006.
  2. ^ "Städtepartnerschaften in Holzwickede" (in German). Gemeinde Holzwickede. 2007. Archived from the original on 29 May 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
  3. ^ "Associations de jumelage" (in French). Ville de Louviers. 2007. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 15 December 2007.