Route Detour

Weymouth

Good old Weymouth is a chance to discover all the familiar ingredients of a classic British seaside resort: a flat golden sandy beach with a long promenade, donkeys and Punch & Judy. Alongside is a busy fishing harbour lined with seafood restaurants and nautical pubs. The town’s old fashioned charm can be swamped by Bank Holiday crowds but visit on a quiet day to enjoy walks to the castles, odd collections of sand sculptures and pedestrian streets lined with quirky souvenir shops.

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Lulworth

You can find some of England’s most dramatic shoreline scenery along the Jurassic Coast at Lulworth. Stop here for a chance to explore the unique circular Cove itself and Durdle Door’s famous rock archway.

Swanage

A loop down from Studland and Corfe allows you to visit Swanage. At the far eastern end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site this is a small, quiet and rather nostalgic seaside resort.

Dorchester & Poundbury

If you stay on the A352 and don’t turn down to Weymouth, the road curves inland to the heart of West Dorset. If you fancy the faster progress of the A35 heading west, the Dorchester makes a fine stopping point.

Isle of Portland

The Isle of Portland is a geographical oddity, joined by the narrow strip of Chesil Beach pebbles to the resort of Weymouth – but very different. Driving across the causeway to Portland you enter a very different atmosphere. 

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