Walk · Dorset

Nothe Gardens and the harbour, Weymouth

Weymouth

2.6MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

55mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 40% 60% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 30%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 60%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Nothe car park, Barrack Road, above the harbour

Parking

Pay and display, roughly 80 spaces, busy in the sailing season; the Nothe is a steep walk up from the cheaper Melcombe Regis car parks

Directions to the start →

A 2.6-mile hour-and-a-quarter town circuit round the working harbour, over the town bridge and up through the woodland walks of Nothe Gardens to the fort, with views along the Jurassic Coast from the gun batteries. All surfaced paths, steps and pavement, with one steady climb of 45 metres to the headland. Park in the Nothe or Melcombe Regis pay and display, both signed from the seafront, or leave the car out of town and take the harbour ferry across, which carries dogs. Leads are required in the gardens under the Dorset order and along the quayside, where the drop into the water is sheer, but this is the driest, most sheltered walk in Weymouth on a filthy day.

THE SMALL PRINTThe Dorset Council dog PSPO requires dogs on leads in public formal gardens and council car parks, which covers Nothe Gardens and the harbourside car parks. Quay edges are unfenced with a deep drop.

REGION · DORSET

GRID · 50.6072, -2.4499

SOURCE · HTTPS://WEYMOUTHTOWNCOUNCIL.GOV.UK/?P=13830

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