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Christmas in Weymouth

 

Thinking of something different to do this year over the festive season?

 

Why not take the weight off your feet and a weight off your mind and spend Christmas at the Beachcomber Guest House in Weymouth this year?

 

Pat and Ray will provide you with a warm, comfortable and festive Bed and Breakfast at their seasonally decorated Guest House. Then make your way along to a local (pre-booked) restaurant for all your festive fayre on this special day.

 

Below are just a few of the local restaurants open for business Christmas Day, and are able to take your bookings. Make sure you book early.....many have limited spaces available.

 

Best Western Hotel Prince Regent

 

139, The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset. Tel: 01305 771313

 

Pre-season Party Nights.

 

Located just 50m from the Beachcomber Guest House, The Prince Regent has many festive packages available this season.

 

Leading up to the big day, The Prince Regent has Party Nights on offer. An amazing three course festive meal plus a half bottle of house wine per person followed by a great disco is offered at £24.95 per person (Monday - Wednesday and £29.45 per person (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). Dates available for these Party Nights are: December 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd. Remember....book early to avoid disappointment.

 

Christmas Day.

 

Treat yourselves to the Prince Regent, four-course Christmas Day Lunch. Menu comes complete with a welcome drink, a half bottle of house wine per person with your meal and also a present! All this for an amazing £51.50 per person - children under 12 half price.

Ristorante Enzo

 

110, The Esplanade, Weymouth. Tel: 01305 778666.

 

www.enzo-ristorante.co.uk

 

Located just 100m or so from the Beachcomber guest house, Ristorante Enzo is an award-winning Italian restaurant. Enjoy your Christmas meal with a definite Italian twist..."Buon Natale"!!

 

Their Christmas menu is a mouth-watering three courses and is £21.95 per person including crackers and Christmas novelties.

Vaughan's Bistro

 

7, Custom House Quay, Weymouth. Tel: 01305 769004.

 

www.vaughansbistro.co.uk

 

Located in the heart of Weymouth, alongside the picturesque harbour side, Vaughan's Bistro is contempory dining at its best. Come and make your Christmas Day at Vaughan's Bistro!

 

Christmas Menus are available on the lead up to Christmas and are £23.00 per person and the Christmas Day lunch menu is £15.00 per person. Open Christmas Eve 12 noon - 2pm.

 

The Crow's Nest

 

Hope Square (near Brewer's Quay), Weymouth. Tel: 01305 786930.

 

www.crowsnestweymouth.co.uk

 

Located in Hope Square, The Crow's Nest has grown over the last few years and is now re-known for its fantastic food. With limited spaces available, booking early is recommended.

 

Their festive menu is available throughout November and up to December 24th. A free courtesy car is available for up to six people staying with a 4 mile radius of the restaurant so there is no delay in waiting for a taxi. Just inform them you require the courtesy car at time of booking.

 

The fantastic Christmas Menu is three mouth-watering courses and costs £23.95 each; 2 courses £16.95.

Ristorante Rossini

 

43 Maiden Street, Weymouth. Tel: 01305 789406.

 

www.rossinis.co.uk

 

Located in the heart of Weymouth, Rossini's is a fabulous Mediterranean style restaurant with a fantastic menu. One of the quirky features of this restaurant is the pots of chalks on each table, and guests are positively encouraged to draw....anything! Only the very best find wall space.

The Balti House

 

24, Commercial Road, Weymouth. Tel: 01305 783515.

 

www.baltihouseweymouth.co.uk

 

Celebrate Christmas Day with a difference at the award winning Balti House. There is a set menu available, but orders can still be taken off the a la carte menu so you can sample many curries for the first time. The speciality being the chicken kurma, not the traditional run of the mill kurma, but one that is prepared exactly as it is done on special occasions back in India.

 

Another bonus is the takeaway menu available from 12pm until 6pm, just phone up your order and come and collect.....on Christmas day!! Price of the 4 course Christmas Day menu £19.50 per person.

 

Festival and Events 2009

 

Events and Festivals can be subject to change/cancellation due to weather or operational restraints and conditions. Please contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01305 785747 before travelling.

November 28th November- Christmas Lights Switch On  -   Weymouth town centre’s Christmas lights will be switched on Saturday in the traditional Ceremony led by Councillor Anne Kenwood, Mayor of Weymouth & Portland, some of the cast of the Pavilion pantomime Wizard of Oz, Carnival Queen Nina Rezaei, Nigel Reed, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Weymouth Town Crier Doris Eastwood.

 

The location will be Bond Street Square, in front of the civic Christmas tree at around 4pm.

 

From 2.30pm to 3.30pm, the St. Nicholas & St. Laurence school choir will sing by the tree.

 

Over at Brewers Quay, Santa Claus will be greeting the Mayor and her escort Christopher Kenwood, who will travel in a veteran car at the head of the procession, preceded by the Sea Cadets Band. Michelle Whitney [Dorothy,] Sarah Aveling [the Wicked Witch] and Chelsie Padley [the Good Witch] from Wizard of Oz will ride in another veteran car.

 

December

• 3, 10, 17 Thursday Night Late Night Christmas Shopping – Weymouth Town Centre

 

• 4 & 5 Osmington Christmas Show – 7.30 pm, an amazing family fun Christmas Show.

 

• 6 "I'm Dreaming of a Wyke Christmas" - Wyke Regis Square. An afternoon for all the family.

 

• 13 Best of Dorset Farmers Market - Westham Bridge - 10 am to 3 pm.

 

• 13 Wind down for Christmas. RSPB Radipole - 2 pm to 4 pm.

 

• 13 Christmas Carols in the Park – Greenhill Gardens. 4 pm.

 

• 14 Christmas Festival in Victoria Gardens, Portland. 4.30pm to 6.30pm

• 16 to 24 Dec Christmas Festival – Brewers Quay. www.brewers-quay.com

• 20 Chase the Pudding – Weymouth Beach. www.bustinskin.com

 

• 25 Lions Club Christmas Day Swim – Weymouth Harbour

 

• 31 New Year’s Eve Fancy Dress Revelry – Across the Borough.

 

Events can be subject to change / cancellation due to weather / operational restraints and conditions. Please contact the Tourist Information Centre on 01305 785747 before travelling.

Christmas Breaks at the Melcombe Villa Guesthouse

 

Why not treat yourself to a well earned break and spend your Christmas just yards from the sea.

 

Katy & Mick will provide you with a warm, comfortable and festive Bed and Breakfast break.

 

Three night Christmas break, bed and breakfast only.

 

Arrive Christmas Eve and stay until 27th December, leaving after breakfast. We can recommend places to go for Christmas day lunch at very reasonable prices. Cost - £200 per double room (2 people staying for 3 nights), to include breakfast and parking. Book early to avoid disappointment.

 

One of Weymouth’s big traditional Christmas events is the Lions Club Christmas Day Harbour Swim. At 11am over 100 brave swimmers (many in Fancy Dress) will plunge into the fresh waters of Weymouth Harbour and swim across its width all in aid of charity and always cheered on by over 1000 family friends and spectators, packing the harbourside.

Christmas Events at Brewers Quay!

 

Brewers Quay extends a seasonal warm welcome and invites you to celebrate the magical sights, sounds and tastes of Christmas at our annual festival! - Enjoy the tradition of shopkeepers in Victorian costume, and catch the smell of Christmas lunch drifting through the air from the Courtyard Restaurant.

 

The indoor shopping village will be beautifully decorated and bursting with thousands of imaginative gift ideas from the 20 specialist stores – everything from gift hampers to hand made chocolates - candles and collectible glassware to festive candles – nautical and nostalgia products to fine collector’s pieces! As an added bonus, Brewers Quay will even take care of your gift-wrapping in Quay Moments.

 

To celebrate the Christmas period, there is also a full programme of carol singing by local schools and choirs.

 

At weekends, visit the fairytale SANTA'S GROTTO – bigger and better than ever before, and only £2 entry! Every child receives a special gift donated by Brewers Quay, and half of all proceeds will be donated to local charity CLIC Sargent.

 

The LIGHT UP A LIFE remembrance service in Hope Square will be held on Tuesday 24th November. After the service, Brewers Quay will open for late night shopping until 8pm, serving free teas and coffees, with 20% of all sales donated to the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust.

VICTORIAN SHOWNIGHT – Thursday 10th December – there will be a Christmas food market in Hope Square complete with German Glühwein. A traditional steam organ provides atmospheric music in the Square while inside the shopping village there will be tastings, entertainment and, of course, Santa in his grotto. Plus, selected stores will be offering 20% discounts to all shoppers!

 

Brewers Quay will also be holding another REINDEER DAY on Sunday 6th December! Two real live reindeer will be penned outside the centre from 12 noon to 4pm, for everyone to pet and feed.

 

Traditional Christmas lunches are available in the Courtyard Restaurant for only £7.95 per head, with two meals for only £12.00! Remember, there's no need to book in advance - just turn up!

 

Brewers Quay is open seven days a week and entry into the shopping complex is free of charge. For further details of special events and entertainment, please contact the Information Desk on 01305 777622.

 
Get yourself ready for this years 5k Santa extravaganza, on Sunday 20th December at 11am.

RUNNERS have less than a month to sign up for the annual Santa Dash on Weymouth beach. Some 500 runners are expected to join in the fundraiser for Julia’s House.

 

They will chase a runner dressed as a Christmas pudding along a five kilometre route on the beach.

 

Race director Mark Steen said: "It is the ‘must do’ family event of the year. People have said just how much fun this is."

 

“They say it brings back the spirit of Christmas. Well, it’s all true. Get yourself ready for this year’s 5K Santa extravaganza.

 

Participants must dress up as it generates more funds for charity. Under tens can run free with a family member.

 

Mr Steen, who runs triathlons through his BustinSkin organisation, hopes to raise about £4,000.

Hundreds of Santas chasing the lonely Christmas pudding down the beach in what can only be described as " The best thing YULE see this Christmas!"

 

So come on, get your boots on and get entered into this fantastic festive event and in doing so you will be supporting the excellent work that Julia's House does.

 

Adult price is £10 plus £5 for a suit, which runners get to keep. Dressing up is mandatory, please generate more funds for Julia's House by purchasing our suits online: www.bustinskin.com.  Under 10's run free with a family member.

 

The winner of last year’s race, Niall Laming, will take on the role of the pudding this year. There will be a £50 prize for this year’s winner.

See also Christmas in Dorset