Local Area Information

BillWatch Cottage on the Jurassic coast in Dorset, is ideally situated to be able see and visit many of the wonderful sights that Dorset has to offer! If you were staying for a week, you would not have time to see it all. 

We have highlighted below some of the best things to see and do during your stay with us, within an hour driving radius;

Things To See / Do / Visit Nearby (Closest to Farthest)

• Portland Bill Lighthouse and Visitor Centre (climb the lighthouse and learn about its history)
• Trinity House Obelisk, Portland Bill
• Pulpit Rock, Portland Bill
• Ideal area for Photography, Drone Flying & Stargazing
• Local Horseriding 
• Fishing
• Rock Climbing
• Diving
• Shipwrecks
• Coastal Footpath, Portland Bill
• Red Pool (large rock pool, and small pebble beach) Portland Bill
• The Bird Observatory, Portland Bill
• Stone Quarries, Portland Bill
• Church Ope Cove
• Portland Museum
• Rufus Castle, Portland (15th century castle ruins)
• Tout Quarry Sculpture Park, Portland
• High Angle Batteries Portland
• Fancy’s Farm Portland
• Nicodemus Knob, Portland
• Castletown D-Day Centre, Portland
• Osprey Leisure Centre, Portland
• Portland Castle
• Portland Harbour
• Chesil Beach
• Sandsfoot Castle
• Nothe Fort, Weymouth
• Nothe Gardens, Weymouth
• Weymouth Sea Front & Harbour
• Sealife Centre, Weymouth
• Fishing Trips with Snapper Charters
• Jurassic Jet ski Tours
• Weymouth Bay Rib Charter Boat Rides
• Sea Kayak Dorset
• Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
• Abbotsbury Swannery
• St. Catherine’s Chapel, Abbotsbury
• Dorchester Town and Brewery Square
• Maiden Castle, Dorchester (an Iron age hillfort)
• The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester
• The Tutankhamun Exhibition, Dorchester
• The Dinosaur Museum, Dorchester (good for kids)
• National Trust "Max Gate" Dorchester (Former home of Thomas Hardy)
• National Trust "Hardys Cottage" (the birth place of Thomas Hardy)
• Sculptures by the lake, Tincleton, Dorchester
• Tank Museum Bovington
• Monkey World
• Bridport and West Bay
• Durdle Door
• Corfe Castle