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Weymouth flies four Green Flags in 2026 and Portland two, which is not bad for a town this size. Here is every park, garden and green space we could stand up from the councils, the RSPB and Dorset Wildlife Trust, with the loos, the cafes and what they say about dogs.

Checked in September 2026 against the sources linked. Things change, ring ahead for anything that matters.

17 places

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Greenhill Gardens

Greenhill, Weymouth, DT4 7TH

Formal seafront gardens at the north end of the Esplanade with the 1936 floral clock, beach chalets, seasonal putting and tennis and two cafes. Green Flag every year since 2006, one of four in Weymouth in 2026.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page for the gardens. On Greenhill beach dogs are allowed from 1 October to the end of April, and from Greenhill Groyne to Overcombe all year.
Toilets:
Next to the bowling green pavilion, open all year and closed at night. Unisex, disabled access, 9am to 8pm from 1 July to 30 September 2026.
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The floral clock was built in 1936 by Ritchie and Sons of Edinburgh and its cuckoo chime sounds hourly and quarterly again after a refurbishment, for the first time in 30 years. The 18 hole putting green and four tennis courts run June to October, tennis £5 an hour through Greenhill CIC (check before you rely on it). Cafes: Pebbles 01305 779647 and Seascape 01305 773536. The lower and upper entrances near the cafe or town end are wheelchair accessible, but some paths are steep or uneven. Friends of Greenhill Gardens look after it with the council.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilGreen Flag 2026 listCouncil toiletsDogs on beaches

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Nothe Gardens

Barrack Road, Weymouth, DT4 8UF

Headland gardens between Weymouth Harbour and Portland Harbour with a cafe, toilets, a nature trail, an orienteering course and the South West Coast Path running through. The newest of Weymouth's Green Flag parks, awarded for the first time in July 2026.

Dogs:
Dogs are welcome but must stay on a lead throughout the whole gardens.
Toilets:
In the centre of the gardens, open all year. Female, male, disabled access, baby changing, RADAR key, 9am to 8pm from 1 July to 30 September 2026.
More detail

Cafe at the entrance with a summer terrace, ice cream hut at the Newton's Cove entrance. Three pay and display car parks run by Dorset Council. Mainly wheelchair accessible, with limited access to some of the lower paths and some steep or uneven ones. Nothe Fort sits at the top, see the heritage page for its times.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilFour Green Flags, July 2026Council toilets

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Lodmoor Country Park

Lodmoor, Weymouth (the RSPB reserve next door is DT3 6HS)

A big seafront country park east of the town centre, a 15 minute stroll from the Esplanade, mixing a free outdoor gym, play area, orienteering and parkrun with paid family attractions. It sits beside the RSPB Lodmoor reedbeds.

Dogs:
On the RSPB Lodmoor reserve dogs are welcome on the designated dog friendly trails only, on leads. The council page for the country park does not state a dog policy.
Toilets:
Public and disabled toilets, 24 hours and year round according to the park page. The council toilet list gives Lodmoor car park as male, unisex, disabled, baby changing, RADAR, 9am to 8pm from 1 July to 30 September 2026.
More detail

Galleon play area with a timber pirate ship for age 5 and up, bird's nest swings, seesaw and slide, plus a rope end swing, springer and rotating climbing frame added in March 2024. Green Gym: 21 pieces of kit across five stations on a 2 km trail, free, with a children's timber version. Three orienteering trails, the 45 minute Tree Trail, picnic tables, barbecue bins, a cafe and the Lodmoor pub. Sea Life, the Rio Grande Railway (summer), 9 hole pitch and putt (summer) and Sandworld are the paid bits. parkrun Saturday 9am, junior parkrun Sunday 9am. Level tarmac paths and a 2.5 km flat circular walk suitable for wheelchairs. Pay and display car park for cars and coaches.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilRSPB LodmoorPlay park makeovers

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Radipole Park and Gardens

Radipole Park Drive, Weymouth, DT3 5EZ

A tree lined park beside Radipole Lake, refurbished with just over £1 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and officially reopened on 10 August 2024. Green Flag winner in 2025 and again in 2026.

Dogs:
Off the lead on the play park field only. On a lead everywhere else, including the sensory garden. The cafe is dog friendly.
Toilets:
New public toilets, part of the 2024 refurbishment.
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Play area, free football pitch, four membership tennis courts and two free public ones, a games area for basketball, mini football and pickleball, outdoor table tennis, a free pétanque court, hopscotch and a scooter and bike track for little ones, Mumma Bees Cafe seven days a week, and a small free car park. The sensory garden was created by the Friends group, who raised £26,000. Renamed in October 1999 as a tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales. Accessible entrances, some uneven paths.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilOfficial opening, August 2024Green Flag 2026 list

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Sandsfoot Gardens

Old Castle Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth

Formal gardens laid out around the ruin of Henry VIII's Sandsfoot Castle, looking across Portland Harbour and reached from the Rodwell Trail. Green Flag every year since 2012.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
The cafe at the garden entrance provides toilets for visitors.
More detail

The castle was complete by 1541. The council says it was abandoned militarily in 1665, closed as unsafe in 1930 and reopened in 2012 with the Friends of Rodwell Trail and Sandsfoot Castle. It is closed again along with its footbridge for health and safety reasons, but the gardens are open and the ruin is free to look at. Cafe with terraced seating opened in summer 2006. On street parking. Two ramps beside the steps between the levels. No postcode is given on the council page.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilGreen Flag history

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Bowleaze Cove (Bowleaze Park)

Bowleaze Coveway, Weymouth, DT3 6PL

A clifftop grassed open space at the eastern end of Weymouth Bay, which the council calls a quiet and peaceful spot with spectacular views across the whole bay and Portland. Year round cafe, public toilets and a beach where dogs are welcome all year.

Dogs:
Listed by the council as a dog walking spot, and dogs are allowed on Bowleaze Cove beach all year round.
Toilets:
Public toilets opposite the Oasis Cafe at the entrance.
More detail

Cafe open all year, 01305 833459. Free on street parking. Wheelchair accessible with some steep inclines. Jordan Hill Roman Temple is on the hill above.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilDogs on beaches

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Overcombe Corner

Overcombe, between Lodmoor and Bowleaze, Weymouth

The seafront corner between Lodmoor and Bowleaze, with year round dog access on the beach, public toilets and a Dorset Council car park at Heron Close at the eastern end of the RSPB Lodmoor reserve. Not a park as such, but a handy green start for a walk east.

Dogs:
Dogs allowed all year on the beach from Greenhill Groyne to Overcombe.
Toilets:
Overcombe Corner toilets: male, unisex, disabled access, baby changing, RADAR key, open year round, 9am to 8pm from 1 July to 30 September 2026.
More detail

There is no separate council park page for Overcombe, so no facilities beyond the toilets and car park are claimed here.

Source:Council toiletsDogs on beachesRSPB Lodmoor

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The Marsh

Knightsdale Road, Weymouth

A large open recreation ground off Knightsdale Road with a skate park, parkour area, basketball area and play area. Friends of the Marsh have worked with the council on it since October 2013.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
Not stated on the council page.
More detail

September 2018 brought a multi use games area, new play kit, fencing, seating and drop kerb access. Behind the swimming pool there is a community orchard and a mixed woodland of rowan, willow, hawthorn and birch planted with Woodland Trust donations.

Source:Friends of the Marsh

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RSPB Radipole Lake

Radipole Lake Visitor Centre, next to the Swannery car park, Weymouth, DT4 7TZ

An 83 hectare reedbed reserve and SSSI right in the middle of town, home to bearded tits, kingfishers, otters and water voles. Surfaced, generally flat trails and a Discovery Centre with a cafe.

Dogs:
On short leads on the designated dog friendly trails, and welcome in the Discovery Centre on a short lead.
Toilets:
At the Discovery Centre when it is open, and the Swannery car park toilets 120 metres away (council list: 8am to 9pm from 1 July to 30 September 2026, RADAR, baby changing).
More detail

Discovery Centre and cafe listed as Monday to Sunday 10am to 4pm (check before you go). Two signposted trails are firm, generally flat and surfaced with concrete or crushed stone, with a ramped viewing platform and a level Discovery Centre. The Swannery car park is Dorset Council pay and display with 895 spaces and 27 Blue Badge spaces. Phone 01929 553360, weymouth.reserves@rspb.org.uk.

Source:RSPB Radipole LakeFacilitiesCouncil toilets

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Lorton Meadows

Lorton Lane, Weymouth, DT3 5QH

Seventy five hectares of unimproved hay meadows, thick hedgerows, small copses, nine ponds and orchards on the northern edge of Weymouth, run by Dorset Wildlife Trust and open at all times. Barn owls, butterflies and dragonflies.

Dogs:
On a lead. Respect the No Dogs signs and avoid fields with grazing cattle.
Toilets:
None on site. The nearest public toilets are at Weymouth Park and Ride.
More detail

Car park at the Conservation Centre, which opens for pre arranged events only. Paths are unsurfaced except around the centre, rough and uneven in places and muddy underfoot. The Weymouth Neighbourhood Plan lists it as partly SSSI.

Source:Dorset Wildlife TrustNeighbourhood Plan

Toilets

Tumbledown Community Growspace

Tumbledown, Radipole Lane, Weymouth, DT4 9RP

A 27 acre former farm owned by the Town Council and run as a community growing and learning space, with two barns, an orchard of 130 fruit trees, raised beds, grow plots, a forest school area and a small stage. Two public footpaths cross the site.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
Accessible toilets in Kestrel Barn, the community space.
More detail

Volunteer sessions Mondays and Fridays 10am to 1pm, woodworking Tuesdays 10am to 1pm. Kestrel Barn has a teaching kitchen. A new accessible concrete path from Swallow Barn to the raised beds went in during August 2024. The council calls it a Growspace, not a farm with animals. Contact tumbledown@weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk or 01305 239839.

Source:Weymouth Town CouncilAccessible path, 2024

Peace Gardens

Barrack Road, next to the Nothe Tavern, Weymouth

A small community garden on a former Quaker burial ground of the 17th and 18th centuries, with a labyrinth and a peace pole. Open all year.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
Not stated. The Nothe Gardens toilets are close by.
More detail

Volunteer working parties every Saturday from 10am.

Source:Weymouth Town Council

St John's Gardens

Dorchester Road, Weymouth

A formal pocket park on Dorchester Road, in the council's own words. Somewhere to sit with a coffee rather than somewhere for a day out.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
Not stated on the council page.

Source:Weymouth Town Council

Wyke Gardens

Off Wyke Road, Weymouth

A small garden off Wyke Road, looked after by the Town Council. Handy if you live nearby, not a destination.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
Not stated on the council page.

Source:Weymouth Town Council

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Southill play area

Southill, Weymouth, close to the shops

A medium sized play area suitable for children up to 14, close to the shops with on street parking. One of 18 play areas the Town Council looks after.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council page.
Toilets:
Not stated on the council page.
More detail

Other council play areas worth knowing: Louviers Road in Littlemoor has green gym kit and a free skate park with a quarter pipe, middle ramp, grind box, grind rail and half pipe. Melcombe Regis play area got talking tubes, a dolphin springer and a wheelchair accessible roundabout in the March 2024 £70,000 makeover, which also covered Pottery Lane, Lodmoor, Telford Close in Preston, Miles Gardens in Upwey, Westmacott and Honeysuckle Close. Postcodes are not given for any of them. Greenspaces team: parks@weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk, 01305 239839.

Source:Southill play areaAll play areasPlay park makeovers

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Easton Gardens, Portland

Easton Square, Portland, DT5 1BX

Portland's Edwardian village centre gardens, at the heart of Easton since 1904, with mature trees, a small play area for ages 5 to 10, a basketball court and year round toilets. Green Flag winner in 2026.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council pages.
Toilets:
Refurbished public and disabled toilets, open year round until 10pm in summer and 6pm in winter.
More detail

Wheelchair accessible and level throughout. Free on street parking around the square. Managed by Portland Town Council, 01305 821638.

Source:Portland Town CouncilDorset CouncilGreen Flag 2026 list

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Victoria Gardens, Portland

Portland (the council gives no street address)

Jubilee gardens on the slope above Portland Harbour and Chesil Beach, created to mark Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee and opened in 1904. Tennis courts, a bowling green, a play area, formal bedding and a large rockery, plus a performance area built by the Friends. Green Flag winner in 2026.

Dogs:
Not stated on the council pages.
Toilets:
Not stated on the council pages.
More detail

Managed by Portland Town Council, Portland Community Venue, Three Yards Close, DT5 1JN, 01305 821638.

Source:Portland Town CouncilPortland parksGreen Flag 2026 list

Good to know. The council says cycling is not permitted in the pleasure gardens (Nothe, Radipole Park and Gardens, Greenhill), and its greenspaces get 3.6 million visits a year across 91 hectares. The dog exercise area next to the Pavilion is open to dogs all year, and Weymouth Beach won a Seaside Award for summer 2025. Melcombe Regis Gardens, Alexandra Gardens, Two Mile Coppice and Chafey’s Lake have no council page we could check, so they are not listed. Greenspaces team: parks@weymouthtowncouncil.gov.uk, 01305 239839. Longer routes are on the walks page.