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The Isle of Portland is a tied island, 6 kilometres (4 mi) long by 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) wide, in the English Channel. [2] The southern tip, Portland Bill, lies 8 kilometres (5 mi) south of the resort of Weymouth, forming the southernmost point of the county of Dorset, England.
The coastline of the Weymouth Lowlands is dominated by Chesil Beach, which hugs the littoral grasslands in the west before separating from the mainland in the east to form The Fleet, a series of brackish lagoons, and then continuing as a narrow causeway linking the mainland with the Isle of Portland. In the hinterland there are long, rounded ...
Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle ...
Landscape architect Enplan, who were inspired by the view across Weymouth Bay of Dorset coast's chalk cliffs, had proposed features that mimic the outline of the facing cliffs of the Bay and the Isle of Portland. The cove's main walls were shaped and curved in two planes and faced in local Portland stone.
The Isle of Portland is a tied island lying in the English Channel less than 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south from Weymouth, at roughly the midpoint along the Dorset coastline. It measures approximately 4 miles in length and 1.5 miles in width at its widest point.
In 1865, the mainland railway line was extended from Weymouth to Portland. In order to get across the Smallmouth passage, a wooden viaduct was built by 1864. [7] In 1902 a new viaduct was built of steel at Ferry Bridge. [8] The railway closed to passengers in 1952, and goods traffic in 1965, while the viaduct was demolished in December 1971. [8]
Chesil Cove at Chiswell on the Isle of Portland. The high beach of Chesil Cove from Isle of Portland, showing Weymouth Bay across the isthmus. Chesil Cove is a curved steep bank forming the south-east end of 29-kilometre (18 mi) Chesil Beach in Dorset, England.
Redcliff Point is on the south coast of England, to the east of Weymouth in Dorset. It lies just past the eastern end of the sweeping Weymouth Bay on the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape known for its geology. [1] Fossils can be found in the Upper Oxford Clay in this area. [2] The cliff looks over to the Isle of Portland. It is ...