Location of our Weymouth Hotel

Weymouth and Portland will be hosting the 2012 sailing olympics, and will be undergoing major redevelopment over the next 4 years in preparation for the 2012 games. The redevelopment project will continue until 2025 and will make Weymouth and Portland one of the worlds most exciting sailing and leisure destinations.

How to find us

The Sunbay Hotel is ideally situated just by the beach at the best end of town at Greenhill. The Weymouth Pavilion is literally just down the promenade as to is the Ferry Terminal. So whether it's sunbathing and swimming, a show or a day trip to The Channel Islands you can do it all on foot from the Sunbay.

The Sunbay Hotel is in easy reach of buses and trains.

About Weymouth

Weymouth is all one town now but some of the older locals will still talk of the "Weymouth side" and the "Melcombe side". During the English Civil War the Weymouth side and the Melcombe side were invariably on different sides and cannon balls can still be seen lodged in the old walls close to the old Melcombe pub, The Duke of Cornwall.

The locals saw off Prince Rupert and some 4000 of the Kings Horse with the final punch up taking place by the Old Town Bridge. Prince Rupert retreated in disarray having had his nose bloodied by the likes of people with names such as Winter, Coker and Joliffe, all names still very much in evidence in the phone book today.

For more background on local history particularly concerning the Spanish Armada then a visit to the Time Walk Museum would be worthwhile. www.brewers-quay.co.uk

On a lighter note, Weymouth is a beautiful old Georgian town set in a panoramic bay with safe bathing and a sandy beach. The Sunbay Hotel is adjacent to the beach and the Promenade with the pavilion theatre within easy walking distance. The old harbour with its busy quayside again is not far. In the other direction you can walk to the lovely Greenhill Gardens where there is an old fashioned putting green and tennis courts.

Why not tour the harbour with a coffee start at the Crown or the Ship and then a walk up to the pavilion and take the row boat ferry across to the other side, (licensed by Henry VIII) and then progress down the other side past the Life Boat and have a drink in Hope Square.

Then carry on along the "Weymouth" side of the harbour to the Town Bridge and then back over to the "Melcombe" side with more stops as required and then back to Hamiltons (nearly next door) for lunch.

There are lots of attractions and places of interest to visit either within Weymouth or in the surrounding area. The Sunbay has a selection of brochures and if we can help we will do.