Weymouth Shopping

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Wandering the pedestrianised central streets you'll notice just how undeveloped the town is - as if the 1960's planners who ruined the character of so many other towns and cities had somehow bypassed the place.

The shops here are a delight. There is, as expected, branches of the various National chains on New Bond Street, St Thomas Street and St Mary Street but as soon as you leave these three main drags you'll find all sorts of quirky little independent retailers.

Across the river in the old harbour area you'll find Brewer's Quay which is described as a "Shopping Village". This is the former Devenish brewery which has been tastefully redeveloped as a sort of Victorian labyrinth of cobbled streets which house the Town Museum and an eclectic collection of specialist stores. The stores include a craft section which sells arts and crafts from all over the world, there's a trio of curio shops, a couple of maritime souvenir places and even a micro-brewery.

This busy beach and harbour town has a thriving commercial area with a variety of High Street chain shops like M&S, TK Max, Peacocks, Debenhams Poundland, and supermarkets, as well as many small private shops which provide an attractive balance.

What to buy: You can buy pretty much anything here including food items for a picnic on the beach.

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This isnt a shop per say, but rather a beach stall on the beach promenade.

Passers by can look at his work as they pass by. He must get a lot of trade during the busy summer months. Goodness knows what he does during the cold 'non-beachy' winter months though!

Maybe he sells at local craft fairs.

What to buy: There were many magnets with quirky sayings, as well as ones you could hang up on your home bar I guess.

There were many copies of paintings that this local artist had done, and I really liked a few of them! I meant to go back to get a sunflower print, but forgot! I will have to remember when we return again, and we will!

The artists style is really nice and quirky... and he draws all kinds of everyday scenes and still lifes... even night shot prints and some classical prints too.

His work is refreshing I thought :)

What to pay: Very inexpensive, but then you are only getting a copy... not an original of anything

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There were a few stalls packed to the brim with kids beach equipment.

They are temporary stalls it appears, put up ofr the high season, when the beach is packed full of people. Being such a sunny, hot day, the beach was packed, and the shops were BUSY!

What to buy: From blow up whales and sharks, to buckets and spades, to flower windmills to armbands, from fishing nets to footballs.. they had everything you could think of, catering for all ages of children. No doubt some parents also enjoy some of these toys! :)

What to pay: Inexpensive

There are two main High Streets in Weymouth with shops down each dide, some of these include:

British Heart Foundation
Boots
Iceland
New Look
Debenhams
Wimpy
The Link
Lidle (althrough it's a bit outside of town)
99p stores (just opened)
An indoor market
Nautical Antiques
Ocean to Earth
Shoezone
Body shop
Sue Ryder Care
Tesco
M&S
Argos
Contessa
Dixons
WH Smith
Woolworths

What to buy: Sea stuff

What to pay: Depends

The main shopping area is based around St Marys Street. It is a long main street with several small streets off and all the main chains are here - Woolworths, Boots, Jessops etc. Spoilt by a high proportion of empty shops.