Property News · August 10, 2012

Let's move to… Weymouth, Dorset


The old place looks like it’s changed beyond recognition, but it hasn’t reallyWhat’s going for it? It’s not just the Lea Valley and that tower block in Bow with surface-to-air missiles on the roof that are feeling the Official Touch of the Olympics. Oh no – 2012’s largesse spreads far and wide. Weymouth has been hosting the sailing events and, for a few precious moments, images of the town have been beamed around the universe. It has spruced itself accordingly, in preparation for being turned into The Next St Tropez. It could happen! Or at least The Next Sandbanks. There is already an Olympia Heights apartment block and a business academy hoping to snare Google and Microsoft. There is a revolving, doughnut-shaped viewing splodge on a 52m tower (why? why not?). The statue of Mad King George III (who favoured Weymouth) looks freshly gilded. There is a seafood festival, a whiff of Fearnley-Whittingstallness, talk of boutique hotels. And yet nothing has changed at all. You can still buy fresh crabs from the harbour; the waves still crash; the terraced backstreets still contain more than enough tat; and Punch still bashes Judy on a sandy beach so pretty it takes your breath away.The case against Can you remember the sailing venue in Beijing? Locog is a dirty word for some round here. A lot of Olympics price speculation, so wait a bit till Weymouth is back to being Weymouth. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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