The Nothe Fort is a fort in Weymouth, Dorset, situated at the end of the Nothe Peninsula, which juts eastwards from the town of Weymouth, and Weymouth Harbour, into the sea.
We decided to visit the Fort during the school holidays when we did our week theme part tour in May 2019. We were staying in Weymouth to go to the SEA LIFE Centre attraction there and also use it as a base to do some fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast.
To get to the fort you need to navigate through some narrow streets which will take you to a car park, the Fort is just a short walk from there.
The admission cost was very reasonable just £10 for and adult and two children, I was even asked if I wanted to have an annual pass at no additional charge which I agreed too, you never know I may be back within the next 12 months.
The coastal defence was built between 1860 and 1872 by 26 Company of the Royal Engineers to protect Portland and Weymouth Harbours, with Portland then becoming an important Royal Navy base. Shaped like the letter D, the fort was built with bomb-proof casemates and deep magazines. The fort was abandoned in 1956 and purchased by the local council in 1961. It is now a museum and remains one of the best-preserved forts of its kind in the country.
Although not a day out destination in its own right there is plenty to see here for an hour or two. Matthew and Holly especially liked the guns on the ramparts.
If you are in the area and would like to spend a couple of hours looking around an interesting piece of history I would highly recommend the Nothe Fort.
