View of Weymouth Harbour and Town Bridge in Dorset, England, on a sunny day.
View of Weymouth Harbour and Town Bridge in Dorset, England, on a sunny day. The bridge, a lifting bascule bridge opened in 1930, is raised at regular intervals to allow boats and yachts to enter and leave the inner harbour and marina beyond. The port is infamous in history as the spot at which the Black Death, or bubonic plague, entered England in 1348 – brought into Melcombe Regis on the north shore (now part of modern day Weymouth) from Europe by vessels fleeing the disease.
Size: 3361px × 5060px
Location: Weymouth Harbour, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Gary Lucken / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1348, activities, activity, attraction, attractions, bascule, black, blue, boat, boats, bridge, bridges, britain, british, bubonic, buoys, calm, cloud, clouds, cloudy, coast, coastal, day, daytime, death, destination, destinations, dorset, england, english, entry, eu, europe, european, fishing, great, harbor, harbors, harbour, harbours, heritage, historic, historical, history, holiday, holidays, hot, industries, industry, inland, interest, kingdom, landmark, landmarks, leisure, life, lifting, lives, living, location, locations, marina, marinas, marine, maritime, melcombe, moored, moorings, ocean, outdoor, outdoors, peace, peaceful, picturesque, place, places, plague, point, port, portland, portrait, ports, quay, quays, quayside, recreation, recreational, regis, resort, resorts, scene, scenes, scenic, scenics, sea, seafront, seaport, seaports, seas, seascape, seaside, side, skies, sky, south, south-west, summer, summertime, sun, sunny, sunshine, time, tourism, tourist, town, towns, traditional, tranquil, tranquility, travel, trawler, trawlers, uk, union, united, upright, vacation, vacations, vertical, vessel, vessels, view, views, vista, vistas, water, waterfront, waters, waterway, waterways, weather, west, weymouth
