Activities

Weymouth Civic Society

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Local Planning
The Society monitors planning applications in the area, and makes observations and offers opinions to the local authorities. It endeavours to raise public awareness of developments which may involve threats to the enjoyment of local places and structures of historic or architectural interest.

Information
The Society has produced “Town Walks” leaflets, and worked with the local authority on a scheme to place brown information plaques on buildings of historic and architectural interest.

What does The Civic Society do ?

Attractions
Tourism is a significant industry in the area, and many historic features have become tourist destinations in their own right.

Two of these destinations, the Nothe Fort and the Tudor House are operated as attractions by the Civic Society. This enables funds to be generated for their preservation, and provides centres at which other Society activities are based.

Pilgrim House, Hope Square

The Old Rooms, Trinity Street

Awards

The society sponsors an annual award for good restoration and high quality new development projects, and has initiated a Young Citizen’s Environmental Award.

Programme of Meetings

Regular meetings are arranged to hear talks and discuss topics of interest. All are welcome.

The next few open meetings are listed here. (Programme updated 20th February 2012 - subject to change.)

Committee meetings are listed on the members’ page.

February 20         Meeting at the Nothe Fort - 7-30 PM
                                   Olympic update - Simon Williams

March 19               Meeting at the Nothe Fort - 7-30 PM
                                  Annual General Meeting

April 16                  Meeting at the Nothe Fort - 7-30 PM
                                  Extraordinary General Meeting
                                  Conversion of the Civic Society to a
                                  Company Limited by Guarantee.

April 19                 Civic Society Annual Dinner

May 21                   Nuclear Bunker at the Nothe Fort - talk by                                   John White

June 18                  Meeting at the Nothe Fort - 7-30 PM                                  Members’ information & discussion

July 26 to August 12
                                Nothe Fort closed to general public for most                                 of the Olympic period. See the Nothe Fort                                 website for details.

N.B. there will be no members’ meetings July or August

Weymouth sea front