Accessible Weymouth
Changing Places, RADAR toilets, beach wheelchairs, Blue Badge parking and who to ring. Checked in September 2026. Things change, so ring ahead for anything that matters.
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Changing Places
A hoist, an adult changing bench and room for carers. Two in town.
Changing Places toilet, Beach Control Office
Beach Control Office, by the King's Statue, The Esplanade, DT4 7AN
Hours: 24 hours
Access: 24 hours with a fob from the library or beach staff
Hoist, adult changing bench and room for two carers. Open around the clock; a fob comes from Weymouth Library or the beach staff.
Changing Places toilet, Weymouth station
Weymouth railway station, King Street, DT4 7BN
Hours: Station opening hours
Access: Station hours, ask staff
Inside the station, listed by National Rail alongside the accessible toilet.
Accessible toilets
The council toilets with a RADAR lock. Hours are the councils' and change with the season.
Accessible toilets with a RADAR lock (Weymouth)
Cove Street, Lodmoor, Nothe Gardens, Overcombe, Pier Bandstand and Swannery car park
Hours: Roughly 8 or 9am to 8 or 9pm; Lodmoor 24 hours
Access: RADAR key
Weymouth Town Council's accessible toilets take the national RADAR key. Keys are sold at Weymouth Library.
Accessible toilets with a RADAR lock (Portland)
Portland Bill, Easton, Fortuneswell and Yeates Road
Hours: Portland Bill 8am to 8pm March to October; others daytime
Access: RADAR key
Portland Town Council's toilets. RADAR key for the accessible cubicles.
Where to get a key
The RADAR key opens accessible toilets across the country.
RADAR keys: Weymouth Library
Great George Street, DT4 8NN
Hours: Library opening hours
The national RADAR key opens accessible toilets across the UK. The library sells them and hands out the Changing Places fob.
Beach
Getting onto the sand and down to the water.
Free beach wheelchairs
Beach Office, by the King's Statue, The Esplanade, DT4 7AN
Hours: Beach office hours, summer season
Access: Free, borrow from the Beach Office
Two beach wheelchairs with big wheels that roll on sand, free to borrow from the Beach Office. Ring ahead to be sure one is in.
Beach access matting
From the King's Statue slipway onto the sand, DT4 7AN
Hours: Laid roughly June to September
Access: Summer months
A firm mat across the sand from the slipway by the King's Statue, so wheels and sticks get down to the water's edge without sinking.
Parking
What a Blue Badge gets you in the council car parks.
Blue Badge parking in council car parks
Dorset Council car parks across Weymouth and Portland
Blue Badge holders who pay any tariff in a Dorset Council car park get one extra hour on top. A Resident and Multi Car Park Permit at £18 a year gives Blue Badge holders three hours free a day in the council's short stay car parks. On street, the usual Blue Badge rules apply.
Scooter and wheelchair hire
By the day or the week. Ring for prices.
Weymouth Mobility Ltd
42 St Mary Street, Weymouth
Hours: Shop hours, check by phone
Mobility scooters and wheelchairs to hire by the day or the week, right in the town centre. Their price when checked was from £15 a day for a scooter.
Active Mobility
117 Radipole Lane, Weymouth
Hours: Shop hours, check by phone
Hire and sales of scooters, wheelchairs and walking aids, out at Southill.
Accessible taxis
Firms with wheelchair accessible vehicles. Say so when you book.
Able Cabs (wheelchair accessible taxis)
Weymouth
Runs wheelchair accessible vehicles. Say you need one when you book.
Weyline Taxis (wheelchair accessible taxis)
Weymouth
Hours: 24 hours
The big local firm, with wheelchair accessible vehicles in the fleet. Ask for one when you book.
Boat trips
Out on the water with a chair.
MV Freedom accessible boat trips
Weymouth Harbour, DT4 8TJ
Hours: Trips by booking, season and weather permitting
A charity boat built for wheelchair users, with a lift and space for chairs, running trips round the bay and the harbour.
Getting about
Step free routes and where to book help.
Weymouth station: step free
King Street, DT4 7BN
Step free to all platforms by ramps, some long or steep. Accessible toilet and Changing Places inside. Book assistance through National Rail's Passenger Assist.