The custodian of this site (Previously Geoff Kirby) is now Portland Museum - only minor updates will be made as and when errors are noted or reported to us. - To start your exploration of Portland please click here or on the cartoon on the left.

Welcome to this web site containing maps, stories, history, advice and many hundreds of photographs, both modern and old, to help you explore Portland in Dorset - The Jewel in the Jurassic Coast.

This website contains around 2,000 pictures of Portland new and old along with many local stories, descriptions of unusual places to explore and much on Portland’s remarkable and unique history

The information in the website has largely been taken from Stuart Morris’s excellent books; in particular ‘Portland - An Illustrated History’ - please click here. Also Ashley Smith’s comprehensive ‘Portland History’ website which can be reached here as well as many other books and websites listed here.

You may also be interested in the archive I have created of pre-1945 Portland photographs collected from members of the public during the "Steps In Time Images Project" which was active about a decade ago. Well over three thousand pictures have been archived for posterity. These can be viewed by clicking on the picture at right.

If you want to copy and use any pictures please first check the copyright statement reached by clicking here.

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