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An NCI Portland Bill team attended this event on Monday 6th May. The morning was warm with light wind and the gazebo was placed adjacent to the Marina reception, office and facilities building and alongside the thoroughfare leading to the … Continue reading →

Photos taken at Portland during Winter 2014 showing just what the power of the sea around our coast can do. Now you see it….. These photographs were taken within days of each other by Stuart Morris and shows the Stack of rock … Continue reading →

What a way to raise money for a very deserving charity!!! By Kim Scard   Ross Boatswain, from Wheatlands, Portland, lives with his parent’s, Paul & Sharon, and his twin sister, Hana. He’s 21 and works at a local engineering firm.    … Continue reading →

Portland Bill is manned 07.00 – 19.00 by a team of trained and dedicated volunteers who keep a visual and listening watch every day of the year, except on Christmas Day. Our lookout is equipped with powerful binoculars, radar, an … Continue reading →

VOLUNTEERS at Dorset’s Coastwatch stations have been honoured with a royal award for outstanding work in the community.  Watchkeepers at the four National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) stations across the county are celebrating after being given the Queen’s Award for Voluntary … Continue reading →