Visitors flock to seaweed strewn Weymouth Beach

At a glance

  • Weymouth Beach showing the results of a council decision not to clear the sands of rotting seaweed

  • The seaweed has been washed up by winds on the southern section of the Dorset beach

  • Some beachgoers have complained the seaweed strewn on the beach has become "very smelly"

  • Weymouth Town Council says the seaweed helps "preserve the integrity of the ecosystem" and is an important food source for sea creatures

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  1. People jump over seaweed on Weymouth beach
    Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

    Beachgoers in Weymouth have complained that seaweed strewn on the beach has become "very smelly".

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