Isle of Portland

Isle of Portland
Isle of Portland
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	Location within Dorset
Population	12,797 (2018 est.)
OS grid reference	SY690721
• London	121 miles (195 km) NE
Civil parish	Portland;
Unitary authority	Dorset;
Ceremonial county	Dorset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PORTLAND
Postcode district	DT5
Dialling code	01305
Police	Dorset
Fire	Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South Dorset;
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The Isle of Portland is an island in Dorset in the south of England. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth. 13,000 people live there. It is where the famous Portland limestone was originally found.^[2]

In 2012, the sailing in the Olympics took place on Portland and in Weymouth.

References[change]

↑ "Portland Area Profile". Dorset Insight. 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
↑ West, Ian 2012. Ian West's website on the Jurassic Coast and more. Includes the Isle of Portland and its surrounds. Soton.ac.uk

Other websites[change]

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[dorsetinsight-1] "Portland Area Profile". Dorset Insight. 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[2] West, Ian 2012. Ian West's website on the Jurassic Coast and more. Includes the Isle of Portland and its surrounds. Soton.ac.uk

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