Please click here to visit the satellite image of this area on Google Maps. Click the BACK button on your browser to return to this page. One of the enterprises has been the opening of the D-Day Museum which is proving to be a great success. “A museum, underwater diving park and American themed D-Day attraction are part of new plans to regenerate a harbour gateway on Portland and bring Castletown 'off its knees'”. In June 2015 local entrepreneur Derek Luckhurst put forward plans to re-vitalise Castletown with new facilities, museum, etc, - please click here for details. However, in June 2015 a tour was organised for a visiting cruise ship taking in the delights of Portland which was very successful so let’s hope more cruise ship visitors head south from Portland Port rather than going off Portland. Portland Port, which acquired the old Royal Naval Dockyard, has also become a major hub for cruise ships although the thousands of short-term tourists don’t usually look around Portland. However, by 2015 practically all the diving support infrastructure had relocated, mostly to new premises within the nearby National Sailing Academy. There were some casualties (such as the Greasy Spoon cafe) but the area revived a little with services opening up for sport divers, workers at the Portland Port, etc. It was forecast that the departure of the Royal Navy in the mid-1990s would bring disaster and ruin to Castletown. This is shown on the map as a dashed red line. This map area covers the bottom of the Merchants Railway where it ends its descent into Castletown. This area includes the heart of Castletown an old fishing community which became, in early Victorian times, the central collection point for much of the stone taken off Portland.Ĭastletown was also the gateway to the huge Royal Naval Dockyard with all the essential trappings - pubs, cafes, a naval outfitters, more pubs, hotels - and, oh yes! Even more pubs!
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