"A stunning place, with beautiful panoramic views out to sea, watching the waves teach the rocks a good lesson."
"Fantastic view."
"Great place and amazing view!"
"On a clear day, the views are awesome."
"Great views over the cliffs."
"The area has wonderful coastal views."
"Beautiful views out to sea on a Day when the weather is nice."
Cons:
"Not a very good day to visit, weather was horrible."
"It can get a bit busy during tourist season and sunny weekends all year round."
"The only negative were the prices for parking, quite expensive in my opinion."
"Parking is a nightmare. We managed to find a space, but none of the ticket machines worked."
"Unfortunately when we visited the lighthouse was closed."
"Lighthouse was closed but carpark was spacious and toilets clean."
"The tour also didn’t offer the technical insight to the light house I was hoping for."
Lighthouse Tours
Pros:
"Me and Paul went to Portland bill lighthouse as we had never been before. And we were not disappointed lovely place. We had a tour guide take us up to the lighthouse we had a 12.15tour lovely lady very knowledgeable."
"The staff were amazing and you can tell that they are passionate about the lighthouse."
"The tour is well priced, and very informative."
"Loved the guided tour of the lighthouse."
"The tour guide was friendly, informative and knowledgeable."
"Great tour from Jonathan."
"The guided tour up to the top had an informative and engaging speaker which made very interesting."
Cons:
"Lighthouse was closed for the week for maintenance so a little disappointing."
"Bit annoyed that the only way to the top is via a guided tour, bit of a rip off with the pricing."
"The lighthouse tower is not open until the Spring."
"Our youngest is under 1.1m so he wouldn't be allowed."
"The lighthouse offers tours and you can climb to the top but you have to be over 1m so no good if you have little ones."
"Unfortunately the lighthouse was closed for maintenance however we were allowed into the visitor centre for free."
"I'm sure the view is amazing but the Lighthouse is so badly run/organised we didn't actually get to go up it despite going 2 days in a row."
Cafe and Food
Pros:
"Wonderful little lighthouse, nice walks along the cliff edge with great views, little cafe allows you to eat in or out food quality was really good."
"Lovely little cafe; excellent food and very fresh. The scones are warm and lovely."
"We had coffees and pepsi at the cafe plus sausage rolls."
"Crab sandwiches were £12.50, prawn sandwich £9.50 served with salad garnish and some crisps. Just to give an idea of prices."
"There’s a restaurant and little cafe with window service next to the lighthouse and public toilets."
"Recommended is having a bite to eat at the Lobster Pot café, they serve a satisfying salad bowl with various toppings."
"Has a lovely cafe next door, called The Lobster Pot which serves delicious food and the staff are brilliant."
Cons:
"Only disappointment was that they could do with a larger tea room/restaurant. Car Park must cater to over 100 cars but tea room must have approx 10 tables to serve customers from."
"The choice was quite limited after 2pm as they had run out of a lot of menu items on a very busy September weekend."
"Cafe looked good but pricy so we didn't use."
"The coffee were not the best value, not very hot and only small amount, sausage rolls, again not great."
"A visit to the lighthouse may prove expensive at £8 to climb to the top or £3 if you only wish to look over the visitor centre."
"The Lobster Pot cafe/restaurant close by the lighthouse is delightful, with a good range of tasty, reasonable value food."
"The spot has a beautiful cafeteria that has hot and cold food. The cafe has vegan options and great food."
Parking and Accessibility
Pros:
"Lots of parking which was a plus."
"The car park is reasonably priced and a decent size."
"Car park nearby making access easy."
"Car parking is available, but is pay and display for a small fee."
"Parking for great number of vehicles and I have never had a problem with parking here, toilets available in the carpark and in the cafe."
"Plenty of cheap parking, toilets and cafe near to the lighthouse."
"Parking is available at cost, but the views alone make it all worth it."
Cons:
"It was very rocky though so would not be suitable to all."
"Bit difficult to walk round with a wheelchair but you can get to some areas."
"As the ground all around is uneven care would be needed if you have walking issues."
"Car parking is £3 for an hour which I think is expensive, plus the machines didn't work forcing you to download an app just to pay, which I think is totally wrong."
"You can’t pay for parking by card so bring cash or a good mobile network to pay through the app (signal is poor on O2)."
"The only issue was trying to purchase a parking ticket on the phone app (we did not have cash). There was absolutely no phone signal to do this!"
"The car park was all broken: people were giving up and leaving because they could not find a way to pay."