Isle of Portland
Isle of Portland
Location within Dorset
Population	12,797 (2018 est.)[1]
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
List of places UK England Dorset 50°33′00″N 2°26′24″W / 50.550°N 2.440°W / 50.550; -2.440

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.

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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