20th May 2026

New Bungalow on the Jurassic Coast

Bungalow on the Jurassic Coast between Weymouth and Portland available for holiday lets £160pn sleeps 4
20th May 2026
AA Award 4 stars

AA Bed & Breakfast Award 2026

The secret is officially OUT! 🎉 We are incredibly proud to announce that Swallows Rest Bed & Breakfast has won a 2026 AA Bed & Breakfast Award! 🏆✨
20th May 2026
AA Breakfast Award

AA Breakfast award 2026

We have some incredibly exciting news to share, and we couldn't wait to tell you!
20th May 2026
Our Pigmy Goat

Our best ever review!

This place has truly captured my heart! I’ve travelled to many places, but nothing—and I mean nothing—has come close to this.
20th May 2026

Giant Chrysanthemum

This giant chrysanthemum is taking over my yellow flower bed!  
20th March 2026

Alpaca Experience

Today's Alpaca Experience with Afternoon Tea in the summerhouse.
20th March 2026

Our beautiful gardens

We are so pleased with our garden this year, bringing lots of colour and joy
11th January 2026
Maggie May

Maggie May

Maggie May, one of our amazing miniature donkeys  
30th September 2024

AA Awards 2024

We are delighted to have been awarded the AA Breakfast award for 2024 & the AA Four Star Gold award for our Bed & Breakfast.
26th September 2024
Food Hygiene rating 5

Food Hygiene rating 5

We are delighted to announce that we have been rated VERY GOOD by The Food Standards Agency for 2024.
5th September 2024
Echium Pininana Blue Tower of Jewels

Echium Pininana Blue Tower of Jewels

Visit our beautiful gardens where we have Echium Pininana Blue Tower of Jewels.  
26th January 2021

Covid Update

At the entrance to all self catering apartments we have installed dispensers with hand sanitiser certified to EN1276 and EN1500. All 3 apartments are treated on […]
24th January 2019
The Circle of Stones Portland

The Dorset Coast Path forms part of the 630 mile South West Coast Path National Trail

South West Coast Path The Dorset Coast Path forms part of the 630 mile South West Coast Path National Trail. Dramatic landscapes and seascapes are revealed […]
1st December 2018

Dorset Tourism Awards 2018 Best B&B and Guest House in Dorset Bronze Award!

  Dorset Tourism Awards 2018 Best B&B and Guest House in Dorset Bronze Award!  We’re so proud to have won an award for the past three […]
16th October 2017

New Floodlit Hot Tub for guests to enjoy throughout the year in our garden!

New Floodlit Hot Tub for guests to enjoy throughout the year in our garden! Heated to 37 degrees all year round this is a fabulous way […]
16th June 2017

Luxury AA 4* Gold rated Farmhouse to let in 35 acres on Jurassic Coast near Weymouth. Sleeps 12.

Luxury AA 4* Gold rated Farmhouse to let in 35 acres on Jurassic Coast near Weymouth.  Self catering accommodation with 5 bedrooms and 6 bathrooms, huge […]
31st March 2017
Hayley & James

Appreciating the British things in life. Blog from a daughter.

Appreciating the British things in life. Blog from a daughter. My husband James and I have just returned from 132 days backpacking in South East Asia […]
4th December 2016
Golden Pheasant

Our Golden Pheasant

Our beautiful ornamental pheasants on the terrace earlier today. Smaller than a pheasant, the male Golden Pheasant is very brightly coloured with a yellow crown and […]