Dull street furniture has been given a new lease of life - by being turned into a colourful art trail.

Talented artists have transformed some 13 BT Openreach boxes across the town with striking scenes with a largely nautical theme.

And iconic Weymouth and Portland landmarks even feature in the trail - with one of the boxes showing both the Jubilee Clock and Portland Bill lighthouse. 

The environmental project is spearheaded by the Weymouth and Portland Marine Litter Project.

Co-founder of the group, Jane Fuhrmann, said: “The Environmental Art Trail is a slight detour from our normal work, but we wanted to introduce something mindful that would make people look and think and hopefully make better choices in the future for ourselves and the planet.”

The trail begins in Wyke Regis and leads down to Weymouth harbour and the town centre.

Each box will have a QR code and once scanned will link to a dedicated page on the Weymouth and Portland Marine Litter Project website with a map of the trail and details of the artworks and artists.

Jane added: “I have been absolutely blown away by the generosity and talent of the artists, who ranged from students to professionals and even a group of friends who just wanted to spread our message.  There is a possibility of extending the trail later in the year.”

Each of the artworks was created to raise environmental awareness and promote mindfulness of the harm to the sea, wildlife, landscape, and environment through human behaviour.

The group then carefully selected the artworks for the locations that they were placed in so that they would match the environmental issue of the site.

They received a grant from the Litterfree Dorset, Land, Coast & Sea community fund which allowed the group to provide the materials to the artists to transform the boxes.