Lyme Regis

Worth seeing in and around Lyme Regis

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Jurassic Coast

   The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 miles, and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.

   4.4 km · World Heritage Site in England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Dinosaurland Fossil Museum

   Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is a privately owned fossil museum in Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England.

   200 m · Fossil museum in Dorset, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Lyme Regis Museum

   Lyme Regis Philpot Museum is situated in the town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It is a registered charity under English law.

   200 m · museum in Dorset, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Mary Anning

   The Statue of Mary Anning is a bronze sculpture of the paleontologist Mary Anning in Lyme Regis.

   300 m · statue in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Belmont, Lyme Regis

   Belmont is a Grade II* listed country house near Lyme Regis, South West England. In the early nineteenth century it was owned by the businesswoman Eleanor Coade, famed for supplying the artificial stone known as Coade stone.

   300 m · country house in England · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Guildhall

   Lyme Regis Guildhall is a municipal building in Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. The building, which serves as the meeting place of Lyme Regis Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

   200 m · building in Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St Andrew's Church

   St Andrew's Church is a Church of England church in Monkton Wyld, Dorset, England. It was built in 1848–49 to the designs of Richard Cromwell Carpenter and has been a Grade II* listed building since 1960.

   4.2 km · church in Monkton Wyld, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Parish Church (St Mary)

   St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Catherston Leweston, Dorset, England. It was designed by John Loughborough Pearson and built in 1857–58.

   3.7 km · church in Catherston Leweston, Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

   The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre is based in the upstairs floor of a long-disused cement factory on the foreshore of Charmouth in Dorset, England. The centre operates as an independent registered charity within the larger framework of the UNESCO Dorset and East Devon Coast World Heritage Site, known as the "Jurassic Coast".

   2.5 km · heritage centre in Dorset, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   The Cobb
2. 02
   The Town Mill

   A fully working watermill, restored and re-opened in 2001; tours available.

3. 03
   Lyme Regis Museum

   Bridge Street, DT7 3QA, info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk.

4. 04
   Dinosaurland Fossil Museum

   Coombe Street, DT7 3PY, steve@dinosaurland.co.uk.

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Things to do

Fossil hunting. In front of the cliffs by the beach. There are lots of fossilised ammonites in the sediment layers in the cliffs, and as weathering occurs, the cliffs are eroded and the fossils are left on the beach. The best time to go hunting is in Spring, when the winter's storms have exposed many fossils.

1. 01
   Marine Theatre

   Church St, DT7 3QA, info@marinetheatre.com.

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Where to eat

Local seafood specialities include Lyme Bay crab, which is available at any fishmonger in the wider region, and is on the menu at several local restaurants as a starter or the centrepiece of a crab salad.

1. 01
   Tierra Kitchen

   1a Coombe Street, DT7 3PY, info@tierrakitchen.co.uk.

2. 02
   Town Mill Bakery

   Coombe Street, DT7 3PY, feedme@townmillbakery.co.uk.

3. 03
   Italia

   There are also a few fish and chip shops, and a wide choice of pubs serving food.

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Getting to Lyme Regis

Airports

Bristol (BRS), 75 km · Cardiff (CWL), 80 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 192 km

• Bristol → Lyme Regis

  84 km · quickest by road, 1h 51m · £10–14
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  86 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £15–20
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• London → Lyme Regis

  214 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £22–30
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