--- title: "Lyme Regis – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Lyme Regis, United Kingdom: Lyme Regis is a seaside town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Nearby: Jurassic…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lyme-regis" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lyme-regis.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Lyme_Regis%2C_View_of_the_town_over_Victoria_pier_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4401760.jpg" --- Coastal town in Dorset, England · United Kingdom # Lyme Regis Lyme Regis is a seaside town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. ![Lyme Regis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Lyme_Regis%2C_View_of_the_town_over_Victoria_pier_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4401760.jpg) Lyme Regis · Wikimedia Commons The place Lyme Regis is a seaside town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site and heritage coast. The harbour wall, known as The Cobb, appears in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, the John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman and the 1981 film of that name, partly shot in the town. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Coast) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaurland_Fossil_Museum) 3. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis_Museum) 4. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Mary_Anning) 5. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_Lyme_Regis) 6. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis_Guildhall) 7. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Monkton_Wyld) 8. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary%27s_Church,_Catherston_Leweston) 9. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmouth_Heritage_Coast_Centre) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. The Cobb 2. The Town Mill A fully working watermill, restored and re-opened in 2001; tours available. 3. Lyme Regis Museum Bridge Street, DT7 3QA, info@lymeregismuseum.co.uk. 4. Dinosaurland Fossil Museum Coombe Street, DT7 3PY, steve@dinosaurland.co.uk. From [Wikivoyage: Lyme Regis](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## 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. Marine Theatre Church St, DT7 3QA, info@marinetheatre.com. From [Wikivoyage: Lyme Regis](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## 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. Tierra Kitchen 1a Coombe Street, DT7 3PY, info@tierrakitchen.co.uk. 2. Town Mill Bakery Coombe Street, DT7 3PY, feedme@townmillbakery.co.uk. 3. Italia There are also a few fish and chip shops, and a wide choice of pubs serving food. From [Wikivoyage: Lyme Regis](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lyme_Regis), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## 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 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-lyme-regis) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Lyme+Regis) - Cardiff → Lyme Regis 86 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · £15–20 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-lyme-regis) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Lyme+Regis) - London → Lyme Regis 214 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · £22–30 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-lyme-regis) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Lyme+Regis) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Lyme%20Regis) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Lyme Regis Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lyme Regis. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 115 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 132 km 3. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 536 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 559 km 5. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 595 km If you know how people move in Lyme Regis – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Clyme-regis&title=Lyme+Regis&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Flyme-regis), and the note gets an entry. 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