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Museum
Lyme Regis Museum
Museum on the site of Mary Anning’s family home, with fossils, local history and guided fossil walks.
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Lyme Regis & Charmouth: things to do
Places worth your time in Lyme Regis & Charmouth
Top places
Things to do in Lyme Regis & Charmouth
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Harbour wall
The Cobb
Curving harbour wall at Lyme Regis that features in Jane Austen’s Persuasion and in The French Lieutenant’s Woman.
Fossil museum
Dinosaurland Fossil Museum
Privately run fossil museum in a Grade I listed former Congregational church.
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Visitor centre
Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Charity-run centre on Charmouth beach with fossil displays and advice on looking for fossils safely.
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Beach
Charmouth Beach
Pebble and sand beach below crumbling clay cliffs, well known for loose fossils washed out of the cliffs.
Aquarium
Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium
Small aquarium of local marine life in a building on the Cobb.
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Watermill and craft yard
Town Mill
Restored watermill on the River Lym with a bakery and a small group of craft workshops.
Public gardens
Langmoor and Lister Gardens
Terraced public gardens above the sea at Lyme Regis, with paths down to the beach.
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Beach
Monmouth Beach
Beach west of the Cobb; the Ammonite Pavement at its far end is reachable only at low tide, per Visit Dorset.
Landslip cliff
Black Ven
Unstable 130-metre cliff between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, rich in fossils; keep well away from its foot and face.
Hill and viewpoint
Stonebarrow Hill
National Trust hill east of Charmouth with long views along the coast towards Golden Cap.
Beach
Lyme Regis Beach
Sand and shingle beach beside Marine Parade, with the Cobb at its western end.
The Jurassic Coast
More areas to explore
12 sights · 10 places to eat
Seaton, Beer & Sidmouth
Chalk cliffs, a fishing cove, a seaside tramway and a Regency-era resort
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15 sights · 11 places to eat
Swanage, Studland & Purbeck
A Victorian seaside town, a ruined castle and the eastern end of the Jurassic Coast
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14 sights · 7 places to eat
Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door & Wareham
A famous rock arch, an almost circular cove and a Saxon walled town
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- Lyme Regis & Charmouth (area photo): Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Lyme Regis Museum: Joadl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at, source
- The Cobb: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dinosaurland Fossil Museum: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Charmouth Beach: Tanya Hart, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium: Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Town Mill: Paul the Archivist, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Langmoor and Lister Gardens: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Monmouth Beach: Robin Stott, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Black Ven: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Stonebarrow Hill: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lyme Regis Beach: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Seaton, Beer & Sidmouth: michael cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Swanage, Studland & Purbeck: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door & Wareham: Brian Deegan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Weymouth & Portland: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 4.0, source
- Bridport & West Bay: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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