Local Attractions
Surrounding Lyme Regis, are a wide range of tourist attractions to suit all tastes. The towns of Seaton and Sidmouth have a welcoming ambience, numerous tea rooms for that essential cream tea and several antique shops. Honiton, a Mecca for antique hunters, is about 20 minutes drive away. There are a myriad of small and picturesque villages to explore, discover and enjoy. Many people head to Beer whose setting and craft shops make a lovely afternoon excursion, and whose history is stepped in stories of smuggling. The Swannery at Abbotsbury and the heritage protected Chesil Beach are within easy range and weekly markets are held in a number of local towns.
Heading further a field there are numerous attractions which make ideal day trips from Lyme Regis.
The World Heritage City of Bath is situated around Britain’s only natural hot springs. The Romans built a magnificent temple and bathing complex that still flows with natural hot water. Set in rolling Somerset countryside, just over 100 miles west of London, it is a beautiful and unforgettable place to visit.
Distance from Lyme Regis is about 60 miles.
The great and ancient stone circle of Stonehenge is one of the wonders of the world. What visitors see today are the substantial remnants of the last in a sequence of such monuments erected between circa 3000BC and 1600BC. Each monument was a circular structure, aligned with the rising of the sun at the midsummer solstice.
Distance from Lyme Regis is about 80 miles.
Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire
Salisbury is one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. The graceful 13th century cathedral possesses the tallest spire in Britain.
Distance from Lyme Regis is about 85 miles.
Heather-covered moorland and deep wooded gorges, beautiful lake-like reservoirs and tumbling rocky rivers, thriving market towns and villages, patchwork farmland and craggy granite tors, the Dartmoor National Park covers an area of 368 square miles - the largest, and wildest, area of open country in southern England.
Distance from Lyme Regis is about 50 miles.