Food Rocks, Dorset

Food Rocks

Date:
5th September 2020
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6th September 2020
Address:
Food Rocks, 23 Marine Parade, Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3JF, United Kingdom
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Event Information

The Food Rocks festival was started by top chef Mark Hix with the main aim of promoting the produce of the local area around Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast.

The festival welcomes top chefs, exhibitors, locals and visitors to Lyme Regis, the main stage showcase offers a mix of interactive cookery demonstrations, talks and tastings across the 2 days.

The money raised goes to good causes split between the RNLI and the Fishermen’s Mission.

Date:
5th September 2020
-
6th September 2020
Event Registration Info:

Times:

  • Saturday 10:30 - 18:30
  • Sunday 10:30 - 16:30

Food Rocks 7 Day Weather Forecast

Todaypartlycloudy_day
Expect a temp in the range 14.6℃ to 16.5℃ with wind speed 6.8 m/sec (W)
Wednesday, Oct 04partlycloudy_night
Expect a temp in the range 10.8℃ to 11.2℃ with wind speed 5.4 m/sec (WSW)
Thursday, Oct 05cloudy
Expect a temp in the range 10.5℃ to 12.5℃ with wind speed 5.4 m/sec (WSW)
Friday, Oct 06cloudy
Expect a temp in the range 12.8℃ to 13.1℃ with wind speed 4.9 m/sec (SSW)
Saturday, Oct 07clearsky_night
Expect a temp in the range 12.9℃ to 13.8℃ with wind speed 4.5 m/sec (SSW)
Sunday, Oct 08clearsky_night
Expect a temp in the range 14.7℃ to 15.2℃ with wind speed 4.7 m/sec (S)
Monday, Oct 09cloudy
Expect a temp in the range 11.9℃ to 16℃ with wind speed 3.4 m/sec (W)


Lyme Regis weather forecast from Yr, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and NRK

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Hive Beach Cafe

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Nearby beaches…

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Lyme Regis Town Beach

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Lyme Regis Town beach sits is a mix of sand and pebbles. More sand exists at the harbour (The Cobb) end of the beach with pebbles on the northern end providing much needed coastal protection. The Cobb end of Town beach is widely known as the setting for ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman’. Facilities at the beach include parking, toilets, lifeguards Read more…
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Monmouth Beach

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Church Cliff Beach

0.7 km
Church Cliff beach is sandy in places and at low tide there is a rock ledge with rock pools. The River Lym flows into the bay on this part of the beach and the beach disappears at high tide. To the east edge of the beach you have Broad Ledge, a shale and limestone ledge that extends out into the Read more…
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East Cliff Beach

0.87 km
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Something to see and do…

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Lyme Regis lifeboat station

98 metres
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The Cobb

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Lyme Regis Museum

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