Explore Lyme Regis Beaches and Coastline

Lyme Regis a seaside town in West Dorset. Sitting within Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset Devon border. You may well recognise the harbour wall, known as "The Cobb", as it features in The French Lieutenant's Woman and Jane Austen's novel Persuasion. On a more practical level the Cobb has been around since the early 1300's in some form and has been of economic importance to the town and surrounding area, creating an artificial harbour. You have four local beaches to the town but access to many more along the coast: The Town Beach, Church Cliff Beach, East Cliff Beach and Monmouth Beach. The coast nearby is subject to large landslips, this means Lyme Regis is recognised for the fossils found in the cliffs and beaches, which are part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.


Why not check beaches nearby as we have 57 beaches in Dorset. You can even take a look at our list of Dorset dog friendly beaches or even our United Kingdom Blue Flag beach list.

Lyme Regis Dorset Coast Map

Lyme Regis Dorset Coast Search Bar

Where would you like to go? Use our search bar to search across all our local listings, ideal for finding that nearest spot to visit:

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Want some ideas on where to visit?

Every favourite location must be visited for the first time. Want some ideas, why not check out the below small selection of coastal locations, including beaches, activities, things to see and do, and places to stay and eat:

Monmouth-beach

Monmouth Beach

Monmouth beach is sand and pebble beach situated to the West of the Cobb and the beaches stretches over 1km away from the town. Monmouth beach is named because the Duke of Monmouth landed here in 1685 in an attempt to get the crown from King James II. Facilities include parking, food, toilets, chalets and beach huts. You also have Read more…
Landscape and Nature

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre has amazing fossil collections and provides information on fossils, fossil hunting and the local coastal and marine wildlife. Throughout the year we run guided fossil hunting walks and rock pooling walks along the local Charmouth and Lyme Regis coastline. The Centre also has an extensive education programme. Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre opening times: Summer (Easter – Read more…
Place to eat

The Beach House Cafe

Beach: Lyme Regis View: Views across Lyme Bay to Golden Cap. What’s on the menu?: Breakfasts, snacks, sandwiches, salads, homemade cakes, drinks, ice-creams Read more…
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Lyme Regis Town Beach

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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Lyme Regis Museum

The Lyme Regis Museum is also known as the Philpot Museum as it was commissioned in 1901 by Thomas Philpot, a relative of the fossil collector Elizabeth Philpot. Elizabeth Philpot befriended Mary Anning when Anning was still a child; despite the almost 20-year age difference the two became close and were frequently seen collecting fossils together. Philpot encouraged the young Anning to read about geology Read more…
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The Cobb

The Cobb is a curving sea wall built at the end of the 13th Century to provide safe anchorage. The Cobb is a must to visit on foot with a great view from the end of Lyme Regis and the surrounding coast. Most people picture The Cobb as seen in The French Lieutenant’s Woman with waves crashing over the wall. Read more…
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Lyme Regis lifeboat station

Lyme Regis lifeboat station was established in 1853 and now operates an inshore lifeboat from the famous Lyme Regis Cobb harbour. Station and shop open daily. Read more…
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Lyme Bay Beach

Lyme Bay is situated on the south coast of England, towards the western end of the English Channel. The Lyme Bay coast makes for excellent family holidays with excellent beaches, watersports and great fossil hunting. Lyme Bay is between Torbay in the west and Portland in the east. The counties of Devon and Dorset front onto the bay. The area Read more…
Place to eat

Charmouth Beach Cafe

Beach: Charmouth Beach View: Located just above the beach overlooking the bay. What’s on the menu?: Snacks, drinks, ice-creams Read more…
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East Cliff Beach

East Cliff beach is to the north of Lyme Regis and can be accessed from the promenade on Church Cliff beach. The beach is backed by steep cliffs and high tide disappears. Access to facilities in Lyme Regis itself. Read more…
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Church Cliff Beach

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…
Charmouth-beach

Charmouth Beach

Charmouth beach is a sand, at low tide, and shingle beach that stretches for two miles with many rock pools. The beach is split into two either side of the River Char, with the East beach being the main family beach and the West beach is an excellent place for fossil hunting. To the west of Charmouth is the site of Read more…
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