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Lyme Regis

Activities in Lyme Regis

  1. A

    Fossil Walks

    Fossil fever is catching - even for those with no previous palaeontologic tendencies. Regular fossil walks are run by Dinosaurland Fossil Museum and the Town Museum in the summer.

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  2. B

    Dr Colin Dawes Fossil Walks

    Pitch up for a fossil walk led by Dr Colin Dawes, meet at the Old Forge Fossil Shop in Broad Street. They last about 2½ hours.

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  3. Undercliff

    This wildly undulating, 304-hectare nature reserve just west of Lyme, was formed by massive landslides. One, in 1839, saw an immense section of cliffs weighing 8 million tonnes slide part-way towards the sea, creating a deep chasm. Today the reserve's slipped cliffs, fissures and ridges are smothered in dense vegetation, exposed tree roots and tangles of brambles.

    The 8-mile hike between Lyme Regis and Axmouth takes an arduous four hours, alternatively walk the first mile of the reserve from the Lyme Regis end; the chalk-white bulk of Pinhay Cliffs makes a handy point to double back.

    The Undercliff starts a mile west of central Lyme Regis; follow footpath signs from…

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