Bristol Airport 1 hr 44
Charmouth Beach (11 min.) small mellow beach for swimming picnics & fossil hunting plus nearby cafes & shops. The Town Mill (15 min.) Forde Abbey (26 min.) garden abbey and monastery Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre (11 min.) fossil Guided Fossil Hunting Walks Collecting (11 min.) fossils are found amid rocks in this scenic coastal area featuring an educational guided tour. Mapperton House U0026 Gardens (26 min.) garden Forde Abbey House And Gardens (26 min.) country house setting for a garden centre stocking perennials and grasses plus gift shop and cafe. Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (19 min.) 2-room aquarium featuring a variety of local sea life & pools where visitors can hand-feed mullet. Monmouth Beach (20 min.) relaxed beach featuring a stony shoreline & a multitude of ancient fossil imprints in the rocks. Lyme Regis Museum (14 min.) local history geology and fossil displays on show in a purpose-built victorian building. Beer Quarry Caves (32 min.) journey through time on daily tours through awe-inspiring 2000 year old vaulted caves. Dinosaurland Fossil Museum (15 min.) palaeontologist s collection of more than 9000 specimens on show in a former congregational church. Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens (28 min.) 18th-century garden with rare plants and notable magnolia and camellia blooms plus a restaurant. Seaton Tramway (27 min.) picturesque 3-mi. tramway with rides on half-scale replicas of vintage electric tram cars. |