| complimentary cooked breakfast is served in dining rooms. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. all rooms have en suite bathrooms, italian linens, flat-screen tvs, free wi-fi, and tea and coffeemaking equipment. 5 miles from west bay and 14. 4 miles from lyme regis. other amenities include a brasserie restaurant specialising in modern european cuisine, plus a garden, meeting/events rooms and off-street parking. this luxurious boutique hotel and annex in a 700-year-old house overlooks the brit river and is a 4-minute walk from beaminster museum, 7. the 13 elegant rooms are furnished in a traditional style, some featuring 4-poster beds and free-standing baths
Bristol Airport 1 hr 27
Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens (27 min)
18th-century garden with rare plants and notable magnolia and camellia blooms, plus a restaurant. Monmouth Beach (35 min)
Relaxed beach featuring a stony shoreline & a multitude of ancient fossil imprints in the rocks. Guided Fossil Hunting walks Collecting (27 min)
Fossils are found amid rocks in this scenic coastal area featuring an educational guided tour. Cerne Abbas Giant (28 min)
Mysterious, club wielding, naked male figure, of indeterminable age, cut into a chalk hillside. Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium (35 min)
2-room aquarium featuring a variety of local sea life & pools where visitors can hand-feed mullet. Charmouth Beach (27 min)
Small, mellow beach for swimming, picnics & fossil hunting, plus nearby cafes & shops. National Trust - Montacute House (28 min)
National Trust country manor from 1601 with Tudor art in noted Long Gallery, plus formal gardens. Abbotsbury Swannery (34 min)
Sanctuary for 600 mute swans on the site of an 11th-century monastery, plus kids' play and a maze. Forde Abbey House and Gardens (21 min)
Country house setting for a garden centre stocking perennials and grasses, plus gift shop and cafe. Lyme Regis Museum (30 min)
Local history, geology and fossil displays on show in a purpose-built Victorian building. Dinosaurland Fossil Museum (31 min)
Palaeontologist's collection of more than 9000 specimens, on show in a former Congregational church. Barrington Court (33 min)
Restored, unfurnished Tudor mansion set in colourful gardens, with a walled orchard and restaurant. Mapperton House & Gardens (5 min)
Jacobean manor with Earl of Sandwich's collection since the 1950s, plus gardens & a croquet lawn. Forde Abbey (21 min)
Garden, abbey, and monastery Golden Cap (22 min)
Picturesque, golden-topped hill & cliffs overlooking the coast with walking trails & fossil finds. | 
