Winter tides uncover ammonites and giant sea-dragon bones, and December is quiet, atmospheric and ideal for families. Here’s how to spend a winter weekend in Lyme Regis.
The 80th anniversary of D-Day was marked with a torchlight parade from the Cobb and a beacon at Gun Cliff. Lyme Regis hosted the US 16th Infantry Regiment in 1944.
Woodmead Car Park now charges £1.60 an hour, £50 for three days and £100 for a week in 2026/27.
The Fossil Festival returned in 2024 with expert talks, palaeoart workshops, guided fossil walks on Black Ven and free entry to Lyme Regis Museum.
Why Lyme Regis beach is such a rich fossil site: the Blue Lias rock, the Jurassic Coast, and the ammonites, belemnites and marine reptiles found there.
Current 2026/27 charges at Lyme Regis car parks: Holmbush, Charmouth Road, Cobb Gate and Broad Street, plus Woodmead and Cabanya.
The Royal Geographical Society named the Jurassic Coast one of the UK’s seven Natural Wonders. The 95-mile World Heritage Site runs from Exmouth to Old Harry Rocks.
Jazz Jurassica no longer runs the annual festival, but puts on live jazz through the year in Lyme Regis, Seaton and Bridport.
What’s new on the Lyme Regis food scene this autumn, from Sandro’s to the Lyme Bay’s cellar cocktail bar, plus favourites for visiting friends and family.
