Guidebook for Lyme Regis
Essentials
Great place for veg, meat, wine, groceries, bread. Also has a fish stall and a cafe. Specialises in local food as you'd expect, but also French supermarket items - which you might not. Good on things like French cheese and pates.
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Millers Farm Shop
Gammons HillGreat place for veg, meat, wine, groceries, bread. Also has a fish stall and a cafe. Specialises in local food as you'd expect, but also French supermarket items - which you might not. Good on things like French cheese and pates.
Good wholefood shop, also selling local eggs and bread. Good for natural toiletries.
Ganesha Whole Foods
3 South StGood wholefood shop, also selling local eggs and bread. Good for natural toiletries.
Tesco Superstore
West StreetOpen later than Millers.
Large farm shop with cafe. Really amazing view and outside seating.
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Felicity's Farm Shop
A35Large farm shop with cafe. Really amazing view and outside seating.
Our nearest corner shop, post office and petrol station. Has a small range of fresh veg, local organic and free range eggs, fresh milk etc
Uplyme Filling Station
Lyme RoadOur nearest corner shop, post office and petrol station. Has a small range of fresh veg, local organic and free range eggs, fresh milk etc
Shopping
Archway Bookshop
2 Church StSmall, friendly bookshop - they can order things in 24 hours.
Serendip
11 Broad StThe Sanctuary Bookshop
65 Broad StQuirky, eclectic, one-of-a-kind sort of place.
Food Scene
A good mid-price bar/restaurant. Excellent location right by the beach and Cobb. Good for fish.
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Harbour Inn Lyme Regis
23 Marine ParadeA good mid-price bar/restaurant. Excellent location right by the beach and Cobb. Good for fish.
Great food and fantastic location. Best visited in daylight to make the most of the superb views of Lyme Bay.
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The Oyster & Fish House
Cobb RoadGreat food and fantastic location. Best visited in daylight to make the most of the superb views of Lyme Bay.
Family friendly pub with gluten free menu and good food. Well located for beach and town.
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Pilot Boat
1 Bridge StFamily friendly pub with gluten free menu and good food. Well located for beach and town.
Our guests always speak highly of their River Cottage experiences - whether dining or on courses. Walking distance from Chestnut Lodge
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River Cottage
Trinity Hill RoadOur guests always speak highly of their River Cottage experiences - whether dining or on courses. Walking distance from Chestnut Lodge
Excellent food. This is often our destination for a special meal out.
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The Tytherleigh Arms
Excellent food. This is often our destination for a special meal out.
Particularly recommended for cream teas in the summer. They have a lovely big garden looking onto the sea and with a gate out to Langmoor Gardens
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Alexandra Hotel & Restaurant
Pound StreetParticularly recommended for cream teas in the summer. They have a lovely big garden looking onto the sea and with a gate out to Langmoor Gardens
The Millside
1 Mill LnGood food in the Town Mill area of Lyme
Uprising
Coombe StreetBreakfast and lunch spot. Does amazing chocolate brownies.
Nice lunch cafe. Has a small selection of groceries and deli items as well as a bakery. Good for coffee and cake.
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The Good Food Store
21 Broad StNice lunch cafe. Has a small selection of groceries and deli items as well as a bakery. Good for coffee and cake.
Aroma
31 East StLovely little cafe tucked away near the Marine theatre
Unassuming little seaside cafe doing surprisingly brilliant Turkish style breakfasts.
The Beach House Cafe
24 Marine ParadeUnassuming little seaside cafe doing surprisingly brilliant Turkish style breakfasts.
A beach cafe which is really a full fish restaurant. If you want to eat lobster in informal surroundings by the sea, this is the place to come. Gets incredibly busy in summer, booking essential. National Trust car park.
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Hive Beach Cafe Burton Bradstock
Beach Road A beach cafe which is really a full fish restaurant. If you want to eat lobster in informal surroundings by the sea, this is the place to come. Gets incredibly busy in summer, booking essential. National Trust car park.
Great place for lunch. Good food and they have a lovely terrace overlooking the sea.
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The Lyme Bay
8-10 Bridge StGreat place for lunch. Good food and they have a lovely terrace overlooking the sea.
Our new favourite treat. This is a stunning place in a former manor house and nicely transformed into a country hotel/restaurant. Amazing food. Definitely vying with Hix et al for the best dinner for miles.
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The Pig - at Combe
Our new favourite treat. This is a stunning place in a former manor house and nicely transformed into a country hotel/restaurant. Amazing food. Definitely vying with Hix et al for the best dinner for miles.
Good lunch place or takeaway cakes. Great relaxed vibe and good food. Dog-friendly.
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The Galley Café
Good lunch place or takeaway cakes. Great relaxed vibe and good food. Dog-friendly.
Great lunch spot hidden away just off the coast path. More of a foodie cafe than a restaurant, but the food is super local, much of it grown on the farm itself. Only open in the summer (tables are outside or in a covered area) and only at lunch time but a lovely place if you are walking near West Bay or Eype.
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Downhouse Farm Cafe
Great lunch spot hidden away just off the coast path. More of a foodie cafe than a restaurant, but the food is super local, much of it grown on the farm itself. Only open in the summer (tables are outside or in a covered area) and only at lunch time but a lovely place if you are walking near West Bay or Eype.
Asian/Dorset fusion. Quirky vibe, foody, fun. Check their opening times.
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Dorshi
6 Chancery LnAsian/Dorset fusion. Quirky vibe, foody, fun. Check their opening times.
Really quirky, good food, friendly earthy vibe. We love this place.
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Red Brick Cafe
Really quirky, good food, friendly earthy vibe. We love this place.
Especially good for fish. Quite expensive but right on the front and high quality food.
Tom's Lyme Regis
Especially good for fish. Quite expensive but right on the front and high quality food.
English Tapas/small dishes. Foodie, foraging, attention to detail. We love their cocktails too.
Lilac Restaurant & Wine Bar
English Tapas/small dishes. Foodie, foraging, attention to detail. We love their cocktails too.
The older sister of Lilac. High quality foodie place with wine lists to match their tasting menu.
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Robin Wylde
Silver StreetThe older sister of Lilac. High quality foodie place with wine lists to match their tasting menu.
High quality Spanish tapas. This place is super popular - for good reason. Book early to avoid disappointment.
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The Strawberry Tree
Mill LaneHigh quality Spanish tapas. This place is super popular - for good reason. Book early to avoid disappointment.
Entertainment & Activities
Owned by founder of Neil's Yard Remedies. It has a cafe and various artisan businesses, including lovely soap and gorgeous blankets woven from own wool. They do lunches on a Wednesday in the summer for £10. Phone or email first.
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Trill Farm
Puddleylake LaneOwned by founder of Neil's Yard Remedies. It has a cafe and various artisan businesses, including lovely soap and gorgeous blankets woven from own wool. They do lunches on a Wednesday in the summer for £10. Phone or email first.
The Donkey Sanctuary
People love the donkey sanctuary. Best on a nice day.
Zebras and wallabies and other creatures from around the world, all in a series of pens and paddocks. They have events during the summer and school breaks.
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Axe Valley Wildlife Park
Zebras and wallabies and other creatures from around the world, all in a series of pens and paddocks. They have events during the summer and school breaks.
Everything Else
Shooting range. Good for rainy days or something different when you've done enough walking.
The Tunnel
Axminster RoadShooting range. Good for rainy days or something different when you've done enough walking.
The Town Mill
Mill LaneHydro electric project next to micro brewery.
Indoor antiques and vintage market. Also includes the Red Brick Cafe - a snug and quirky spot for lunch Wed-Sat.
St Michael's Trading Estate
66 St Michael's LnIndoor antiques and vintage market. Also includes the Red Brick Cafe - a snug and quirky spot for lunch Wed-Sat.
Wild swans at Abbotsbury - about 600 of them. There is also a sub tropical garden and childrens farm nearby - you can buy a joint ticket for 2 or 3 venues.
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Abbotsbury Swannery
New Barn RoadWild swans at Abbotsbury - about 600 of them. There is also a sub tropical garden and childrens farm nearby - you can buy a joint ticket for 2 or 3 venues.
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Arts & Culture
Bridport Electric Palace
35 South StGreat independent venue for film and music events.
Music and theatre venue in a quirky old building right by the sea.
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Marine Theatre
Church StreetMusic and theatre venue in a quirky old building right by the sea.
Hosts exhibitions and events, particularly during Bridport Literary Festival.
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Bridport Arts Centre
9 South StHosts exhibitions and events, particularly during Bridport Literary Festival.
Art, craft and furniture exhibition space with small cafe downstairs. They host music and literary events too.
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Sladers Yard Gallery
6 W Bay RdArt, craft and furniture exhibition space with small cafe downstairs. They host music and literary events too.
Downstairs is mainly about Lyme's connection with the sea and upstairs is devoted to fossils, especially Mary Anning. It's a great little museum right by the sea.
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Lyme Regis Philpot Museum
Bridge StreetDownstairs is mainly about Lyme's connection with the sea and upstairs is devoted to fossils, especially Mary Anning. It's a great little museum right by the sea.
Drinks & Nightlife
Good food and atmosphere in a traditional thatched pub.
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The Old Inn, Kilmington
Gammons HillGood food and atmosphere in a traditional thatched pub.
Good to very good food in an amazing little Devon village. There is also a National Trust cafe on the beach. Steep cliff coast walks each way.
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Masons Arms, Branscombe
3 Myrtle CottagesGood to very good food in an amazing little Devon village. There is also a National Trust cafe on the beach. Steep cliff coast walks each way.
The Volunteer Inn
31 Broad StCosy pub with restaurant. Good food, especially fish.