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Walk · North Yorkshire

Ware Cliffs and the Undercliff, Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis A3052 River Lym River Lym N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
3.6MILES
1h 45mON FOOT
145mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 67% 33% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 12%Road with traffic 33%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
Holmbush car park, Pound Street, above the town centre
Parking
Pay and display, around 200 spaces, the biggest in Lyme; full by 10.30am on summer weekends and the town has no free alternative
Directions to the start →

A 3.6-mile loop out of Lyme over Ware Cliffs to the edge of the Undercliff, back along Marine Parade and the Cobb: an hour and three quarters of grassy field paths, a set of steep steps below Underhill Farm and a mile of hard promenade. Start from Holmbush car park on Pound Street, pay and display and the largest in town, which still fills by mid-morning in August. Leads are compulsory the whole seafront stretch under the town PSPO, the Ware Cliffs fields are usually grazed, and dogs are banned outright from Front Beach between 1 May and 30 September, so the sea swim has to wait for Monmouth Beach shingle.

THE SMALL PRINTLyme Regis PSPO: dogs on a lead of no more than 2 metres all year on Marine Parade, the Cobb, Cobb Gate car park, the harbour and sea walls, Gun Cliff Walk and Langmoor and Lister Gardens. Dogs are not allowed on Front Beach 1 May to 30 September; on a lead there 1 October to 30 April.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 50.7238, -2.9424
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.LYMEREGISTOWNCOUNCIL.GOV.UK/DOG-CONTROLS
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Dorset House

DT7 3HX
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Small, carefully done bed and breakfast a short walk above the seafront, five rooms and no children under twelve. Two of the rooms, Church View and the sea-view Premium room, take one small dog under fifteen kilos with the house Pooch Package added. Cats and other pets are not accepted.

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Hotel Alexandra

DT7 3HZ
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Handsome 1735 house in gardens above the Cobb, the smartest address in Lyme and the best lawn to eat lunch on. Dogs are welcome in the gardens, the bar and the sitting room, but the hotel no longer takes them in any of the bedrooms, so this is a lunch stop rather than a dog-friendly stay. Worth knowing before you book.

In the bar
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Lyme Regis Front Beach
Beach SOME LIMITS

Lyme Regis Front Beach

Dogs banned MAY–SEP

The sandy town beach below Marine Parade, the one families aim for and the one dogs are shut out of in season. Dorset Council's order allows dogs here from 1 October to 30 April only. Monmouth Beach to the west and Church Cliff Beach to the east are open all year, and both are a two-minute walk away.

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