To Visit

There is a wide range of places to visit in the local area – generally starting with the nearest.

Charmouth is just 25 minutes walk using the footpath over the fields. 10 minutes by car.

Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre
Visit the Centre to see our amazing fossil collections and find out how to discover your own fossils on the beach.

Our guided fossil hunting walks are a great family day out on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

With free entry to the Centre, come and meet the Charmouth dinosaur and explore the past and present of this incredible coastline.

Charmouth Beach

A great family beach – lots of sand, safe swimming, fossils, picnic areas, cafes and beach

Things to do in Charmouth

Stroll along the beach.

At low tide, walk to Lyme Regis on the beach.

Explore the coastal paths

Lyme Regis Beach

Sand at the end near the Cobb


The Tunnel Target Sports Centre

Target Sports Centre Ltd opened in July 2010 in The Tunnel – a former road tunnel in Dorset – to provide a range of shooting experiences for members of the public and training opportunities for the security industry


Forde Abbey and Gardens

Abbot’s Table Café is excellent


Dorset Museum and Art Gallery

Recently modernised

Good café

Includes a section on Thomas Hardy


The Donkey Sanctuary

Very popular

Seaton. (approx. 16 miles)


Abbotsbury (approx 16 miles)

Chesil Beach

Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens


Weymouth and Portland

Looking towards Weymouth from Portland

Famous beach and Georgian seafront


East Dorset and Purbeck

East Dorset and Purbeck

RSPB at Arne

Corfe Castle

Tyneham Village

Abandoned in World War 2 for use by the military. Check opening days.


Arts and Culture

Leisure Centres and Sport

Cycling
National cycle route 2 passes through Wootton Fitzpaine Cycle route through our village

Other routes are shown on the  Sustrans website

Cycle supplies and new cycles
Soanes Cycles
,
Queens Square, Colyton, Devon. EX24 6JX.  Tel. 01297 552308