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Things to do in Lyme Regis

The best holidays are planned around great days out. Here's what's on the doorstep in Lyme Regis, from big-ticket attractions to rainy-day savers.

Showing museums, aquariums and attractions with indoor areas — the ones that work whatever the forecast.

Aquariums

Museums & Galleries

Lyme Regis Museum

0 mi from Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis Museum

Lyme Regis Museum stands on the site of Mary Anning's former home and fossil shop, telling the story of her remarkable fossil discoveries along the Jurassic Coast. Inside you'll fi...

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Town Mill

0.1 mi from Lyme Regis

Town Mill

Town Mill is a restored watermill in the artisan quarter of Lyme Regis, brought back to life by local volunteers after a ten-year restoration. You can explore all three floors for...

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Dinosaurland Fossil Museum

0.1 mi from Lyme Regis

Dinosaurland Fossil Museum

Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is an independent museum in Lyme Regis run by palaeontologist Steve Davies, home to more than 30,000 specimens. You'll find a striking fossil collection...

Axminster Museum

4.9 mi from Lyme Regis

Axminster Museum

Axminster Museum, part of Axminster Heritage, brings to life "the story of Axminster" from "origins in the Bronze and Stone Ages" through to its world-famous carpet-making history,...

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Axe Valley Heritage Museum

6.2 mi from Lyme Regis

Axe Valley Heritage Museum

Axe Valley Heritage Museum sits in the Town Hall on Fore Street in Seaton, East Devon, and focuses on the lower Axe Valley, including Beer, Axmouth, Branscombe, Colyton and Colyfor...

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Colyton Heritage Centre

6.2 mi from Lyme Regis

Colyton Heritage Centre

Museum in Colyton, England, UK

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Bridport Museum

7.6 mi from Lyme Regis

Bridport Museum

Bridport Museum sits in one of Bridport's oldest buildings and brings together 180 million years of rocks and fossils, centuries of local history, and the town's ropemaking heritag...

Beaminster Museum

10.3 mi from Lyme Regis

Beaminster Museum

Housed in a converted 19th-century Congregational chapel, Beaminster Museum tells the story of 170 million years of life in rural West Dorset, from ancient fossils and Stone-Age ha...

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Chard Museum

10.3 mi from Lyme Regis

Chard Museum

Chard Museum is a small local history museum in Chard, Somerset, housed in a converted 16th-century thatched, listed building that once comprised four cottages and the old New Inn....

Allhallows Museum

12.3 mi from Lyme Regis

Allhallows Museum

Allhallows Museum occupies the oldest building in Honiton, a former chapel with origins before 1327. Inside you'll find the largest collection of Honiton lace in the world, tracing...

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Crewkerne Museum

12.6 mi from Lyme Regis

Crewkerne Museum

Crewkerne and District Museum is a small local museum in Crewkerne, Somerset, England. It is part of a wider heritage centre which includes local archives and a meeting room. — Wikipedia

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Perry's Cider Mill

12.9 mi from Lyme Regis

Perry's Cider Mill

Mill building in Dowlish Wake, South Somerset, England, UK

Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum

13.8 mi from Lyme Regis

Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum

Sidmouth Toy and Model Museum sits in a beautifully converted chapel on Chapel Street, right in the heart of Sidmouth's shopping area, and is a good choice if you're staying nearby...

Sidmouth Museum

13.8 mi from Lyme Regis

Sidmouth Museum

Sidmouth Museum sits in the heart of Sidmouth, East Devon, housed in a historic building with two floors of beautifully curated displays telling the story of Sidmouth and the Sid V...

Upottery Airfield Nissen Hut Heritage Centre

14.5 mi from Lyme Regis

Upottery Airfield Nissen Hut Heritage Centre

This is a small heritage centre near Upottery airfield, run by the South West Airfields Heritage Trust, telling the story of local airfields used during the Second World War. You c...

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Countryside Museum

17.2 mi from Lyme Regis

Countryside Museum

Countryside Museum sits within Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in Bicton, East Devon, and traces how village life, farming, horticulture and rural crafts changed during the early 20t...

Montacute TV Radio & Toy Museum

18.1 mi from Lyme Regis

Montacute TV Radio & Toy Museum

Montacute TV Radio & Toy Museum is a nostalgia-filled attraction in Montacute, Somerset, combining a museum of TV, radio and toy memorabilia with country tearooms and bed & breakfa...

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Fairlynch Musuem

18.3 mi from Lyme Regis

Fairlynch Musuem

Fairlynch Museum is a volunteer-run museum housed in a thatched cottage in Budleigh Salterton, covering local history, archaeology, geology, costumes, lace and toys, plus a dedicat...

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Whimple Heritage Centre

18.8 mi from Lyme Regis

Whimple Heritage Centre

Whimple Heritage Centre is Devon's only cider museum, telling the story of the famous Whiteway's Cyder factory that once stood at the heart of this East Devon village. Run by enthu...

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South Somerset Heritage Collection

19 mi from Lyme Regis

South Somerset Heritage Collection

Local authority museum in South West England, United Kingdom

The Keep Military Museum

21.4 mi from Lyme Regis

The Keep Military Museum

The Keep Military Museum sits in Dorchester, Dorset, in a striking Victorian former barracks gatehouse built in 1879 and designed to resemble a Norman Castle. Inside, exhibits cove...

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Theme Parks

Crealy Adventure Park

21.2 mi from Lyme Regis

Crealy Adventure Park

Crealy Theme Park & Resort is a family theme park near Exeter in Farringdon, East Devon, with over 60 rides and attractions, including the South West's only inverted ride and the S...

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Diggerland

22.1 mi from Lyme Regis

Diggerland

Diggerland is a hands-on theme park where you can ride, drive and operate real diggers, dumpers and other full-size construction machinery, alongside more than 20 rides and drives...

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Sandworld

22.3 mi from Lyme Regis

Sandworld

Sandworld is a sand sculpture festival set in Lodmoor Park in Weymouth, Dorset, where internationally renowned artists carve giant sculptures from sand and water alone, with new de...

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Zoos & Wildlife

Foxdown Childrens Farm

5.5 mi from Lyme Regis

Foxdown Childrens Farm

Foxdown Children's Farm is a small family-run working farm set high in the Marshwood Vale, West Dorset, with views towards the Jurassic coastline. Here you can wander at leisure, p...

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Where to stay near Lyme Regis

Places to stay within easy reach of these days out.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best things to do in Lyme Regis?

The list below shows attractions nearby with distances from Lyme Regis.

What can we do in Lyme Regis when it rains?

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