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Town Map

Click on the plan to the right to view a map of the town as produced in the Lyme Regis Tourism printed visitors' guide. The map shows the key features of the town including emergency services, car parking and toilets, and the main attractions. The map is high quality so it can be printed, but it may take some time to download.

Where is Lyme Regis?

You'll find Lyme Regis in the centre of Lyme Bay on the Devon and Dorset border between Exmouth and Weymouth. Just to the East of Lyme Regis is Charmouth, just to the West is Seaton.

How to get to Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is easily accessible by road, rail and air: car ferries and catamaran services give good links with the continent.

Road:
Routes from the North:
M5, A37, A3066, A30, A358, A35 & B3165

Routes from the East:
A30, A354, A338, A303, A31 & A35

Routes from the West:
A30, A35 & A3052

Rail:
Main services from Waterloo to Exeter stop at Axminster for Lyme Regis (X31 bus is timetabled to depart shortly after trains arrive, and is about a 15 or 20 minute journey)

Air:
Bristol Airport (72 miles), Exeter Airport (29 miles) and Bournemouth's Hurne Airport (56 miles).

Sea:
Condor Catamaran Services to Weymouth from the Channel Islands and St. Malo. Wight Link Ferries between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. Car ferries from French ports to Plymouth, Poole, Portsmouth and Weymouth.

 

To view a Google map, click the UK outline map at the top of this site, or click here.

 

Distance Chart Miles By Road
Aberdeen 578 10hrs 30mins
Birmingham 153 3hrs
Brighton 143 3hrs 10mins
Bristol 75 1hr 40mins
Cambridge 207 4hrs 15mins
Dover 228 4hrs 25mins
Edinburgh 445 8hrs 10mins
Exeter 29 50mins
Leeds 284 5hrs
Liverpool 249 4hrs 30mins
London 156 3hrs 20mins
Newcastle 365 6rs 40mins
Norwich 269 5hrs 30mins
Oxford 145 2hrs 50mins
Penzance 139 3hrs 10mins
Plymouth 70 1hr 35mins
Reading 123 2hrs 40mins
Salisbury 66 1hr 40mins
Southampton 80 2hrs
Swansea 148 2hrs 50mins

Please note all distances and times given here are approximate.

Parking in Lyme Regis

Woodmead Car Park in Hill Road (250 spaces), next to the Police Station, is one of the largest local authority car parks (Number 5 on the town map) and is under 10 minutes' walk from the town centre and seafront.

Cabanya Car Park (70 spaces) at Monmouth Beach, next to the Bowling Green (Number 22 on the town map). Convenient for the Cobb and cocast path walk.

In addition there are large car parks operated by West Dorset District Council on both the eastern and western approaches to the town.

A seasonal Park & Ride service also operates.

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