Getting Around, Lyme Regis Travel, Transport and Car Rental
(Lyme Regis, Dorset, England, UK)
Lyme Regis is a fairly small seaside town and the best way to travel around is on foot, although bus transport is available if necessary. Tourists will find themselves strolling along the Marine Parade to reach the main Lyme Regis beachfront attractions and cafes.
Car transport is a convenient way to travel and is ideal for short trips out of town, and although the car park at the Cobb is certainly well placed, it is quite expensive and often very busy. Lyme Regis therefore provides a popular park and ride service during the summer season (between mid-July and the end of August), which is based on the outskirts of town, on Charmouth Road and Sidmouth Road - off the A3052.
Airports / Arriving by Air
The closest airports to Lyme Regis are as follows:
Bournemouth Airport (BOH) - 102 km / 55 miles east
Bristol Airport (BRS) - 111 km / 60 miles north
Exeter International Airport (EXT) - 50 km / 27 miles west
Car Rental
Coming to Lyme Regis with your own vehicle is by far the easiest way to travel around this part of Dorset. Day trips are all the more easy if you have a car, with
Exeter being less than an hour to the west and reached along the A3052, passing Axmouth, Sidmouth, Harpford, Newton Poppleford and Exminster along the way. The M5 motorway can be reached at Exeter and heads north to Taunton,
Weston Super Mare and
Bristol. If you intend to travel eastwards and to Dorchester, you will likely use the A35 (Dorchester Road), which runs by West Bay, Bridport, Chilcombe and Winterbourne Steepleton. Relatively nearby Lyme Regis, the A303 leads to
Salisbury and Basingstoke, and connects the M25 motorway surrounding
London.
Buses and Coaches
There is excellent bus transport available in Dorset, with a regular service travelling along the World Heritage Jurassic Coast. Popular bus routes stop off at Lyme Square and at the Lyme Regis post office on Broad Street, and travel between Exeter and
Bournemouth, and Axminster and
Weymouth. A daily service also travels around the town and to the Cobb, between 09:00 and 17:00.
Trains
The closest railway station is located at the nearby town of Axminster, with this historical station actually dating as far back as 1860. Trains on this line regularly travel between Exeter and London (Waterloo).
Taxis
Various taxi and minicab companies are available in Lyme Regis and are good for short journeys to places of interest within the town, and to nearby Axminster, Bridport and Seaton. Taxi transport is best arranged by telephone, with most firms being able to send a taxi straight away, even during peak times.
Boats and Ferries
Frequent Condor Catamaran and similar ferry services sail from along the Dorset Coast. In the neighbouring town of Weymouth, the Condor Catamaran service travels to
Jersey and
Guernsey (the
Channel Islands), ultimately reaching St. Malo (
France). From Lymington and
Southampton, car and passenger ferry transport connects Cowes and Yarmouth on the
Isle of Wight. Brittany and Condor ferries sail from
Poole Harbour, to Cherbourg and St. Malo, as well as to both Jersey and Guernsey. Further afield, ferries from Portsmouth include P&O, Brittany and Condor, and link
Bilbao, Caen, Cherbourg, Le Havre, St. Malo and the Channel Islands.
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