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Charmouth West

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Charmouth West is an official bathing spot in Dorset. The water was rated Excellent when last classified. Water quality here can dip after heavy rain. It is one of 41 designated bathing waters in the county. It lies within Dorset National Landscape National Landscape.

Lyme Regis Church Cliff Beach and Lyme Regis Front Beach are among the bathing waters within 2.6 km. The nearest railway station is Axminster, 8.7 km to the north-west.

More at the Environment Agency's water quality profile

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