Lyme Regis Front Beach

630 miles around England's toe — the longest and most demanding of the National Trails.

here · spans 4 counties

A steep, pretty seaside town on the Devon border, its curving Cobb harbour and blue-clay cliffs the cradle of British fossil-hunting.

0.3 km NE · Dorset

A relaxed seaside village between Lyme Regis and Golden Cap, its beach among the richest fossil-hunting grounds on the Jurassic Coast.

2.8 km NE · Dorset

England's longest inland waymarked trail, tracing Charles II's escape route from defeat at Worcester in 1651 to the ship waiting at Shoreham.

3.1 km NE · spans 14 counties

Highest cliff on England's south coast.

5.7 km E