周辺の天然記念物・トップ20

You could be forgiven for believing you were in a woodland area taken completely away from the seafront.

Jurassic Coast - here, as a touring cyclist, you get a nice access with wonderful views, swimming options and good restaurants.

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A mile-long beach with a mix of sand and shingle, clear water, and a gently sloping shore. It's a great place for swimming, water sports, and walking. The beach is surrounded by cliffs and green hillsides, and is a popular spot for photographers. A flat walking area that runs alongside the beach, with a cafe at one end and the town at the other.

I have no idea why they call it the tombstone. Maybe as it looks like one? I don't know. Anybody know?

Quite the section this. Has a little bit of everything.

Little bit of useless trivia for you. on the section outlayed on my page, this is the only gate you'll need to go through. That is something that doesn't happen often. The area is predominately open meadow land and woodland preserved by the National Trust. The area was an important Armada look-out point and later when a French invasion was feared, the warning beacon sited here, when lit, would have started a chain from the coast north to Trinity Hill near Axminster and west to Rousdon in the direction of Seaton. With vigilance, the entire country to the north coast could be alerted within half an hour thanks to the well worked out network of sightlines joining hilltop to hilltop.

Now don't get disappointed, you're basically in the thick of it, and you'll not get to see much. But there we go

The Undercliff national nature reserve is a seven-mile stretch of fairly unescapable woodland between Lyme Regis and Axmouth. It's formed in an area of landslip between the solid cliff tops at the edges of fields and the beach below. As such the path that runs through it is changeable as the earth moves. It's a wonderful but committing walk.

Seaton's coastal beach is a mile long and overlooks Lyme Bay on the Jurassic Coast. The beach is ideal for swimming, paddling and fishing. The town itself, Devon's easternmost seaside resort, has plenty of cafes, pubs, shops and restaurants to refuel and recharge your batteries.

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A clear recommendation to read if you’re into Crime Novels - the stories about Detective Caine, aka the mindful detective. Written by Laurence Anholt, by the way (no, it’s not me). Caine is described to live in a remote hut at the Undercliff close to Lyme Regis.

South Down Common is a vantage point up above Branscombe and Beer with expansive views in all directions. You'll also be able to spot the remains of an old World War Two radar station as well as the Old Coastguard Lookout. It makes a great way to link the two towns if you're walking the coast path and would like a quicker return.

The south west coast path passes along this wooded section which was once a landslip and now a much used section of path. It traverses under East Cliff and Hooken Cliffs above Hooken Beach.

The beach at Seaton seafront is a mile long facing into Lyme Bay on the Jurassic Coast. The beach is ideal for swimming, paddling and fishing. The town itself, Devon's eastern most resort, has plenty of cafes, pubs, shops and restaurants to refuel and rehydrate.

Great views across the coast and a reward of great beer in beer at the Barrel O Beer

Buy a bacon sarnie and brew here sat on the beach

Buy a bacon sarnie and brew on this beach!

The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 miles (154 km), and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001.[1] The site spans 185 million years of geological history, coastal erosion having exposed an almost continuous sequence of rock formation covering the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. At different times, this area has been desert, shallow tropical sea and marsh, and the fossilised remains of the various creatures that lived here have been preserved in the rocks. Natural features seen on this stretch of coast include arches, pinnacles and stack rocks. In some places the sea has broken through resistant rocks to produce coves with restricted entrances and, in one place, the Isle of Portland is connected to the land by a narrow spit. In some parts of the coast, landslides are common. These have exposed a wide range of fossils, the different rock types each having its own typical fauna and flora, thus providing evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region. The area around Lulworth Cove contains a fossil forest, and 71 different rock strata have been identified at Lyme Regis, each with its own species of ammonite. The fossil collector Mary Anning lived here and her major discoveries of marine reptiles and other fossils were made at a time when the study of palaeontology was just starting to develop. The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre provides information on the heritage coast, and the whole length of the site can be visited via the South West Coast Path.

Beautiful

Pebble beach - difficult for hiking

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Seaton Bay, with its mile-long pebble beach, sits right on the edge of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO world heritage site. The beach (whose pebbles are protected), is backed by steep cliffs at the western end and well-served by the seaside town of Seaton. A variety of watersports are on offer.