Charmouth Beach

Charmouth is famous along with Lyme Regis for its fossils especially in winter months due to the rough seas.

Charmouth beach. Found 3 fossils shell wood some sort of plant. Ad Spacious and Private Holiday Homes with Everything You Need for a Stress Free Trip. The Charmouth Heritage Coast Centre pictured and Lyme Regis Museum run regular guided fossil hunting walks throughout the year.

Access is either over a footbridge or by wading through the river at low tide. Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers. Sign up or log in.

I first visited Charmouth Beach in October 2015. So come to Charmouth for a relaxing holiday on the beach walk the coastal and country paths or perhaps learn a little more about our fossils heritage and beautiful coastline. Charmouth is a village situated at the mouth of the River Char in West Dorset.

After 6pm you can park for 3 hours for 150 in the main car park on the foreshore. Men women and children scour the beach at Charmouth for fossils on Dorsets Jurassic Coast. Charmouth Beach is one of the best places in the UK to hunt for fossils.

The beach between Charmouth and Lyme Regis was the only UK entry in National Geographics 21 Best Beaches In The World 2017 and can be reached in just three hours from London or Birmingham. When the red flag is showing it means the water is not suitable for inflatables. Strange arrangement for parking.

These are often found loose on the beach around Charmouth and Lyme Regis. Popular on account of having a little more sand than Charmouths West Beach Charmouths East Beach is a good place to find small Ammonite and Belemnite fossils. Charmouth Beach is situated at the mouth of the River Char around 15 miles north-east of Lyme Regis and 6 miles west of Bridport.