Lyme Regis’ biggest
Langmoor Gardens
Park or garden
2.8 ha (7 acres)2.0 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
4 pitchesfootball pitches would fit
Centralin the middle of Lyme Regis
Picnic siteWoodland Walk
Directionsto the nearest entrance
Photo: Unknown author · Public domainBOutdoors Grade
Outdoors in Lyme Regis · parks, paths & countryside
Lyme Regis is inside the Dorset National Landscape
The East Devon National Landscape and the Dorset National Landscape both begin about a mile from the town’s edge. The sea makes up 39% of the area within 5 km. A park or playing field is within a 5-minute walk for 60% of residents. Lyme Regis grades B for the outdoors: #20 of 30 in Dorset. A character grade: it isn’t part of the overall grade.
Green space
1.4 ha
per 1,000 residents
Typical UK town 2.1
Near a park
60%
of residents within 400 m
Typical UK town 83%
Footpaths
33 km
2.5 km per km², town + 1 km
Typical UK town 3.0 per km²
Protected landscape
56%
of the land within 5 km
Nearest: East Devon National Landscape
The sea
39%
of the area within 5 km
A coastal town
Character
What kind of outdoors town is Lyme Regis?
Read from the data: what stands out first, good and bad.
Protected countryside56% of the land within 5 km is East Devon National Landscape.On the coast39% of the area within 5 km is sea; 9 beaches mapped.On a National TrailThe South West Coast Path passes through.Less park per person1.4 ha of parks and playing fields per 1,000 residents; the typical UK town has 2.1.
Lyme Regis’ strongest suit is protected countryside on the doorstep, followed by the sea. Where it falls short is park space per person.
Outdoors grade
Lyme Regis grades B for the outdoors
Each chart is every UK town of 1,000 or more on one measure: the green bar is Lyme Regis, the dashed line the typical town. The number is the share of towns it beats; the five are averaged and the average ranked again.
B
Better than 64% of UK towns#20 of 30 in Dorset · 16th of 60 UK towns its size
Public green space1.4 haper 1,000 residents: parks, gardens, playing fields, play spaces
23out of
100
100
A park within a walk60%of residents within 400 m (a 5-minute walk)
20out of
100
100
National Park or National Landscape56%of the land within 5 km
93out of
100
100
Footpaths2.5 kmper km², the town and 1 km around it
47out of
100
100
The sea39%of the area within 5 km
95out of
100
100
Graded, never part of the overall grade (like History and Civic life). It measures what is mapped: OS Open Greenspace leaves out woodland and open-access land that isn’t a park, and OpenStreetMap’s rural paths are more complete in some places than others.
Towns its size
Lyme Regis is 16th of 60 UK towns its size for the outdoors
The 60 UK towns and cities of 3,600 to 3,900 people with an Outdoors Grade. Hover a dot for its figures; tap one for its page.
Outdoors score: the share of UK towns each one beats
Footpath, km per km²
Lyme Regis2.5
Towns its size2.4
Dorset towns3.2
All UK towns3.0
Green space, ha per 1,000 residents
Lyme Regis1.4
Towns its size1.8
Dorset towns1.9
All UK towns2.1
Residents within 400 m of a park
Lyme Regis60%
Towns its size78%
Dorset towns77%
All UK towns83%
Lyme Regis falls furthest behind on park space per resident, where 39 of the 59 others do better.
Show as a table
| Town | Outdoors | Green space | Near a park | Path per km² | Protected | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trimley St Mary Suffolk | A+ | 2.3 | 100% | 3.8 | 34% |
| 2 | Marsden West Yorkshire | A | 1.9 | 100% | 6.5 | 33% |
| 3 | Cuckfield West Sussex | A | 6.7 | 70% | 4.9 | 49% |
| 4 | Bethesda Gwynedd | A | 2.5 | 90% | 3.2 | 49% |
| 5 | Mulbarton Norfolk | A− | 7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 6 | Kingswood Surrey | A− | 4.6 | 27% | 6.3 | 17% |
| 7 | Old Basing Hampshire | A− | 13.6 | 92% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 8 | Barnt Green Worcestershire | B+ | 37.8 | 81% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 9 | Colden Common Hampshire | B+ | 2.7 | 82% | 2.8 | 35% |
| 10 | Stanstead Abbotts Hertfordshire | B+ | 2.5 | 92% | 4.9 | 0% |
| 11 | Keresley Newlands Warwickshire | B+ | 4.4 | 89% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 12 | Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire | B+ | 4.3 | 100% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 13 | Harriseahead, Mow Cop and Newchapel Staffordshire | B+ | 4.2 | 86% | 3.7 | 0% |
| 14 | Watchet Somerset | B+ | 1.3 | 86% | 2 | 18% |
| 15 | Locking Somerset | B+ | 2.7 | 84% | 2.4 | 23% |
| 16 | Lyme Regis Dorset | B | 1.4 | 60% | 2.5 | 56% |
| 17 | Mayland Essex | B | 2.6 | 91% | 1.8 | 0% |
| 18 | Romanby North Yorkshire | B | 3.1 | 100% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 19 | Martham Norfolk | B | 1.7 | 74% | 1.8 | 45% |
| 20 | Framlingham Suffolk | B | 3.7 | 73% | 4.2 | 0% |
| 21 | Mytholmroyd West Yorkshire | B | 1.8 | 88% | 5.8 | 0% |
| 22 | Whitwell Derbyshire | B− | 1.7 | 100% | 3 | 0% |
| 23 | Rhuddlan Clwyd | B− | 1.8 | 85% | 0.9 | 8% |
| 24 | Cholsey Oxfordshire | B− | 2.3 | 55% | 2.5 | 81% |
| 25 | Pulborough West Sussex | B− | 1.4 | 77% | 2.7 | 50% |
| 26 | Alford Lincolnshire | B− | 2.1 | 85% | 1.5 | 26% |
| 27 | Cardigan Dyfed | B− | 1.9 | 69% | 1.4 | 13% |
| 28 | Kingskerswell Devon | C+ | 3.5 | 76% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 29 | Oakworth West Yorkshire | C+ | 2.3 | 84% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 30 | Tutbury Staffordshire | C+ | 2.5 | 90% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 31 | Pewsey Wiltshire | C+ | 1 | 64% | 3 | 91% |
| 32 | Troedyrhiw and Pentrebach Mid Glamorgan | C+ | 2.5 | 84% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 33 | Norton Fitzwarren Somerset | C+ | 1.3 | 35% | 5.2 | 6% |
| 34 | Coggeshall Essex | C | 2.1 | 84% | 2.5 | 0% |
| 35 | Bransgore Hampshire | C | 1.9 | 71% | 1.2 | 49% |
| 36 | Cowbridge South Glamorgan | C | 1.2 | 86% | 3.1 | 0% |
| 37 | Haltwhistle Northumberland | C | 1.5 | 59% | 2.3 | 31% |
| 38 | Bromyard Herefordshire | C | 0.9 | 100% | 2.1 | 0% |
| 39 | Glemsford Suffolk | C− | 1.1 | 84% | 3 | 0% |
| 40 | Desford Leicestershire | C− | 1.6 | 90% | 2 | 0% |
| 41 | Hawkhurst Kent | C− | 1.1 | 60% | 1.4 | 100% |
| 42 | Holton le Clay Lincolnshire | C− | 2 | 59% | 1.4 | 8% |
| 43 | Fulbourn Cambridgeshire | C− | 1.7 | 74% | 2.4 | 0% |
| 44 | West Parley Dorset | C− | 1.6 | 20% | 3.5 | 0% |
| 45 | Bloxham Oxfordshire | C− | 2.6 | 71% | 1.2 | 0% |
| 46 | Kempsey Worcestershire | D | 0.9 | 40% | 3.9 | 0% |
| 47 | Windlesham Surrey | D | 2 | 57% | 2.2 | 0% |
| 48 | Pen-pedair-heol Gwent | D | 0.9 | 80% | 2.3 | 0% |
| 49 | Langford Bedfordshire | D | 1.4 | 63% | 2.6 | 0% |
| 50 | Spilsby Lincolnshire | D | 0 | 0% | 2.2 | 23% |
| 51 | Wilsden West Yorkshire | D | 0.6 | 61% | 3 | 0% |
| 52 | St Columb Major Cornwall | D | 1 | 89% | 1 | 0% |
| 53 | Willaston (Cheshire East) Cheshire | D | 1 | 82% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 54 | Bilton East Riding of Yorkshire | D | 1.3 | 66% | 1.5 | 0% |
| 55 | Llanbradach Gwent | D− | 1.2 | 52% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 56 | Upwell and Outwell Norfolk | D− | 1.8 | 43% | 0.4 | 0% |
| 57 | Long Buckby Northamptonshire | D− | 0.6 | 52% | 1.9 | 0% |
| 58 | Penyffordd Clwyd | D− | 0.7 | 36% | 1.6 | 0% |
| 59 | Llanharry Mid Glamorgan | D− | 0.6 | 50% | 1.3 | 0% |
| 60 | Copmanthorpe North Yorkshire | D− | 0.7 | 38% | 1.4 | 0% |
The map
Parks, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is Lyme Regis’ built-up area.
Green space: parks, gardens, playing fields and play spaces, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · Contains OS data © Crown copyright · Natural England / NRW
Places to walk
Parks to walk in, in and around Lyme Regis
The biggest is Langmoor Gardens, 2.8 ha (7 acres). Directions go to the park’s nearest public entrance where Ordnance Survey maps one.
Close to home
6 in 10 Lyme Regis residents live within a 5-minute walk of a park
Each square is 1 in 100 residents: green lives within 400 m of a public park, garden or playing field (Census 2021 output areas against OS Open Greenspace).
Within 400 m (60%)Further (40%)
Lyme Regis60%
Towns its size78%
Dorset towns77%
All UK towns83%
About 1,500 people live further than that. Playing fields count, so a park within reach isn’t always one with paths or trees; 5 playgrounds are mapped in and around the town, about one for every 748 residents.
National Parks & National Landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes around Lyme Regis
Protected landscapes within 30 km, by direction and distance from the edge of the built-up area; circle size shows each one’s area. National Landscapes were called Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty until 2023.
National ParkNational LandscapeThe 5 km the grade counts
National Landscape
East Devon
At the edge north-west269 km²since 196328% of the land within 5 km
Official siteNational Landscape
Dorset
Lyme Regis is inside it1,129 km²since 195927% of the land within 5 km
Official site56% of the land within 5 km of Lyme Regis is National Park or National Landscape, more than 93% of UK towns.
Footpaths & waymarked walks
Lyme Regis is on the South West Coast Path
33 km of footpaths, bridleways and rights of way are mapped in Lyme Regis and the kilometre around it, 2.5 km for every square kilometre (the typical UK town has 3.0). Bars show each route’s kilometres within 2 km of the town.
NationalRegionalLocal
South West Coast Path (Section 46: Seaton to Seatown)10.7 km
Wessex Ridgeway5.3 km
Monmouth Rebellion Walk4.7 km
East Devon Way4.5 km
Monarch's Way1.5 km
Pinhay Warren Permissive Path1.4 km
Liberty Trail0.8 km
The South West Coast Path, a national route, passes Lyme Regis. 5 regional routes pass through, including the Wessex Ridgeway, Monmouth Rebellion Walk, East Devon Way and Monarch's Way.
Waymarked walks are OpenStreetMap walking routes. Public rights of way are only as complete as the map in each area.
When to get out
The best walking months in Lyme Regis: May to September
The town’s 1991–2020 averages (Met Office HadUK-Grid) and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15 °C or more and little rain for the town.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 9 |
| Rain (mm) | 98 | 79 | 74 | 67 | 58 | 60 | 59 | 81 | 69 | 110 | 115 | 112 |
May is the driest month (58 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 21 °C). Winter days are short, about 8 hours of daylight in December, and 115 mm of rain falls in November, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 21 nights a year. The climate in Lyme Regis →
The coast
Lyme Regis is a coastal town
39% of the area within 5 km of Lyme Regis is sea. 9 beaches are mapped within 5 km, 2 with a name.
Church Cliff Beach0.0 mi from town
DirectionsMonmouth Beach0.0 mi from town
DirectionsThe South West Coast Path passes the town.
Sea: the area outside the ONS coastline (mean high water). Bathing water quality is published by the Environment Agency (England) and Natural Resources Wales; check it before swimming.
Things to do
3 viewpoints and 5 playgrounds
Mapped within 2 km of the town in OpenStreetMap, against the typical UK town its size per resident. Named places are listed with directions; unnamed ones are only counted.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Knoll Hill169 m (554 ft) · 1.0 mi from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Hook Farm Caravan & Camping Park0.2 mi from town
DirectionsCannington farm campsite0.5 mi from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Next door
The outdoors in nearby towns
The nearest towns of 1,000+ within 12 miles. Tap a town for its outdoors page.
UplymeCharmouthAxminsterColytonSeatonBeerLyme Regis
ABCDOutdoors Grade
Uplyme, 0.9 miles away, grades A+, the best next door: every resident lives within 400 m of a park. Colyton has at least twice Lyme Regis’ green space per resident.
Questions about the outdoors in Lyme Regis
What is the biggest park in Lyme Regis?
Langmoor Gardens, 2.8 ha (7 acres), with 2 km of path. 1 named park, garden or playing field is in the town or within 400 m of it.
Is Lyme Regis near a National Park?
The East Devon National Landscape reaches the edge of Lyme Regis. It covers 269 km² and was designated in 1963.
What are the best walks near Lyme Regis?
7 waymarked walking routes pass within 2 km of the town, including the South West Coast Path (Section 46: Seaton to Seatown), Wessex Ridgeway and Monmouth Rebellion Walk. Langmoor Gardens alone has 2 km of path.
How many people in Lyme Regis live near a park?
60% of residents live within 400 m, about a 5-minute walk, of a public park, garden or playing field (Census 2021 output areas against OS Open Greenspace). The typical UK town is 83%.
When is the best time of year for walking in Lyme Regis?
May to September: the longest days, the warmest afternoons and the least rain of the year, from the Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Is Lyme Regis good for walking?
About average for paths: 2.5 km of footpath and right of way per square kilometre, more than 47% of UK towns. For park space per person it beats 23% (1.4 ha per 1,000 residents).
How is the Outdoors Grade worked out?
From five measures, each placed among UK towns of 1,000 or more: public green space per resident, the share living near a park, National Park or National Landscape within 5 km, footpaths per square kilometre, and the sea within 5 km. It is a character grade and isn’t part of Lyme Regis’ overall grade.
Sources
Where Lyme Regis’ outdoors figures come from
- Parks and green space: Ordnance Survey OS Open Greenspace (parks and gardens, playing fields, play spaces, and their access points). Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- National Parks and National Landscapes: Natural England and Natural Resources Wales boundaries, areas and designation dates, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Footpaths, walking routes, beaches and things to do: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License (ODbL), via Geofabrik, 16 October 2026.
- Historic parks, listed buildings and monuments: Historic England, National Heritage List for England, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Rain and temperature: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for the town; daylight calculated from its latitude.
- The sea: ONS Countries (December 2024) boundaries clipped to mean high water. Residents near a park: ONS Census 2021 output areas.
- Grade: TownRatings’ Outdoors Grade, ranked against UK towns only.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.