Fernhill Hotel

30/05/2026

27/04/2026

The LB1 bus service launches this Friday!

Now you can truly leave the car during your stay with us - the last bus now leaves Lyme Regis at 11.30pm!

Who's excited? 🥳

New evening bus launches THIS Friday, and it's your ride to a great night out!

The brand-new LB1 evening bus service launches this Friday 1 May, connecting Lyme Regis, Bridport, and the villages in between - and just in time for a fantastic weekend of events across our communities!

Whether you are heading out for live music, a film, or a seaside evening with friends, the LB1 makes it easier to get there and home safely.

What's on this weekend?

On Friday we have:

🎵Dub Pistols live at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis
🎞️Film screening at the Electric Palace, Bridport
🎶Music on the Hill, Allington Hill

On Saturday we have:

🍿Cinema on the Beach, Lyme Regis sandy beach, 7pm
🎞️Film screening at the Electric Palace, Bridport
🎶Music on the Hill, Allington Hill

Plus a whole host of other events across both towns!

With the LB1 running every Friday and Saturday evening until 26 September, it's the perfect way to enjoy everything our towns have to offer this summer... without worrying about parking or the journey home.

⌚First bus: Bridport bus station - 6.15pm
⌚Last bus: Lyme Regis - 11.30pm
📍Stops include: Charmouth, Morecombelake and Chideock
🔗Connections available to the X53 service to and from Weymouth.

🥂This Friday's launch will be marked by the mayors of Lyme Regis and Bridport, along with local parish representatives, taking the maiden voyage together.

Plan your evening, hop on board, and make the most of what's happening locally.

👀 Read more on our website:https://www.lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk/news-article/new-lb1-evening-bus-service-launched-this-friday-connecting-lyme-regis-bridport-and-the-villages-in-between

14/04/2026

A rare sight in our skies!

It promises to be an incredible sight

01/04/2026

The red arrows are back this Summer!

The Red Arrows are returning to Lyme Regis this summer!

What fantastic news. Lyme Lifeboat week is going to be a big one this year 🛩️🛩️🛩️

More in the comments below 👇

14/02/2026

14/02/2026

Coastguards are urging members of the public, especially fossil hunters, to keep away

01/11/2025

The perfect time for a bit of fossil hunting...

Thinking of bracing a bit of the cold to enjoy our beach once things are a bit quieter? Or planning to capitalise on some of those rougher Winter seas to go fossil hunting? Join us on one of our fossil hunting walks available for November and December - https://charmouth.org/chcc/events-calendar/

17/08/2025

Just down the road from us is an other-worldly walk - no sea views, but an experience like no other….

MYSTERIOUS ANCIENT HIGHWAY: A LOST WORLD 30 FEET BELOW GROUND
Dorset is rich in ancient routes, holloways, abandoned byways, sunken lanes, and magical landscapes. But none are as beautiful, otherworldly, or enchanting as Hell Lane (also known as Shute’s Lane) in Symondsbury, Dorset.

The word holloway comes from Anglo-Saxon and means sunken road. This incredible sunken road is truly ancient. I would argue that it first began as a track at ground level during the Bronze Age (3,000–5,000 years ago). As history shows, societies rarely stray far from the paths, tracks, and settlements of their ancestors.

If not Bronze Age, then certainly Iron Age, this route would have been used by the Durotriges, the Celtic tribe inhabiting what is now Dorset, southern Somerset, Devon, and southern Wiltshire. It was the Durotriges whom the Romans had to fight to conquer the southwest of England.

This already ancient path has been further worn down over the centuries by foot traffic, horse hooves, cartwheels, and natural erosion. The construction of Symondsbury Church in the 1300s likely accelerated this process.

The nearby place name Quarry Hill indicates where the stone for the church was sourced. It would have been transported down this very sunken lane.

Just a few miles away, Bridport Harbour (now known as West Bay) was an essential trading port. It’s easy to imagine how seafood and other goods were hauled inland via this ancient holloway for thousands of years.

Photos cannot do it justice, you must experience it. The feeling of stepping into a lost world, the coolness of the sunken lane despite the 25°C heat outside, and the earthy scent in the air create an unforgettable atmosphere.

The sandstone walls are covered in centuries-old graffiti, continuing a tradition that persists to this day. Baz 4 Shaz scrawled into the rock serves as a reminder that human nature never truly changes.

Dorset was notorious for smugglers, a subject that fascinates me. The most infamous smuggler was Isaac Gulliver, known by the French as Le Contrebandier. He was the Don Pablo of the 1700s.

You can be certain this holloway was one of his many smuggling routes, used to transport gin, silk, lace, and tea from the coast into the countryside.

These luxury goods were then sold to the wealthy and noble, who, unsurprisingly, were more than happy to avoid paying taxes and duties. Some things never change!

09/08/2025

It's today - don't miss it!
If you're lucky, you may win one of our vouchers for afternoon tea for two....

It’s that time of year again! Not long to go to the party in the park. This year it’s bigger and better than ever! We hope to see you there, don’t forget to tell your friends!! Keep this village tradition going by making it the best attended it’s ever been!!

Music from the amazing WE FUNK and disco from our favourite DJ Sound2Light Mobile Disco it’s going to be a night to remember 😎😎😎

02/08/2025

It's lifeboat week in Lyme Regis and there has been a wealth of activities and displays to enjoy. We're reminiscing about the who used to display at Lifeboat week...and use Fernhill as a turning circle so we got to see them up close!