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2 Bus Frequency Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday BUS 885 BUS 157 2 Service Route [showing approximate journey time between places] Daytime Evening Daytime Evening Daytime Evening BUS 56B EAST 26 BUS X31 BUS X31 Visitor Centre Boat Trips BUS Youth X53 HostelBUS BUSX53 X53 X53 Bus Route BUS X53 Association 5* [14 minutes] Country Park 2 per hour … 2 per hour … 2 per hour … BUS 52B Colyton Tourist Information National Trust BUS 157 BUS 33BUS157 157 National Cycle Network Route (Open) BUS 56/B Centre BUS 40 Every 12 1 per Every 15 1 per Museum Viewpoint (Please note, some 2 National Cycle Network Route (Proposed) 10 Weymouth [30 minutes] Dorchester 1 per hour … Seaton viewpoints can only be reached on foot) minutes hour minutes hour Tramway Railway Station South West Coast33 Path 33 332 Triassic Rocks Jurassic Rocks Cretaceous Rocks BUS 50 [26 minutes] [39 minutes] 1 1 1 National Trail X31 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour [54 minutes] journey journey journey BUS X31 2 2 2 (2¼hrs) Dorchester BUS 52A BUS X31 London WEST 2 2 2 Swanage [21 minutes] [16 minutes] 2 2 2 BUS 52A/B 2 40 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour South West 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 km Wareham [33 minutes] journeys journeys journeys Coast Path 2 Sidford BUS 103 2 BUS X53 BUS 899 Bovington0 1 2 3 4 5 miles [23 minutes] [35 minutes] London (2¾hrs) Camp BUS 104 Dorchester† Weymouth BUS X53 0 12 2 3 0 4 10 5 21 6 3 2 7 4 3 8 5 4 9 65 10 7 6 km 87 9 8 10 9 km 10 km X43* [6 minutes] [19 minutes] 4 journeys … 4 journeys … 4 journeys … BUS 57 BUS 157 Seaton Jurassic (opening 2016) BUS 10 Wool [14 minutes] Wareham [29 minutes] Swanage BUS 103 0 1 20 0 31 1 42 2 5 3 miles 3 4 4 5 miles 5 miles Fine Foundation BUS X43 BUS 157 Centre Beer 44 Swanage [22 minutes] 2 journeys … ... … … … 26 2 BUS 58 Arches 2 †† Swanage [30 minutes] Sandbanks [18 minutes] Interpretation Centre 50 1 per hour … 1 per hour … 1 per hour … Westbourne [14 minutes] BUS 56 South West 2 Coast Path BUS 104 MOD RANGES BUS 40 BUS X43 OBSERVE WARNING NOTICES [76 minutes] Seaton [29 minutes] © Jurassic Coast Trust 2011 Trust Coast © Jurassic BUS 103 (Open most weekends and holidays) Beach Every 2 1 Every 2 1 Every 2 1 2 Lulworth Army Range Office Visitor Centre Lyme Regis [39 minutes] Bridport [62 minutes] BUS X43 data Survey Ordnance Contains hours journey hours journey hours* journey* Tel 01929 404819 X53** South West for up-to-date access information Weymouth [52 minutes] Wareham [39 minutes] Poole Coast Path BUS X43 Bovington [10 minutes] Wool [20 minutes] BUS 357 BUS X43 103 1 bus – Wednesdays only PURBECK BUS 50 [5 minutes] Durdle Door [41 minutes] Dorchester†

BUS 157 The Fleet Lulworth Cove 2011 right and database copyright © Crown 2 2 BUS 157 BUS X53 Heritage Centre South West 33 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 km 0 1 2 3 4 5 miles Wool [24 minutes] Lulworth [19 minutes] Wool [10 minutes] 2 2 Coast Path 104 … … … … BUS 40 Bovington [16 minutes] Wareham journeys journeys Geoneedle 7–8 3 per 7–8 3 per 6 per 3 per 1 Weymouth [20mins] [17mins] Southwell The Etches per hour hour per hour hour hour hour Collection BUS 44 BUS 5 Every 2 Every 2 Every 2 Swanage Museum 501 [60 minutes] … … … Visitor Centre * Weymouth hours hours hours BUS 1 and Heritage Centre Train Frequency Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday

Fine Foundation Service Route [showing approximate journey time between places] Daytime Evening Daytime Evening Daytime Evening Centre 2 per hour Lulworth Cove Bournemouth [24 minutes] Wareham [7 minutes] 1-2 per 1-2 per Wool 2 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour Wool [14minutes] Dorchester [13 minutes] Weymouth hour hour King Barrow A perfect text-book cove, backed by pure white chalk 1 per hour Fortuneswell Quarries cliffs – on a sunny day you could almost be in a Caribbean Frequencies are given as a guide and services are subject to revision. Please check all public transport

details at www.travelinesw.com or call 0871 200 22 33 before travelling. ’S ONLY NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE HERITAGE WORLD NATURAL ONLY ENGLAND’S BUS 1 bay lapped by a shallow, turquoise sea. BUS 501 * Summer service only †1 journey each direction only **Enhanced hourly service between Lyme Regis and Weymouth during the summer. †† Service increases during the summer. Southwell Walk the : (circular route from ),

3.8 miles, moderate to walk www.southwestcoastpath.com/westlulworth-circular Safety on the coast path Safety on the beach Lighthouse Keep well away from the cliff edges Keep clear of the cliffs as rock falls, landslides and mudflows can happen at any time Nearby interest Observe all restricted access and diversions Follow the Countryside Code Check the tides and beware of large waves Fossil Forest – near Lulworth Cove in rough weather

Relics of a forest that thrived before the first flowering plants appeared – drowned by rising Visitor Centres & Museums Welcome to the sea levels, the ghostly hollows left by the decaying trees, and the strange rock formations Royal Albert Memorial Museum formed by the algae that encased them, are all that is left of this once lush, tropical jungle. & Art Gallery, Exeter EX4 3RX 01392 265 858 DORSET AND Fairlynch Museum, EX9 6NP 01395 442666 COAST Museum EX10 8LY 01395 516139 Museum EX14 1PG 01404 44966 England’s only natural Lyme Regis Philpot Museum DT7 3QA 01297 443370 World Heritage Site Centre DT6 6LL 01297 560772 Bridport Museum DT6 3NR 01308 458703 More commonly known as the Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre DT4 9XE 01305 206191 Jurassic Coast, this special place Portland Museum DT5 1HS 01305 821804 is a World Heritage Site because , Dorchester DT1 1XA 01305 262735 of its incredible which Lulworth Cove Heritage Centre BH20 5RQ 01929 400587 represents 185 million years of Fine Foundation Marine Centre BH20 5PF 01929 481044 Dorset and East Durlston Castle Visitor Centre BH19 2JL 01929 424443 earth history in just 95 miles. Devon Coast Swanage Museum & Heritage Centre BH19 2LJ 01929 421427 Studland Beach Visitor Centre BH19 3AX 01929 450500 Love the Jurassic Coast? So do we. Wareham Town Museum BH20 4NN 01929 553448 We’re the Jurassic Coast Trust and we want to help inspire Tourist Information Centres understanding and conservation of Exeter EX1 1GF 01392 665700 this amazing World Heritage Site. Budleigh Salterton EX9 6NG 01395 445275 EX11 1BZ 01404 813964 As a charity we raise funds and work with volunteers to support a Sidmouth EX10 8XR 01395 516441 wide range of vital education and conservation projects along the Jurassic Coast. Find out how you can play your part at: The sheer-faced, dazzling white chalk sea stacks look almost ready to topple Honiton EX14 1LT 01404 43716 Axminster EX13 5AQ 01297 34386 www.jurassiccoast.org/get-involved over into the sea – these iconic rock formations mark the youngest and most Seaton EX12 2TB 01297 21660 eastern extreme of the Jurassic Coast. Lyme Regis DT7 3BS 01297 442138 Bridport DT6 3LF 01308 424901 Step back in time with and enjoy a unique perspective of the Jurassic Coast, England’s first natural Take a Jurassic Coast Cruise from Poole Quay, for a closer look at the Dorchester DT1 1BE 01305 267992 World Heritage Site. Offering unrivalled panoramic views Swanage BH19 1LB 01929 422885 IF ANY UPDATES OR AMENDS ARE MADE TO THIS MAP PLEASE ENSURE THAT A REVISED VERSION IS UPLOADED TO THE COASTAL PUBLISHINGof the breathtaking coastlineFTP this SITE unique experience OR A FILE IS RETURNED TO US AT COASTAL PUBLISHING, THE STUDIO spectacularPUDDLETOWN Old Harry RocksROAD and EAREHAM the coast beyond DORSET BH20 6AE - TEL 0845 49 00 147 Wareham BH20 4LR 01929 552740 brings to life 185 million years of history. Poole BH15 1HJ 0845 234 5560 Visit: www.jurassicskyline.com Bournemouth BH2 5AA 0845 0511700 Christchurch BH23 1AS 01202 471780 For booking and information call: 0871 282 9242 Nearby fossil interest Fossil slab Durlston Castle Visitor Centre, Swanage YHA offer affordable accommodation for groups, families and individuals wanting to experience the best of the Jurassic Coast. Look out for the Jurassic Coast Caught in an eerie soup of prehistoric swamp, Guide at Visitor Centres and the fossil remains of , sharks, turtles and With fantastic locations at Beer, Portland, Lulworth Cove, Litton Cheney and Swanage we can guarantee you a warm Whilst every effort has been made to provide accurate information, Tourist Information Centres. crocodiles can all be seen in just one ‘tombstone’ the authors can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions. welcome, comfortable accommodation, as well as access to Make a donation at: www.jurassiccoast.org/donate All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted slab of rock. our great facilities and licensed restaurants.* in any form or by any means including photocopying or recording, without the Become a Friend of the Jurassic Coast at: For more information about YHA, or to book your next stay written permission of the copyright holder. 2015. www.jurassiccoast.org/Friends

Visit: www.yha.org.uk YHA is a charitable www.jurassiccoast.org Call us: 01629 592 700 organisation *Litton Cheney is self-catering only

Follow this Jurassic Exeter Clyst St Mary Newton Poppleford Sidford Beer Seaton Lyme Regis Charmouth Bridport West Bay Weymouth Wool Wareham Poole Coast Bus Timeline for times between stops. For frequencies see the ‘Bus [21 minutes] [15 minutes] [9 minutes] [19 minutes] [12 minutes] [29 minutes] [18 minutes] [21 minutes] [13 minutes] [49 minutes] [38 minutes] [14 minutes] [35 minutes] Frequency’ table above. BUS X53 BUS 157

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2 250 million years ago The Triassic Period 200 million years ago The Jurassic Period 145 million years ago The Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago 2

BUS X53 Bus Frequency Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 km BUS 157 Visitor Centre Boat Trips BUS X53Youth HostelBUSBUS X53 X53 X53 Jurassic Coast Bus Route [showing approximate journey time between places] Daytime Evening Daytime Evening Daytime Evening 0 1 2 3 4 5 miles Association Service Route Tourist Information Contains Ordnance Survey data National Trust BUS 157 BUS33BUS 157 157 National Cycle Network Route (Open) Centre 10 Weymouth [30 minutes] Dorchester Every 12 1 per hour Every 15 1 per hour 1 per hour … © Crown copyright and database right 2011 Museum Viewpoint (Please note, some 2 National Cycle Network Route (Proposed) minutes minutes © Jurassic Coast Trust 2011 viewpoints can only be reached on foot) Railway Station South West Coast33 Path 33 33 2 Triassic Rocks Jurassic Rocks Cretaceous Rocks Axminster [26 minutes] Lyme Regis [39 minutes] National Trail X31 1 per hour 1 journey 1 per hour 1 journey 1 per hour 1 journey Bridport [54 minutes] Dorchester BUS 56B BUS 56B 2 2 2

2 2 2 2 Dorchester† [23 minutes] Weymouth [35 minutes] 2 BUS 885 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 km 26 Durdle Door [6 minutes] Lulworth Cove [19 minutes] 4 journeys … 4 journeys … 4 journeys … BUS 56B EAST DEVON BUS X31 X43* BUS X31 0 1 2 3 4 5 miles Wool [14 minutes] Wareham [29 minutes] Swanage BUS X53 BUS 52B Colyton 0 1 2 3 0 4 10 5 1 2 6 23 7 34 8 54 9 5 6 10 76km 7 8 98 109 km 10 km BUS 56/B Exeter [16 minutes] Clyst St Mary [17 minutes] BUS 40 Seaton 52A Newton Poppleford [23 minutes] Sidmouth [10 minutes] 1 per hour 1 journey 1 per hour 1 journey 4 journeys 1 journey Tramway 0 1 20 0 3 1 1 4 2 2 5 3 miles 3 4 4 5 miles 5 miles Sidford [7 minutes] Kings Down Tail [14 minutes] Seaton BUS 50 BUS X31 Exeter [16 minutes] Clyst St Mary [17 minutes] (2¼hrs) BUS X31 London BUS 52A WEST DORSET 52B Newton Poppleford [23 minutes] Sidmouth [10 minutes] 1 per hour ... 1 per hour ...... BUS 52A/B 2 South West Coast Path 2 Sidford [5 minutes] Sidbury [16 minutes] Honiton BUS X53 Sidford BUS 103 2 BUS 899 Exeter [16 minutes] Clyst St MaryBovington [17 minutes] London (2¾hrs) Camp BUS 104 BUS X53 52B Newton Poppleford [232 minutes] Sidmouth [10 minutes] ... 1 per hour ... 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour BUS 57 BUS 157 Seaton Jurassic (opening 2016) BUS 10 Sidford [5 minutes] Sidbury BUS 103 Fine Foundation [76 minutes] [29 minutes] BUS X43 BUS 157 Centre Beer WESTExeter DORSETSeaton 26 Every 2 Every 2 Every 2 2 Lyme Regis [39 minutes] Bridport [62 minutes] 1 journey 1 journey 1 journey* BUS 58 Arches hours hours hours* Interpretation Centre X53** Weymouth [52 minutes] Wareham [39 minutes] Poole 2 BUS 56 South West 2 Coast Path Exeter [22 minutes] Exeter Airport BUS[17 minutes]104 MOD RANGES BUS 40 BUS X4356 OBSERVE WARNING NOTICES1 per hour … 1 per hour … ... … Woodbury [23 minutes] BUS 103 (Open most weekends and holidays) Studland Beach 2 Lulworth Army Range Office Visitor Centre BUS X43 Tel 01929 404819 South West Exeter [22 minutes] Exeter Airport [15 minutes] for up-to-date access information Coast Path BUS X43 56B* Ottery St Mary[25 minutes] Honiton [16 minutes] ... … … 3 journeys … BUS 357 BUS X43 Sidbury [5 minutes] Sidford [10 minutes] Sidmouth PURBECK BUS 50 BUS 157 The Fleet Lulworth Cove Exeter [17 minutes]Heritage Centre [24 minutes] 57 Topsham South West Every 15 1 per hour Every 15 1 per hour Every 30 1 per hour Exmouth [15 minutes] Brixington Coast Path minutes minutes minutes Orcombe Point With multilayered strata topped by distinctive golden , you can best BUS 40 Geoneedle 58 Exeter [46 minutes] Budleigh Salterton 8 buses … ... … … … admire this geological testament to time from afar. If it’s spectacular views you want, [20 minutes] [12 minutes] BUS 44 BUS 5 Exmouth Budleigh Salterton Durlston Castle Visitor Centre 4 Swanage Museum ascend the 191 metres that makes it the highest peak on the south coast of England. 157 [12 minutes] Newton Poppleford [16 minutes] 1 per hour ... 1 per hour ... and Heritage Centre... BUS 1 Sidmouth journeys Walk the South West Coast Path: A Taste of the Jurassic Coast, 16 miles over 2 days, easy to walk 1 Weymouth [20 mins] Fortuneswell [17 mins] Southwell 7–8 3 per hour 7–8 3 per hour 6 per 3 per Fine Foundation per hour per hour hour hour www.southwestcoastpath.com/charmouth-abbotsbury Chesil Beach Centre 357 Exmouth [46 minutes] Budleigh Salterton 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour

King Barrow Fortuneswell Quarries 501* Weymouth [60 minutes] Portland Bill Every 2 … Every 2 … Every 2 … Nearby fossil interest: Nature Reserve hours hours hours Seaton [7 minutes] Colyford [4 minutes] Colyton [4 minutes] BUS 1 885 1 per hour ... Every 2 ... … … Whitford [3 minutes] Musbury [8 minutes] Axminster hours fossil – BUS 501 Southwell [10 minutes] Beer [13 minutes] 5 3 899 Seaton … … … … Come and marvel at the fossilised head of this beguiling creature – [12 minutes] Sidford [8 minutes] Sidmouth journeys journeys

half crocodile, half dolphin, it is a superb example of a marine Lighthouse Train Frequency Monday to Friday Saturday Sunday of the kind that inspired the founders of palaeontology. Service Route [showing approximate journey time between places] Daytime Evening Daytime Evening Daytime Evening Exeter [30-40 minutes] Exmouth 2 per hour 1 per hour 2 per hour 1 per hour 2 per hour* 1 per hour Exeter [25 minutes] Honiton [10 minutes] Axminster 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 1 per hour 2 per hour Bournemouth [24 minutes] [7minutes] [14 minutes] Wareham Wool Wool 1-2 per 2 per hour 1-2 per 1 per hour 1 per hour Dorchester [13 minutes] Weymouth 1 per hour hour hour Frequencies are given as a guide and services are subject to revision. Please check all public transport details at www.travelinesw.com or call 0871 200 22 33 before travelling.

* Summer service only †1 journey each direction only **Enhanced hourly service between Lyme Regis and Weymouth during the summer.

Safety & the Fossil Code Find out how to look for safely at the On the beach On the coast path Collecting fossils Keep clear of the cliffs as rock Keep well away from the Look for fossils that are loose on the falls, landslides and mudflows cliff edges beach, not in the cliffs – your eyes are can happen at any time Observe all restricted the best tools for finding fossils Check the tides and beware of access and diversions Join a guided fossil walk – it is the best large waves in rough weather Follow the Countryside Code way to learn how to find fossils Chesil Beach These majestic sea stacks showcase the striking, desert-red Triassic This seemingly never-ending, sweeping example of a barrier beach is IF ANY UPDATES OR AMENDS ARE MADE TO THIS MAP PLEASE ENSURErocks of THATEast Devon A REVISED – the VERSIONrocks of which IS UPLOADED were laid TO down THE duringCOASTAL the PUBLISHING FTPone SITE of theOR Afinest FILE ISin RETURNEDthe world – TOfor USa birds-eyeAT COASTAL view, PUBLISHING, set foot atop THE the STUDIO PUDDLETOWN ROAD EAREHAM DORSET BH20 6AE - TEL 0845 49 00 147 dawn of the dinosaurs. The Triassic rocks mark the oldest and most massive island of rock that is Portland. western extreme of the Jurassic Coast. Walk the South West Coast Path: Circuit Part 1, 3.5 miles, Take the two and a half hour ‘Jurassic Coast Cruise’ from Exmouth, for the easy to walk www.southwestcoastpath.com/portland-circuit best views of the stunning East Devon coastline. www.stuartlinecruises.co.uk Nearby fossil interest Nearby fossil interest Pliosaur fossil Rhynchosaur fossil Dorset County Museum, Royal Albert Memorial Dorchester Museum, Exeter With a skull and jaws almost two A fearsome and bizarre herbivore and a half metres in length, these from a time before the first dinosaurs larger-than-life measurements – this land reptile from the Triassic give this pliosaur fossil a certain era had a super-sized beak and front presence locked in a menacingly teeth designed to slash and tear at gaping, all teeth baring, poise – Triassic plants. ready to effortlessly snap its next victim in two.

Follow this Jurassic Exeter Clyst St Mary Newton Poppleford Sidford Beer Seaton Lyme Regis Charmouth Bridport West Bay Weymouth Wool Wareham Poole Coast Bus Timeline for times between stops. For [21 minutes] [15 minutes] [9 minutes] [19 minutes] [12 minutes] [29 minutes] [18 minutes] [21 minutes] [13 minutes] [49 minutes] [38 minutes] [14 minutes] [35 minutes] frequencies see the ‘Bus Frequency’ table above.