Monday Walk - Lyme Regis to Axminster station– a pretty and remote route through quiet woods, streams, fields and lanes.

Length: 11.9 miles/19.1 km with 502/484m ascent/descent (allow 5-6 hours walking time; add time for lunch stop).

Toughness: 6/10

Start: Meet at the clocktower on the seafront at 10am.

Walk Notes:  this is a gently undulating walk starting along the river Lim in town, then onto the Wessex Ridgeway and through the woods of Hole Common.  Some parts may be boggy depending on recent rainfall.   After this you cross the A35.  TAKE CARE as fast traffic both ways.  If you walk to your left along this road for roughly 100m, there may be a safer place to cross using the central reservation.  Continue on through Wyld Warren, another wood, and finally along Evil Lane into Axminster.  Plenty of shops, cafes pubs in Axminster (if you have time to linger) otherwise purchase supplies for the train.

Walk note:  There is a ‘secret doorway’ in the fence of Higher Wyld Farm which you go through to continue the route. 

Lunch:  Buy something to eat and drink before setting off as no pubs or shops on this route until you get to Axminster.  The Old Inn at Hawkchurch is closed on Mondays.

 There is a Tesco Superstore about 7 minutes from Axminster station if you wish to buy supplies for the train. 

 Option 2:  If you wish to skip this walk, then the buses back to Axminster from Lyme Regis leave from The Square (at the clocktower).

Bus timetable for 2026 can be found: here

GPX and map can be found here:  https://www.walkingclub.org.uk/walk/lyme-regis-to-axminster-via-hawkchurch/

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