Length: 11.9 miles (allow 5-6 hours walking time; add time
for lunch stop).
Toughness: 4/10
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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