About Up Lyme

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The Courtyard Cafe

The Courtyard Cafe offers a fusion of flavours from world travel, nutrition and years of good experience. They offer a warm and friendly welcome and intend to make your visit comfortable and enjoyable.

Go and visit them for a variety of cooked breakfasts, morning leaf teas and fresh coffee, delicious homemade cakes, wholesome lunches and afternoon teas in the delightful 12th-century cobblestone courtyard at the Town Mill in Lyme Regis.

They source the produce as locally as possible, recycle 80% of their waste, use the flour from The Town Mill to make Bread, Cakes, Pastries and Scones. Everything on the menu is cooked from fresh ingredients from scratch and is totally authentic. They also served the biggest slice of vegan chocolate cake we have seen.

They are very happy to accept well-behaved dogs in the cafe and courtyard areas, but please be mindful of other customers who do not have the same affinity for canines! The outside eating area is a no smoking zone!

It’s small so book or come early to avoid disappointment, off the beaten track but worth finding.

SPECIAL DIETS
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options

Mill lane
The Town Mill
Lyme Regi
DT7 3PU England

Tel: 01297 445757

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Community funds for air ambulance

Uplyme will soon have a night landing site for the air ambulance service.

Devon Air Ambulance is currently working with Uplyme to develop a floodlit community landing site at King George V playing field, which will enable it to carry out its life-saving service after dark. Floodlighting is an essential component of a community landing site, for both safety and practical reasons – it illuminates the site during landing and take-off and helps paramedics when loading a patient into the aircraft and during transfer between land and air ambulance.

Funds donated included £2,000 from Lyme Regis Regatta & Carnival Committee – the single biggest donation the group has ever given away – as well as £270 from Uplyme Pre-School and a generous donation from local resident Vivienne Graham, raised through a collection in memory of her late husband Malcolm. Uplyme and Lyme Regis Horticultural Society and Devon County Council have also helped with funding.

Devon Air Ambulance has two helicopters, meaning it can reach 90 per cent of the county’s population within 10 minutes, and they are now flying until 2 am with hopes of creating a 24-hour service in the future.

The lights will not be on all the time but will be switched on by the air ambulance team via mobile phone technology as and when needed.

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Cellar 59

If you are walking down Broad Street or coming back from the beach and feeling in need of a drink, a great place to visit is Cellar 59.  A hidden gem, this is not a brewery chain or a place for loud music and food that’s been messed around with, but just great beer in an amazing space.

Go down the steps into the cellar under the solicitor and surveyors and just up from the Royal Lion.  Here you will find more locals than tourists at the bar and 13 plus beers on tap as well as cider and wines.  I recommend the ‘flight of thirds’ where you can try 3 ‘third of a pint’ glasses of your choice.  My family think it’s a dangerous place!  They have a bookshelf if you plan on a long visit and board games, Chess and cards & draughts available to play on the tables.

There are four hand pumps to pour cask ale and ten keg taps delivering beer directly from the Keg Shed.  The beer is sourced from breweries that do not use finings (isinglass), or from those who are brave enough to give it a try and break from the tradition of using fish products in their beer, a lucky additional bonus this approach makes the beer suitable for vegans and vegetarians. Gluten intolerant people will be delighted to find that they can often offer at least 5 different gluten-free beers.

The bottle shop contains bottles and cans and 9-pint kegs so if you are planning on staying in then you can enjoy some great beer.

57/58 Broad Street
Lyme Regis, Dorset DT7 3QF

Tel: 01297 445086

Summer Hours (from 1st April)
Monday – Closed (except – see below)
Mon Bank Holidays – 12pm to 10pm
Tuesday to Thursday – 4.00pm to 10.00pm
Friday & Saturday – 12.00pm to 11.00pm
Sunday – 12.00pm to 8.30pm

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The Lyme Regis branch line

The Lyme Regis branch line  connected  Lyme Regis with the mainline railway at Axminster, running through picturesque rural countryside on the Dorset – Devon border.

It opened in 1903 and on summer weekends it was very busy with high passenger numbers with through carriages from London on many services. The line achieved high levels of interest among railway enthusiasts in later years because a veteran type of steam engine, the Adams ‘Radial’ Tank 4-4-2T locomotive; this engine class survived long after the type had been superseded in its original area of use in the London suburbs.

The line was 6 miles long, starting from Axminster station, at the level of the River Axe there, it climbed, running broadly southerly to Combpyne, where the only intermediate station was sited. Turning broadly east, it descended to Lyme Regis, crossing an arm of the River Lim on Cannington Viaduct, a short walk from the Blacksmith’s Cottage and passing through Uplyme through what is now Barnes Meadow.

Cannington Viaduct is a Grade II listed structure and is the only significant structure on the branch,  203 yards long with ten elliptical arches of 50 feet span, 92 feet high. It was constructed of mass concrete with pre-cast concrete voussoirs; it was one of the earliest major structures of the type in England, and the second highest of the type.  Cement was brought to the Cobb harbour at Lyme Regis, and to the construction site by a 1,000 foot cableway. Crushed flint from locally excavated material was used for the aggregate.

During its construction the west abutment and the adjacent pier slipped during the process of tipping fill material behind it, and it and the first pier settled significantly, distorting the first arch, delaying the opening. The displaced foundations were stabilised and the third arch was strengthened with a wall the distorted first arch was given a brick arch ring.  You can still see these.

The gradient was too steep to permit a station in Uplyme. The station at Lyme Regis was on the north of the town at what is now the Health Centre and Jewsons, because immediately beyond t the land falls steeply towards the town.

Passenger use declined in the years following the Second World War, and only summer weekends remained busy. The line was scheduled for closure, and this was implemented on 29 November 1965.

The main station building at Lyme Regis was wooden, and after closure it was dismantled and re-erected at Alresford station, on the Watercress Line in Hampshire. The imposing Cannington Viaduct is a Grade II listed structure.

There is a proposal to build a narrow gauge line between Axminster and a park and ride on the coastal road to Seaton, part of which would use part of the trackbed of the former Lyme Regis branch.

Unlike some of the closed lines, the land along much of it has now become farmland and even part of peoples gardens, which means it will never be reestablished as a walking or cycling route. There are a number of choices of walks around the Cannington Viaduct from the Blacksmith’s Cottage including quiet lanes and footpaths. In the winter it may be best to limit the footpaths and this route suggestion includes just two fields to cross.

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Prescott Pinetum

Visiting a Bluebell Wood is one of the UK’s great seasonal highlights, Prescott Pinetum Uplyme is a must visit this spring.

Walk back up Venlake Lane and cross Cannington Lane into Woodhouse Lane. Head up the hill from the cross roads and after about 300m you’ll see a footpath marker on your right in Woodhouse Fields.

There is a sign almost immediately opposite it on the left for the Woodland Trust. The road then turns into a footpath that heads up in to the woods.

The Prescott Pinetum, (also known as either Uplyme or Woodhouse Pinetum), sits on a north-east facing slope, and is visible from Uplyme. Hosting a variety of majestic oak, beech and conifer species, overlooking Lyme Regis and the Jurassic Coast, the Pinetum is thought to have been established between 1840 and 1860s, and features giant Wellingtonia’s, Grand fir, Noble Fir, Blue Atlas Cedar, Japanese Red Cedar, Prince Albert’s Yew and Coast Redwoods. Many of the conifers that remain are now magnificent specimen trees, including one UK champion. This site’s diversity of species has earned it a Tree Preservation Order. A single path meanders through the woodland. Look out for the remains of a woodman’s cottage.

Follow the path and then turn right to follow the path back on yourself and down to the lane again. Turn left and follow Dipper Trail out onto the road and then turn left again. The road climbs and at the junction turn left again and follow Seaview Road through the woods again. At the end of the road turn right and back down the Woodhouse Lane and home.

 

 

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New Year’s Day Duck Race

Lot’s of people joined the New Year’s Day traditional Duck Race along the River Lim to the start of the duck race just before 12noon and couldn’t quite believe the hoards of people heading in the same direction. It was one of the biggest crowd ever seen for a duck race and, walking down to the seafront afterwards for the annual Lyme Lunge after they watched the ducks race down the River Lym, raising money for Lyme’s Christmas Lights.

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Switch On Saturday 1st Dec 2018

Enjoy shopping in Broad Street, Lyme Regis amid the spirit of a traditional family Christmas in our wonderful little town. There’s a host of festive events and happenings taking place in the lead up to Christmas, so why not wrap up warm, bring the family along and enjoy one of our great Yuletime celebrations?

Come early for the Lantern Parade and enjoy the atmosphere, join in the switching on of the Christmas Lights countdown – don’t be late or you’ll miss it!

3.00pm Lantern Workshop in Lyme Regis Baptist Church Pine Hall Children and adults welcome to come along and join in the fun and make a lantern

4.30pm Judging of the Lantern Competition in Lyme Regis Baptist Church

5.15pm Parade from the Baptist Church with lanterns, the Majorettes and Father Christmas down through Broad Street to the Christmas tree

5.30pm Switch on of the Christmas lights by the Mayor, Cllr Michaela Ellis

Come along and join in this spectacular event.

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Lyme Regis marks 100 years since Armistice

A truly moving and poignant day in Lyme Regis to mark 100 years since Armistice. The day started with a well attended two minute silence at 11am followed by the Pages of the Sea event which was devised by Danny Boyle as a unique moment to say goodbye to the millions of men and women who left their shores during the war, many never to return.

A sand portrait of Rifleman Kulbir Thapa VC was created in the sand in Lyme. He made history as the first Gurkha to win a Victoria Cross, the most prestigious British award for bravery. Billy Bragg ended the afternoon’s proceedings with his rendition of ‘Where Have All the Flowers Gone?’.

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On 11 November 2018, communities will gather on beaches across the UK to say thank you and goodbye. Film-maker Danny Boyle invites you to join him in marking 100 years since Armistice and the end of the First World War. Pages of the Sea is a unique moment to say goodbye, together, to the millions of men and women who left their shores during the war, many never to return.

You’re invited to beaches across the UK where, over the course of several hours, a portrait of an individual from the First World War will emerge from the sand. And then, as the tide rises, watch as it’s washed away as we take a moment to say a collective goodbye. Carol Ann Duffy has written a poem especially for the moment, to be read by individuals, families and communities on the day.

On the Day

Lyme Regis: 11am onwards

Join us on Lyme Regis main sandy beach to watch the artwork take shape during the course of the day. The event centres around the drawing of a large-scale portrait of a casualty from the First World War which will be washed away as the tide comes in. In addition, the public will be asked to join in by creating stenciled silhouettes of people in the sand, remembering the millions of lives lost or changed forever by the conflict.

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Fireworks on the Cobb 3rd Nov 2018

Lyme Regis is the place to be on bonfire night. Join the crowds of people who come to watch the fireworks over the Harbour at Lyme Bay and stay warm by the bonfire on the beach.

This year, fireworks and bonfire will be held on Saturday 3rd November – fireworks will take place from the Cobb at 6.30pm followed by a bonfire on the beach!

The display is Free! However a collection will be made during the evening for local charities so please give generously.

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