Beaches and fossils

Seatown

Seatown. A quiet pebble beach beneath Golden Cap, with a pub just behind it.

Seatown is a small cove with a shingle beach right below Golden Cap. It's a starting point for the climb up the Cap, and a peaceful spot to sit and watch the sea.

The Anchor Inn sits just back from the beach.

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Seatown's shingle beach with Golden Cap rising behind it — Photo: Alan Walker, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped), via Wikimedia Commons

Stay nearby

Eype

The Greenhouse

Sleeps 4
2 bedrooms
1 bathroom

4.90 out of 5(158 reviews)

about 2 miles from Seatown, as the crow flies

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Akassa

Sleeps 6
3 bedrooms
1 bathroom

4.90 out of 5(132 reviews)

about 5 miles from Seatown, as the crow flies

Lyme Regis

Palm Tree House

Sleeps 8
4 bedrooms
2 bathrooms

4.90 out of 5(136 reviews)

about 5 miles from Seatown, as the crow flies

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