Check in to the hotel the evening before the tour starts for 2 night stay. Upon arrival guests will be greeted with a welcome drink in the hotel and receive introductions to the itinerary with your tour guide and fellow travellers. Free evening, with options to dine at the hotel or choose one the pubs in the village

Lyme Regis

Exclusive morning fossil hunt on the beach with Jonathan Evans, geologist and Trustee of Lyme Regis Museum and discussion with your expert guide on the life of Mary Anning, the extraordinary Victorian fossil collector.

Lyme Regis

Meet up again early afternoon for a guided walk, along the coast to see Mary Anning’s statue and to include the Cobb, the Lyme Regis Harbour Wall and famous setting of the film, The French Lieutenant’s Woman, with Meryl Streep and, more recently, in the Netflix film, Persuasion. Option to visit Lyme Regis museum, entry fee not included.

Corfe Castle

Take a private guided walk around Corfe Castle with our local expert. Built by William the Conqueror, it was one of the first castles in England to be built from stone. It is positioned to defend one of the only gaps in the steep-sided Purbeck ridge which extends across Dorset.

Wareham

Next stop is a short journey to visit Kingston Church, nicknamed of ‘the Cathedral of Purbeck’, which according to John Betjeman ‘gleams with Purbeck marble’.

The Square and Compass

Enjoy lunch at the ultra-traditional local pub, included in tour cost

Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door

Lulworth Cove. This a wonderful geological masterpiece and striking horseshoe-shaped cove has been carved out of the cliffs. Durdle Door is a natural limestone arch made of rocks some 140 million years old. Stair Hole is where the rock layers are folded into a remarkable structure called the ‘Lulworth Crumple’.

The Etches Collection

We'll finish off with a visit to the Etches Collection museum, which houses the spectacular fossil skull of a pliosaur, carefully extracted from the cliffs above Kimmeridge Bay in 2023. Return to Mortons Manor, end of tour.