Beer, Devon
You know how it is with some places – once visited, never forgotten. So it is with Beer, a more than charming fishing village on the World Heritage Site Jurassic Coast. Glorious white chalk cliffs surround the shingle beach where fisherman land their boats with the daily catch and people come to enjoy the coastal air. At low tide there are rock pools to spuddle in, discovering a world of tiny marine creatures; in the summer season Ducky’s Beach Café sets up and serves cooked breakfasts, fresh crab sandwiches, chips, and cream teas.
There are so many ways to spend a day here; hire self-drive motor boats and take to the waters of Lyme Bay, stroll up over the cliffs on the South West Coast Path; walk to Seaton in one direction, and in the other to the picturesque village of Branscombe, diverting through Hooken Undercliff with its sub-tropical feels. Buy fresh fish from the little shack halfway up the slipway, have a leisurely amble around the village streets with their galleries, local shops and tearooms, go for lunch at The Anchor Inn, or at sunset, take a pint out to the clifftop beer garden.
Up on the hill at the top of the village is Pecorama, a must for anyone who has a thing for trains, but also a great place to visit as a family, with miniature steam train rides, a model railway exhibition, landscaped gardens and play areas. See the atmospheric Beer Quarry Caves where huge blocks of Beer stone were extracted from the underground caverns and transported to be used in the building of some of the country’s most famous edifices – St Paul’s Cathedral, Windsor Castle, The Tower of London and Exeter Cathedral.
Just over 30 minutes drive from our luxury holiday houses, Beer is a lovely place to visit when you’re on your large group stay in the South West.
All information correct at the time of writing