Beer, on the English Jurassic Coast

Beer on the English Jurassic Coast is a great place for a weekend. A stretch of coast of outstanding beauty, the rocks here are up to 195 million years old. In the coast near Beer the chalk is about 70 million years old.

We stayed in the Anchor Inn and the Dolphin.


The Anchor is the nicer! By some turn of good fortune we got the Jack Rattenbury Suite


Most (all?) of the Anchor's rooms have sea views, and having the window open listening to the sound of the sea is so relaxing!



From Beer you can take a (very) freshening walk to Seaton (about 2.5 miles eastwards), or even better to Branscombe (about 2 miles westwards). On a clear day from Beer Head (426 ft) you can see all the way from Start Point (west) to Portland (east).

When the path splits choose the high path of going to Hooken Cliffs (over 500 ft). You can go via the low level path, but you don't get to see much and its rather muddy. It passes between the cliff edge and a 10 acre section of cliff that collapsed in 1790.


When you get to Branscombe Mouth turn right to head inland and go to the Masons Arms which does truly great Sunday lunches.

In this picture of the coast near Branscombe you can see the wreck of the MS Napoli