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  MAY 2025

Thursday 1st May

 

 

Social at Lyme Regis Bowling Club

www.ulrhs.wordpress.com

 

 

 

2nd & 3rd May

Toby Buckland Garden Festival: Powderham Castle
. Award-winning nurseries, West Country craft, artisan food and drink, live music and talks in the fabulous grounds and interior of Powderham Castle.     

 

 


Sunday 4th May 2025
      International Dawn Chorus Day 

 International Dawn Chorus Day is the worldwide celebration of nature's greatest symphony.

 

 

Monday 5th   May Day Bank Holiday

 

Thursday 8th May  VE Day

 

VE Day Torchlight Procession

 

 

Sunday May 11th

May Fete  Fun for all the family

Anning Road Playing Field,  Lyme Regis

 


 Sunday 11th May

 

Lyme Bay Chorale 2025 spring concert brings together two giants of the musical world – Handel and Haydn – and celebrates philanthropist Thomas Coram, who was born in Lyme Regis.

Lyme Bay Chorale was founded by Ruth Taylor in 2000
so is celebrating its silver jubilee this year

HANDEL: Foundling Hospital Anthem
This work includes the Hallelujah Chorus, which Handel had written eight years earlier as part of the Messiah
HAYDN: Creation Mass (Schöpfungsmesse)

Musical Director: Alex Davies
With a professional chamber orchestra and vocal soloists including soprano Philippa Hyde, one of the choir's two patrons

Lyme Regis Parish Church (St Michael the Archangel)  at 4pm

Tickets are £15 in advance from choir members or from Fortnam Smith & Banwell in Lyme Regis; £17 on the door (cash or card). There's no charge for young people aged 18 and under. Sunday 11th May

 

May 15th (Thursday)

Lukesland Garden nr Ivybridge COACH TRIP
departs 9.15am. 24 acres of woodland gardens, with spectacular spring colour, set in a small valley with cascades and ponds. Tearoom. Cost £22. https://ulrhs.wordpress.com

 

Saturday 17th May  2025

PLANT SALE & COFFEE MORNING.
Please donate plants, garden sundries or home produce to sell to raise funds to support our events. Entry £2, includes a
drink.10am - 12 noon Uplyme Village Hall  www.ulrhs.wordpress.com

 

 

17th - 18th May 2025

 

Jurassic Coast Challenge  

https://www.ultrachallenge.com/jurassic-coast-challenge/

 


Sunday  May 2025
International Dawn Chorus Day 

 

 

Sunday 25th May  2025 Rogation Sunday

 

 

Blessing of the Boats
Traditionally, the Lyme Regis Lifeboat
holds a Blessing of the Boats family service outside the boathouse at The Cobb. Wreaths are blessed and taken out to sea by the lifeboat where they are laid to commemorate those lost at sea: The Royal British Legion standard and a poppy wreath will be part of the Ceremony: 3pm Lyme Regis Slipway.  

 

Monday 26th May 2025  Spring bank holiday

 

Wednesday 28th

TALK. ‘The Revival of the British Flower Growing Industry’ by Charlotte Heavisides. The British flower growing industry, its demise and recent resurgence. Hints and tips on growing flowers sustainably. https://ulrhs.wordpress.com

 

Friday 30th May  Half Term ends

 


2025 dates to be advised

The Lyme Regis Society Annual Coffee Morning

Come and find out more about the Society. Meet other members. Everyone is welcome. Entrance by donation. Tea, Coffee and Biscuits provided.   Please check website for further information: http//lymeregissociety.org.uk

 


 

The UK's largest palaeontological event will return to Lyme Regis on 14th/15th June 2025.

 

 

June

 

Lifeboat Week 2025
 Saturday 26th July -Friday 1st August

 

Dogs allowed all year off lead:
Monmouth Beach,
Church Cliff & East Cliff (Back) Beach
.
Please check local notices and see
https://www.lymeregistowncouncil.gov.uk/beaches
for more detailed info

 
 

All invited to
Blessing the Boats

The annual Blessing of the Boats service will be held at the RNLI lifeboat station in Lyme Regis
 

Open air, inter-denominational service, starting at 3pm 25th May 2025,  visitors and residents are invited to take part.

RNLI Lifeboat wreaths

The service is normally held every year on Rogation Sunday to remember those who have given their lives at sea.

  At the end of the service three floral wreaths and a poppy wreath from the British Legion will be taken aboard the RNLI lifeboat and laid at sea.
 

 

Lifeboat Week 2025
 Saturday 26th July -Friday 1st August

 
Exhibitions



Lyme Regis Art Society

 

Annual Exhibition

 

 

   The Society is excited once again to be holding our Annual Exhibition at the Malthouse Gallery at the Town Mill, where we will be showing work by many of our 70+ members.

        

10.30am to 4.30pm daily
 

 Malthouse Gallery

The Town Mill, Mill Lane

Lyme Regis DT7 3PU

   Free Admission

 

 

https://www.lymeregisartssociety.org.uk/
 

 
 

WALKS and TOURS

Do take advice about safe tide times before setting off for more than fifteen minutes hike, without a guide, along our beautiful beaches: - what appears to be an easy bit of ground to scramble over is more likely to be a treacherous mud slide - don't take a chance!
 

Lyme History Walks

 Meet at the Marine Theatre

 “Discover the unique and colourful history of Lyme Regis with experienced tour guide Chris Lovejoy”

 01297 443140

www.lymehistorywalks.com