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    Getting there
    Car-free travel highlights  Car-free travel highlight
    The award-winning Jurassic Coast X53 offers a very picturesque journey to Golden Cap on a double decker bus which runs between Weymouth and Exeter.
     
    Walking  By foot
    Lies on the South West Coast Path. Access on foot from Charmouth, Morcombelake, Chideock, Seatown and Eype - all within a mile of the estate.
     
    Cycling  By bike
    National Cycle Network route 2 runs along the whole English south coast and about 2 miles inland of the Golden Cap Estate. It is linked by small quiet lanes and bridleways.
     
    Bus  By bus
    Jurassic Coast X53 links the Golden Cap Estate to Exeter railway station, Beer, Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Bridport, Weymouth railway station, Wareham and Bournemouth.

    Bus no.31 runs from Axminster railway station, Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Bridport, Dorchester South railway station and Weymouth railway station. Service runs about every hour.

    Bus no.152 runs from Seaton, Lyme Regis, Charmouth, Bridport and West Bay. Service runs about every hour.
     
    Train  By train
    Axminster railway station 5 miles, Dorchester railway station 20 miles and Weymouth railway station 20miles.
     
    Ferry  By boat
    There are pleasure boat trips along the coastline in the summer months from Lyme Regis and West Bay.
     
    Road directions  By road
    Adjacent to A35 coastal road from Bridport to Axminster.
     
    Car parks  Car parks

    Stonebarrow Hill
    OS: SY384934, pay & display (NT members free)

    Langdon Hill
    OS: SY413931, pay & display (NT members free)

    Charmouth - Heritage Coast Centre (not NT)
    OS: SY364930, pay & display

    Seatown (not NT)
    OS: SY421917, pay & display, manned

    Eype Mouth (not NT)
    OS: SY447910, pay & display, manned
     
    Ordnance Survey map  Ordnance Survey maps
    Landranger 193: Taunton & Lyme Regis
    Explorer 116: Lyme Regis & Bridport
     

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    A sign post on a bridleway on the Golden Cap estate in Dorset
    © National Trust / Rob Rhodes
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