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About Beer

Interestingly, lace making was once an industry of this picturesque little fishing village, and lace worth around £1,000 was supplied by Beer in 1839 for Queen Victoria's wedding gown. Beautiful hand made lace can still be seen in Beer but not in great quantities.

There is a shingle beach here and the main street, accompanied by a sparkling little stream, leads down to it. There is no harbour here but Beer remains very much a fishing village and little boats go out to sea for crab and lobster. In the summertime the beach is crowded with holiday makers, all seeking the pleasures of sea and sun. Motor boats can be hired and an enjoyable time can be had off shore from where you can get magnificent views of the coastline and the cliffs that tower above the beach.

A son of this delightful village was the infamous smuggler, Jack Rattenbury. Smuggling continued here until the mid-19th-century. Jack Rattenbury published his Memoirs of a Smuggler, after escaping the excisemen for 50 years and taking a career turn to become a Fisherman in 1837. This and many other stirring tales are swapped nightly in the inns and pubs around this lovely old village.

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Recommended attractions near Beer

Pecorama	(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)	Pictures
Motoring Memories	(2.4 miles, 3.9 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Blackbury Castle	(3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction NW)	Pictures
Farway Country Park	(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction NW)	Pictures
The Donkey Sanctuary	(4.1 miles, 6.5 km, direction W)	Pictures
Loughwood Meeting House	(6.2 miles, 10.0 km, direction N)	Pictures
Lyme Regis Marine Aquarium	(7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction E)	Pictures
Dinosaurland	(7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction E)	Pictures
Lyme Regis Museum	(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction E)	Pictures
Fairlynch Arts Centre & Museum	(11.1 miles, 17.8 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Golden Cap	(11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction E)	Pictures
Forde Abbey	(12.7 miles, 20.5 km, direction NE)	Pictures
A La Ronde	(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction W)	Pictures
The Wildlife Park at Cricket St. Thomas	(14.9 miles, 23.9 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Cricket St Thomas House	(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction NE)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Beer

Seaton, in the county of Devon (1.2 miles, 1.9 km, direction E)
The town is mostly Victorian and Edwardian in character, you only have to cast your eyes above today's modern shop fronts to see handsome overhanging bay windows which belong firmly to another era.
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Axmouth, in the county of Devon (2.3 miles, 3.6 km, direction NE)
This quiet resort of colourwashed cottages sitting at the edge of the River Axe was once an important south Devon port.
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Dalwood, a Picturesque Village in the county of Devon (7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction N)
Charming village in the Devonshire countryside with a wonderful old thatched pub serving excellent food and a fantastic church....
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Lyme Regis, in the county of Dorset (7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction E)
Almost the first thing you notice about this pleasant seaside resort, is the spaciousness of the town. The second, and nothing can prepare you for this, is the sheer scale of Lyme Bay with its splendid views towards the rugged sandstone cliffs west of Eype Mouth.
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Axminster, a Historic Market Town in the county of Devon (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NE)
Famous for its carpets often likened to Turkish, Axminster was one of the first West Saxon settlements formed along the River Axe in Devon.
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Charmouth, in the county of Dorset (8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction E)
This pretty resort grew up in a gap of cliffs overlooking picturesque Lyme Bay. In the days prior to the motor car it was a...
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Seatown, in the county of Dorset (12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction E)
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Broadhembury, in the county of Devon (12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction NW)
Broadhembury is an idyllic village which is an oasis of calm and beauty lying at the edge of the Blackdown Hills.
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Pilsdon, in the county of Dorset (13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction NE)
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West Bay, in the county of Dorset (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction E)
West Bay nestles at the western end of spectacular Chesil Beach whose billions of pebbles have been a constant source of fascination for centuries.
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Bridport, in the county of Dorset (15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction E)
Bridport can be classed as having everything to please the holiday maker, it has a strong nautical atmosphere born of its long association with the sea, and its history as a flourishing rope making town during the great age of sailing ships.
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Netherbury, in the county of Dorset (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction NE)
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Burton Bradstock, a Picturesque Village in the county of Dorset (16.3 miles, 26.3 km, direction E)
This in one of the most enchanting villages to be found along the sweeping Dorset coast. It has gorgeous little lanes where...
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Pinhoe, in the county of Devon (16.6 miles, 26.7 km, direction W)
Pinhoe now fringes the urban sprawl of Exeter, but there was a time when it was a place standing alone with its own identity.
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Beaminster, in the county of Dorset (17.1 miles, 27.6 km, direction NE)
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Nearby travel help

Axminster Station	(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction NE)
Honiton Station	(7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction NW)
Exeter Airport	(14.5 miles, 23.3 km, direction W)
M5 Junction 29	(16.1 miles, 25.9 km, direction W)
M5 Junction 30	(16.2 miles, 26.0 km, direction W)
Plymouth City Airport	(48.6 miles, 78.2 km, direction W)
Beer to London	(140.8 miles, 226.5 km, direction NE)

Hotels & Accommodation in Beer

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Beer center
Red Lion Inn	(5.6 miles, 9.1 km, direction W)
Sid Valley Country House Hotel	(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction NW)
The Belmont Hotel	(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction W)
The Victoria Hotel	(6.5 miles, 10.4 km, direction W)
Westcliff Hotel	(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction W)
The Heathfield Inn	(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NW)
Fairwater Head Hotel	(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NE)
The Belfry Country Hotel	(11.7 miles, 18.8 km, direction N)
Woodbury Park Hotel	(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction W)
Bellplot House Hotel	(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction NE)
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