Prospect Southern Retired Members Group
Events - Southern Area RMG Summer Meeting 2024
The Southern Area Retired Members Group Summer Meeting will be held on Thursday 23rd May 2024, starting at 11:00 am, in the Council Chamber of Lyme Regis' Guildhall (up the stairs, on the first floor). This will again be a hybrid meeting, combining the physical meeting with virtual attendance via Zoom.
We have not been able to arrange a guest speaker on this occasion, but the meeting will offer a chance to catch up after the winter, and last year's AGM, and we may give some early thought to possible concerns for next year's Annual Delegate Conference. We do expect to be able to offer coffee or tea, and biscuits.
As always, members' family and friends, and RMG members from other areas, will be very welcome to join us in the Guildhall. In addition, any members unable to travel to Lyme Regis will be welcome to join us remotely via Zoom; joining instructions are being circulated by email, to Southern RMG members for whom Prospect has an email address. The Zoom session will be "live" from about half an hour before the start of the actual meeting, but we recommend waiting to connect to it until 5 or 10 minutes before 11:00 am, when we should be online from the Guildhall.
If visitors prefer not to sit through the meeting, they should be able to enjoy a pleasant morning in Lyme Regis. The weather forecast looks a little damp, but there are plenty of interesting shops and cafes for shelter, besides three museums (Dinosaurland Fossil Museum, and the Town Mill, besides Lyme Regis Museum itself).
We do hope you will be able to join us.
Directions and Parking
The Guildhall (pictured above) is right at the bottom of the hill in Lyme Regis, next to the sea, as shown in the sketch map.
The postcode (for Satnav users) is DT7 3BS; but please see the note on parking, below.
Travel by car
Lyme Regis is on the A3052, and this route runs through the town centre and past the Guildhall.
There have been some unwelcome changes to the parking charges since our earlier visits.
The Long Stay car parks, at Charmouth Road (entering Lyme Regis from the East), and Holmbush (entering from the West), are run by Dorset Council, and no longer offer a flat all-day rate: the charges are
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Time |
Up to 30 minutes |
Up to 1 hour |
Up to 2 hours |
Up to 3 hours |
Up to 4 hours |
Up to 10 hours |
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Summer charges |
£1.50 |
£3 |
£4.50 |
£6 |
£7.50 |
£15 |
Dorset Council's preferred parking app, if you use one, seems to be JustPark.
The Woodmead car park, off Hill Road, is run by the town council, and also charges an increased rate, which is now £1.50 an hour.
The town centre car parks, closer to the Guildhall, are all Short Stay, and quite expensive, with a maximum stay of 3 hours.
A street map of Lyme Regis, showing all the car parks, can be found here.
The time to walk downhill, from the Long Stay car parks to the town centre, is approximately 10 - 15 minutes; Woodmead is a little nearer.
Travel by Bus
Lyme Regis Guildhall is served by First's X51 (Dorchester to Axminster) and X53 (Weymouth to Axminster) bus routes.
The westbound stop is at The Square, in the centre of Lyme Regis, and within sight of the Guildhall; the eastbound stop is a little further away, at the Post Office.
Contact details: If you need any further information, please email [email protected] , or contact the Southern Area officers (telephone details under Your Union Officials, when you log in to the Prospect website).