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category-home-page-2 has_thumb"> <div class="single_post"> <header> <h1 class="title single-title entry-title">Charmouth Village</h1> <div class="post-info"> <span class="theauthor"><i class="fa fa-user"></i> <span><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/author/timcharmouthtraders/" title="Posts by Tim Heap" rel="author">Tim Heap</a></span></span> <span class="thetime date updated"><i class="fa fa-calendar"></i> <span>July 30, 2016</span></span> <span class="thecategory"><i class="fa fa-tags"></i> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/category/home-page-2/" title="View all posts in Home Page 2">Home Page 2</a></span> <span class="thecomment"><i class="fa fa-comments"></i> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/village/#respond" itemprop="interactionCount">No Comments</a></span> </div> </header> <div class="post-single-content box mark-links entry-content"> <div class="thecontent"> <p>The following information is provided for both residents and visitors to Charmouth, and highlights some of our local facilities, groups and publications.</p> <p><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/regular-events-charmouth"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-2001 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pitp-1-150x150.jpg" alt="Charmouth Party In The Park" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <h3>Clubs, Societies & Community Events</h3> <p>Charmouth has an extremely active local community who participate in a wide variety of clubs, societies and other events. Most of the regular events we have listed welcome both residents and visitors.<br /> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/regular-events-charmouth/"><button class="btn-default" style="width: 150px;">Community Events</button></a></p> <p><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/library/"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-786 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/library-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <h3>Charmouth Library</h3> <p>Run by the community for the community. the library has a full range of services and facilities including a selection of books, two public computers, printer/scanner/copier and free to use wifi<br /> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/library/"><button class="btn-default" style="width: 150px;">Library</button></a></p> <p><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/shoreline-magazine/"><img decoding="async" width="150" height="33" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1062 lazy" style="width: 150px;" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%2033'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/shoreline-300x66.gif" alt="Shoreline Magazine" /></a></p> <h3>Shoreline Magazine</h3> <p>Shoreline has now ceased publication but access to the 50-issue archive of Shoreline publications is still available.<br /> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/shoreline-magazine/"><button class="btn-default" style="width: 150px;">Shoreline Archive</button></a></p> <p><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/charmouth-coastwatch/"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1808 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Coastwatch-IMG_20160529_111258-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <h3>Charmouth Coastwatch</h3> <p>NCI provides eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring maritime radio channels and maintaining listening watch. Visual surveillance monitors sea borne vessels and vulnerable activities such as wind surfing and kayaking.<br /> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/charmouth-coastwatch/"><button class="btn-default" style="width: 150px;">Coastwatch</button></a></p> <p><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/charmouth-bowls-club/"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-836 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/facebook2-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <h3>Charmouth Bowls Club</h3> <p>A small friendly club that play outdoor lawn bowls April to September on the bowls green at the bottom of the Playing Field in Barrs Lane, and indoor short mat bowls during the winter<br /> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/charmouth-bowls-club/"><button class="btn-default" style="width: 150px;">Bowls Club</button></a></p> <p><a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/charmouth-history-society/"><img decoding="async" class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1839 lazy" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20150%20150'%3E%3C/svg%3E" data-src="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/charmouthhansford-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a></p> <h3>Charmouth History Society</h3> <p>The Society collects, preserves and ensures access to an archive of documents, photographs and artefacts relating to Charmouth鈥檚 social and architectural history, which are stored in our local archive<br /> <a href="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village/charmouth-history-society/"><button class="btn-default" style="width: 150px;">History Society</button></a></p> <h3>Further Information</h3> <ul> <li class="prominenttext"><a href="https://www.charmouthparishcouncil.gov.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Parish Council</a></li> <li class="prominenttext"><a href="../useful-contacts/">Useful Contacts</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </article> <aside id="sidebar" class="sidebar c-4-12 mts-sidebar-sidebar" role="complementary" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/WPSideBar"> <div id="search-5" class="widget widget_search"><form method="get" id="searchform" class="search-form" action="https://charmouth.org/charmouth_village" _lpchecked="1"> <fieldset> <input type="search" name="s" id="s" value="" placeholder="Search the site" autocomplete="off" /> <button id="search-image" class="sbutton" type="submit" value=""> <i class="fa fa-search"></i> </button> </fieldset> </form></div><div id="text-28" class="widget widget_text"><h3 class="widget-title">Charmouth & Lyme Regis Fossils</h3> <div class="textwidget"><p><a href="../charmouth-beach/">Charmouth Beach</a> provides something for all the family. 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