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Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis
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Lyme regis general view arp.jpg
Lyme Regis from the Cobb
Lyme Regis is located in Dorset
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis shown within Dorset
Population 3,671 
OS grid reference SY337922
• London 130 miles (210 km)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LYME REGIS
Postcode district DT7
Dialling code 01297
Police Dorset
Fire Dorset and Wiltshire
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament
Website lymeregis.org
List of places
UK
England
DorsetCoordinates: 50°43′30″N 2°56′24″W / 50.725°N 2.940°W / 50.725; -2.940

Lyme Regis /ˌlmˈrɪs/ is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset–Devon border. It is nicknamed "The Pearl of Dorset." The town is noted for the fossils found in the cliffs and beaches, which are part of the Heritage Coast—known commercially as the Jurassic Coast—a World Heritage Site.

The harbour wall, known as "The Cobb", features in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, and in The French Lieutenant's Woman, a novel by British writer John Fowles, as well as the 1981 film of the same name, which was partly filmed in Lyme Regis.

The town was home to Admiral Sir George Somers, its one-time mayor and parliamentarian. He founded the English colonial settlement of the Somers Isles, better known as Bermuda. Lyme Regis is twinned with St. George's, Bermuda. In July 2015 Lyme Regis was also 'tripled' with Jamestown, Virginia to form the Historic Atlantic Triangle between Lyme, St George's and Jamestown.


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