Lyme Regis
town and civil parish in Dorset, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles 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'.
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Lyme Regis | |
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Lyme Regis from the Cobb | |
Population | 4,406 [1] |
OS grid reference | SY337922 |
• London | 130 Miles (209 Km) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | Dorset |
Fire | Dorset and Wiltshire |
Ambulance | South Western |
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The town is noted for the fossils found in the cliffs and beaches, which are part of the Jurassic Coast–a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall, "The Cobb", features in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, and in the movie and novel, The French Lieutenant's Woman, by local writer John Fowles.
When people were counted in the town's most recent census in 2001, the population was 4,406. 45% of the town's population were retired people.[2]