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Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England. The town has a population of 3,513 ( 2001), 45% are retired.

Lyme Regis lies on the South Coast of England at the Dorset- Devon border. It is nicknamed "The Pearl of Dorset". In the 13th century it developed into one of the major British ports. Its railway station was closed, a victim of the Beeching Axe, in the early 1960s

Lyme Regis is well known for "The Cobb", an enormously characterful harbour wall, built from Portland Admiralty Roach stone. The Cobb featured in novels by Jane Austen and in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman, based on the book of the same name by local writer John Fowles.

It was at Lyme that the Duke of Monmouth landed at the start of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685.

Lyme is famous for the fossils found in the cliffs, which are part of the Jurassic CoastLulworth Cove The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site in south England. The 95 mile (155km) long site starts at Orcombe Point near Exmouth in East Devon and ends at Old Harry Rocks near Swanage in East Dorset. The site consists of Triassic, Jurassic a (also known as the Heritage Coast), a World Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain range, lake, desert, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated for the international World Heritage program administered by UNESCO. The program aims to catalogue, name,.

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