Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis meets the English Channel on England’s Jurassic Coast, and its position beneath fossil-bearing cliffs has shaped it as both a working harbour and a resort. The Cobb, the town’s curving stone breakwater, shelters the harbour and has become its enduring emblem; it also features in Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Lyme Regis is closely associated with the fossil collector Mary Anning, whose early-19th-century discoveries helped transform the study of prehistoric life. Walk the seafront, browse fossil displays and look along the Dorset coast, where cliff erosion continually exposes traces of deep time. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Lyme Regis and the Jurassic Coast.

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