Lyme Regis



Lyme Regis is notorious for the fossils that are found there. The rocks here are of the Jurassic era, making them in the region of 140 - 200 million years old

Mary Anning (1799 - 18470) lived for her entire life on Lyme Regis and has been described as 'the greatest fossilist who ever lived'. She collected fossils at a time when scientific enquiry was leading to a change in the way people thought about the evolution of life and our planet. A story that would culminate with Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species', published in 1959

Source: The Official Guide to the Jurassic Coast