Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis
The town of Lyme Regis is in Dorset on the south coast of England. It is famous for its fossils, and for the Cobb, a harbour wall.
Lyme Regis is a town in Dorset on the south coast of England. It is famous for its fossils, and for the Cobb, a harbour wall. Lyme Regis is a popular tourist destination, with many visitors coming to see the fossils and the Cobb. The town has a number of shops, cafes and restaurants, as well as a number of hotels and bed and breakfast establishments. There is also a museum dedicated to the town’s history and its fossils.
Lyme Regis is in East Devon AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 10 September 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Lyme Regis
Lim Details
Lim
Lim is a river in Devon
Lim takes in water from an area around 17.292 km2 in size and is part of the Lim and Axe catchment area.
Lim is 6.631 km long and is not designated artificial or heavily modified.
Local History around Lyme Regis
There are some historic monuments around including:
Roman fort and later Romano-British settlement at Woodbury FarmRemains of bridge in cellar of No 2 Bridge StreetLambert's Castle: an Iron Age hillfort 425m west of Nash Farm, with a bowl barrow, and the sites of a post-medieval fair and a telegraph stationRoman villa 300yds (270m) SSW of Holcombe FarmTrinity BeaconSmall multivallate hillfort with outworks called Coney's CastleRound barrow cemetery on Shapwick Hill.
