Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in West Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 kilometres) west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) east of Exeter. Styled "The Pearl of Dorset", it lies at Lyme Bay on the English Channel coastline at the Dorset-- Devon boundary. It is kept in mind for fossils located in high cliffs and also beaches on the Heritage Coast or Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. The harbour wall-- called "The Cobb"-- appears in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion, the John Fowles novel The French Lieutenant's Woman, and the 1981 movie of that name, which was partially shot in the community. A previous mayor and MP was Admiral Sir George Somers, that founded the English colonial settlement of Somers Isles, currently Bermuda, where Lyme Regis is twinned with St George's. In July 2015, Lyme Regis likewise joined Jamestown, Virginia, in a Historical Atlantic Triangle with St George's. The 2011 Census provided the parish and electoral ward a population of 3,671.