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