The cliffs of Lyme Regis are part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site, offering a glimpse into millions of years of Earth’s history.

A statue of Mary Anning, a palaeontologist and fossil hunter from the 19th Century, has been revealed in Lyme Regis this weekend following a campaign started by a local school pupil. Anning hunted ...

Fascinating photos show diggers and trucks piling onto Lyme Regis beach in a bid to rebuild it in time for the tourist season. The stretch of Dorset coast, which is one of the most popular summer ...

It’s taken 145 million years, but Lyme Regis has finally come onto its own. The masses appear to have discovered what once was a sleepy seaside village in Dorset, on England’s southwest coast, one ...

Mary Anning was born in 1799 in Lyme Regis, in the southwest English county of Dorset. Lyme Regis is now part of what is now called the Jurassic Coast, and discoveries are still being made to this day ...

Researchers have been studying a recently discovered childhood token - believed to have belonged to the pioneering palaeontologist Mary Anning - on a beach in Lyme Regis, Dorset.

The Lyme Regis museum itself sits on the site of Mary’s house and shop, which deteriorated years ago. Her gravestone and a commemorative window can be found in St. Michael’s Parish Church.

We were only a mile into our four-day, 32-mile hike from Lyme Regis to Exmouth along the beautiful Jurassic Coast of southern England.

She became quite adept at recognizing fossils from the Jurassic cliffs of Lyme Regis and would go on to make major discoveries, earning her a place as one of the true greats in the field of ...

This summer's rain caused large landslips along the coast including one on Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, and another in Burton Bradstock which claimed the life of 22-year-old Charlotte Blackman.

What was described as 'the worst landslip to strike Lyme Regis for 100 years' occured on a stretch of coast which was due for coastal protection work, as part of a larger project. BBC Dorset looks ...