Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a coastal town in Dorset, England, on the English Channel. Its fossil-rich cliffs and beaches form part of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

Blue Lias: A sequence of alternating limestone and shale beds dating from the Early Jurassic. These layered rocks form much of the coast around Lyme Regis and preserve abundant fossils.
Mary Anning: An English fossil collector and palaeontologist who made major Jurassic marine reptile discoveries near Lyme Regis. Her discoveries from the town's cliffs transformed scientific understanding of prehistoric life.
Landslide: The downslope movement of rock, soil or debris under gravity. Landslides repeatedly reshape the soft cliffs around Lyme Regis.
Palaeontology: The scientific study of life in the geological past through fossils. Fossils from Lyme Regis helped establish the scientific significance of prehistoric marine life.
Black Ven: A coastal landslip and fossil-bearing cliff near Lyme Regis, Dorset. Its unstable slopes expose Early Jurassic strata and yield marine fossils.
Henry De la Beche: An English geologist and palaeontologist who founded the Geological Survey of Great Britain. His work drew on fossils and geological evidence from Lyme Regis.
Coastal erosion: The wearing away and removal of coastal land by waves, weather and other processes. It exposes fossil-bearing strata and drives cliff instability at Lyme Regis.
Geological heritage: Geological features valued for their scientific, educational, cultural or scenic significance. The town's fossil cliffs are protected and interpreted as part of a globally valued coast.
Charmouth: A village on the Dorset coast, east of Lyme Regis, known for fossil-bearing cliffs and beaches. It shares the same Jurassic Coast geology and fossil-collecting landscape.
William Buckland: An English geologist and clergyman who studied fossils and helped establish geology as a science. He described and interpreted specimens collected from the Lyme Regis coast.

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