Lyme Regis

British  

/ laɪm ˈriːdʒɪs /

noun

1. a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)

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Example Sentences

"The first few years I was living down here, doing that drive between Dorchester and Bridport or Dorchester and Lyme Regis, at that stretch of the A35, if you're doing it at 23:00 or midnight, it's so dark, it's so deserted," he said.

From BBC

Filming for Wonka began in the UK in September 2021, taking place at locations including Lyme Regis, Bath, St Albans, Oxford and the Rivoli Ballroom in Brockley, south-east London - as well as at Warner Bros.

From BBC

The coast between Lyme Regis and Burton Bradstock, primarily owned by the National Trust and Charmouth Parish Council, is covered by a "fossil collecting code of conduct", aimed at keeping people safe and ensuring finds are correctly recorded.

From BBC

The first complete ichthyosaur skeleton hailed from Lyme Regis, a seaside town along southern England’s iconic Jurassic Coast.

From Science Magazine

No movie that finds Dakota Johnson modeling high-waisted frocks against the Lyme Regis seawall or the lush Somersetshire countryside could be called a complete waste of time.

From Los Angeles Times