The Gables Holiday Apartments, Lyme Regis

Dinosaurland Dinosaurland contains a large number of local specimens; the Philpot Museum has fossils and information about Mary Anning.

Fossil Shops If you prefere to relax and don't want to try your luck on a fossil find there are number of fossils shops can be found in Lyme Regis and Charmouth.

They contain both Local and geological specimens from around the world.

The Seaport Town of lyme Regis The first page to the chapter on the history of Lyme Regis. The author begins with a quote from Tennyson's In Memoriam, which describes the constantly changing nature of the landscape: 'The hills are shadows, and they flow/ From form to form, and nothing stands!'

The author also mentions the light railway that travelled to Lyme from Axminster. Parts of the journey are, he writes, 'most enjoyable'. The introduduction of the railway in this area allowed Lyme to prosper as a tourist destination.