In 1814 local teenager Mary Anning found the first full ichthyosaur skeleton near Lyme Regis, propelling the town onto the world stage. An incredibly famous fossilist in her day, Miss Anning did much to pioneer the science of modern-day palaeontology. This museum, on the site of her former home, tells her story and exhibits spectacular fossils and other prehistoric finds.
The museum runs three to seven small-group fossil-hunting walks a week (up to six people £125), with times dictated by the tides. Book ahead.
