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Lyme Regis

Lyme Regis is a town in Devon, England, with a population of around 4,712. It has one pharmacy, one park, and around 9 restaurants and cafés, along with six bus stops and Axminster station 6.6km away. The average sold house price is around £565,226, and there were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Lyme Regis area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the East Devon area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 150,824 residents at roughly 185 people per km².

Council
East Devon
County
Devon
Constituency
Tiverton and Honiton
Police force
Devon & Cornwall
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 106th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Home affordability49
Affordable rents77
Good schools11
Life expectancy96
Low deprivation66
Employment90
Low council tax13

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

11°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 12° / 5° · 28% rain
  • Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:45

9h 40m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.2 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 3.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

18 reported · August 2026▼ 33% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences7
  • Anti-social behaviour5
  • Burglary2
  • Bicycle theft1

Neighbourhood team: Bridport · Dorset

Local policing priorities

  • Anti-social use of vehicles Location: West Bay Issue: Vehicles are being used and driven in an anti-social manner around West Bay causing…
  • Shoplifting Location: Bridport town centre (South Street, East Street and West Street) Issue: There is an emerging crime series of theft…

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

Road safety

251 reported road collisions (2025)

43 killed or seriously injured · 349 casualties · 16.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

142 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 119 rated 4–5 ★ (107 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Axminster (7.6 km)
  • 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Axminster (7.7 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£345,256 average▲ 2.1% YoY

Across East Devon · to 2026-08

Detached£536,889
Semi-detached£339,346
Terraced£275,029
Flat£183,334

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£968 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £685
  • 2 bed £896
  • 3 bed £1,122

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

Affordability

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,363 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Lyme Regis Town Council-Hill Road (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches10
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

150,824 residents in East Devon · 185/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 54%
  • 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,795
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK7,559
  • Net moves+2,236

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 195 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,595 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (24% of 75,090)

A £1,730
B £2,019
C £2,307
D £2,595
E £3,172
F £3,749
G £4,326
H £5,191

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

70 schools · 19,091 pupils

55 primary · 7 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 24 of 31 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

65 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Colyton Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Axe Valley AcademyGood
  • Clyst Vale Community CollegeGood
  • Exmouth Community CollegeRequires improvement
  • Honiton Community College
  • Sidmouth College
  • The King's School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · East Devon

Care & health services

829 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes309
  • GP practices118
  • Dentists156
  • Homecare agencies155
  • Hospitals & hospices39

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 4 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Devon

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Lyme Regis Conservation Area 1)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 219 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

Planning decisions

315 applications decided

90.5% granted · 285 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Edward Morello

Liberal Democrat

West Dorset

Recent votes:

  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • NoNorthern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

  • Con 12
  • LD 22
  • Grn 3
  • Oth 23

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2
  • Pharmacies1
  • Parks & greens8
  • Restaurants & cafés32

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

7,860 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

28 jobs advertised · £33,160 avg

e.g. Ganger/Groundworks Gang, Freelance Driver, Courier - Evri

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£745 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,576 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 78,881 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 73% · Solar 24% · Wind 3%

288 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.9 yrs women · 83 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Devon): 64 women · 63.7 men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.8
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.7
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in DT7

  • Lyme Bay Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Dorset:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

Notable places nearby

  • Dinosaurland Fossil Museum · 0.1 km

    Dinosaurland Fossil Museum is a privately owned fossil museum in Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. The museum is located in a historic Grade I listed former congregational church building.

  • Allhallows College · 0.2 km

    Allhallows College, previously known as Allhallows School, was a British public school for boys in Devon, in the west of England. Predominantly a boarding school, but with some day boys, it was founded in Honiton abou…

  • Lyme Regis · 0.2 km

    Lyme Regis is a seaside town in west Dorset, England, 25 miles (40 km) west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has n…

  • Lyme Regis Museum · 0.3 km

    Lyme Regis Philpot Museum is situated in the town of Lyme Regis on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England. It is a registered charity under English law. It is built on the site of the former home of the palaeontologist…

  • Lyme Regis Guildhall · 0.3 km

    Lyme Regis Guildhall is a municipal building in Bridge Street, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England. The building, which serves as the meeting place of Lyme Regis Town Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

  • River Lym · 0.3 km

    The River Lym or River Lim is a short river, some 5 km (3.1 mi) in length, that flows through the Devon-Dorset border. It rises from multiple springs at Raymond's Hill, near the village of Uplyme in East Devon, and fl…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Lyme Regis?
Lyme Regis is a town in Devon, England, in the East Devon local authority.
What is the population of Lyme Regis?
Lyme Regis has an approximate settlement population of 4,712.
How deprived is Lyme Regis?
The East Devon local authority, which includes Lyme Regis, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.