Lucy Lawrence studied archaeology and classical civilisation at the University of Nottingham.

After graduating in 2000 and two years living abroad, she started work for Wessex Archaeology at the Heathrow Terminal 5 excavations.

She then transferred to Oxford Archaeology, where she spent 12 years, initially working in the field, before moving into their in-house consultancy team. In 2015 she joined Cotswold Archaeology as part of the Milton Keynes consultancy department.

Lucy became Principal Archaeology Officer of Buckinghamshire County Archaeology Service in 2018.