--- title: "Lymington – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Lymington, United Kingdom: Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lymington" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lymington.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Lymington%2C_Hampshire%2C_England-2Oct2011.jpg" --- Coastal town in Hampshire, England · United Kingdom # Lymington Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. ![Lymington](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Lymington%2C_Hampshire%2C_England-2Oct2011.jpg) Lymington · Wikimedia Commons The place Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymington), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Lymington 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Hurst Castle Hurst Castle is an artillery fort established by Henry VIII on the Hurst Spit in Hampshire, England, between 1541 and 1544. It formed part of the king's Device Forts coastal protection programme against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the western entrance to the Solent waterway. 4.8 km · Device Fort in Hampshire, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurst_Castle) 2. Yarmouth Castle Yarmouth Castle is an artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1547 to protect Yarmouth Harbour on the Isle of Wight from the threat of French attack. Just under 100 feet across, the square castle was initially equipped with 15 artillery guns and a garrison of 20 men. 6 km · English artillery fort · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarmouth_Castle) 3. Hurst Point Lighthouse Hurst Point Lighthouse is located at Hurst Point in the English county of Hampshire, and guides vessels through the western approaches to the Solent. 4.7 km · lighthouse on the Solent, in Hampshire, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurst_Point_Lighthouse) 4. Walhampton Walhampton is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Boldre. 1.8 km · hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walhampton) 5. Fort Albert Fort Albert is a tower fort nestling under the cliffs south-west of Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England. It was also known as Cliff End Fort, named after the Northern extremity of Colwell Bay. 5.7 km · tower fort on the Isle of Wight, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Albert) 6. Fort Victoria Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England, built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545–1547 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century. 5.2 km · fort in Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Victoria,_Isle_of_Wight) 7. Yarmouth Pier Yarmouth Pier is a Victorian pleasure pier located in the town of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England. Constructed in 1876, it is the longest surviving wooden pier in England that remains open to the public. 6 km · pier in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarmouth_Pier) 8. Sturt Pond Sturt Pond is a 10.9-hectare Local Nature Reserve in Milford on Sea in Hampshire. It is owned and managed by Milford On Sea Parish Council. 4 km · Large brackish pond in Milford on Sea crossed by footbridge much bordered by paths and a small caravan park · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturt_Pond) 9. Pylewell House Pylewell Park is a country house and park near Lymington in Hampshire. The house is listed at grade II\*. 3.7 km · Grade II\* listed house and garden in Boldre, New Forest, England, UK · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pylewell_Park) 10. Church of St. Thomas the Apostle The Church of St Thomas the Apostle in Lymington in Hampshire, is the main Anglican Church of England parish church for the town. There has been a church on the site for 800 years and the original foundations are believed to date to the reign of Henry III but was largely rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries. 900 m · grade II listed church in Lymington, United Kingdom · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St_Thomas_the_Apostle,_Lymington) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see 1. Calshot Castle Adults £3.00, children £2.10, concessions £2.10. 2. Hurst Castle Keyhaven, SO41 0TP (5 miles south-west of Lymington),. From [Wikivoyage: Lymington](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lymington), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do 1. New Forest National Park The New Forest is a beautiful place to do a variety of outdoor activities. From [Wikivoyage: Lymington](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lymington), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Town centre parking is difficult and on market day (Saturday morning); it is almost impossible. If you shop in Waitrose you are allowed 2 hours parking (please check at the enquiry desk things do change). This will allow you enough time to have a meal in town. 1. Angel & Blue Pig A comfortable hotel with a very good restaurant nice food, well presented and bar meals, relaxed and comfortable. 2. Lanes of Lymington Restaurant & Bar The restaurant is tucked away down a quiet lane, just off the High Street. From [Wikivoyage: Lymington](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lymington), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Lymington **Airports:** London Gatwick (LGW), 105 km · Bristol (BRS), 108 km · London Heathrow (LHR), 111 km\ **Stations:** Lymington Town railway station, 1.5 km · Lymington Pier railway station, 1.7 km · Sway railway station, 5.7 km · Ampress railway station, 2.4 km\ - London → Lymington 129 km · quickest by road, 2h 18m · £14–19 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/london-to-lymington) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=London&to=Lymington) - Bristol → Lymington 107 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · £12–16 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/bristol-to-lymington) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Bristol&to=Lymington) - Cardiff → Lymington 140 km · quickest by road, 3h 15m · £18–24 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/cardiff-to-lymington) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Cardiff&to=Lymington) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Lymington) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Lymington Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lymington. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get around Nonetheless, that doesn't stop you from boarding the train at Lymington Town to get down to the pier station for the ferry service, or using the bus services above to get to local areas. - Go next — Wightlink offers a 40-minute ferry to Yarmouth. From [Wikivoyage: Lymington](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Lymington), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 19 km 2. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 224 km 3. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 527 km 4. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 587 km 5. [Inis Mór (Inishmore)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/inis-mor) IE 8 ways of moving, 21 sources 619 km If you know how people move in Lymington – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Clymington&title=Lymington&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Flymington), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Lymington - [Hordle](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hordle) village in Hampshire, England, United Kingdom 5.1 km - [Milford on Sea](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/milford-on-sea) village in Hampshire, England 3.8 km - [Boldre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/boldre) village and civil parish in the New Forest district of Hampshire, UK 3.6 km - [Sway](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sway) village and civil parish in Hampshire, United Kingdom 5.1 km - [Everton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/everton) village in Hampshire, England, UK 3.1 km - [Pennington](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/pennington) village in Hampshire, England, UK 500 m [The place page for Lymington](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/lymington) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lymington, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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