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# 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.

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## Every way there

- 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)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Lymington, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Lymington has

- Y Scheduled flights London (LGW), 105 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 3 timetable feeds for this country, 2 with real-time
- Y Ferries Puffin Cruises Departure Point, 1 km, Quay2Quay; sailings estimated
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

50.750°, -1.550°

Get in

## Getting to Lymington

Lymington is the terminus of a branch rail line from Brockenhurst in the New Forest, where it connects with direct main line service from London Waterloo and many other parts of the country. Train times can be found on the National Rail Planner or by calling domestic)Country code missing from anywhere in the UK. There are two stations in Lymington:

1. Lymington Town Lymington Town best serves the central area and marinas.
2. Lymington Pier Lymington Pier is part of the ferry terminal complex.

See

## Worth seeing

1. Calshot Castle Adults £3.00, children £2.10, concessions £2.10.
2. Hurst Castle Keyhaven, SO41 0TP (5 miles south-west of Lymington),.

Do

## Things to do

1. New Forest National Park The New Forest is a beautiful place to do a variety of outdoor activities.

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.

How locals move

## Getting around Lymington the local way

- 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. Last edited 2026-09.

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