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Lymington / ˈlɪmɪŋtən / is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a car ferry service operated by Wightlink. It is within the civil parish of Lymington and Pennington.
The historic town of Lymington offers plenty for the visitor to the New Forest. This colourful coastal town is an ancient seaport with a rich maritime history. Situated on the west bank of the Lymington River, on the edge of the Solent, Lymington is a major yachting centre with three marinas.
The Georgian market town of Lymington is set on the coast in the beautiful New Forest National Park, between Southampton and Bournemouth. Famous for its sailing history, there are two large marinas filled with fishing boats and yachts, as well as two sailing clubs.
- The New Forest. Lymington is on the fringe of 219 square miles of unenclosed forest, pasture and heathland. Equines have freely roamed this land since before the Last Ice Age, and their descendant is the New Forest pony, which is usually free to run loose in semi-feral conditions.
- Solent Way Walk. Lymington is by the eastern trailhead of a 60-mile path between Milford-on-Sea in the west and Emsworth Harbour in the east. As the name suggests, this runs the length of the Solent, the strait between mainland England and the Isle of Wight.
- Hurst Castle. Henry VIII built Hurst Castle in the early 1540s as part of the Device Forts system. This gun fort is at the narrow western entrance to the Solent, at the end of the mile-long shingle bank, the Hurst Spit.
- Lymington Town Trail. The Lymington and Pennington government website has a downloadable leaflet and map marked with trails in Lymington and its outskirts.
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The Georgian market town of Lymington is set on the coast in the beautiful New Forest National Park, between Southampton and Bournemouth. Famous for its sailing history, there are two large marinas filled with fishing boats and yachts, as well as two sailing clubs.
