Information on Lymington

Lymington is a Georgian Market Town on the southern edge of the New Forest between Southampton and Bournemouth on the west bank of the Lymington River and a port on the Solent in the New Forest District.

The town has a large tourist industry, ferry terminal and is world renown as a sailing resort with two marinas, Berthon, one of the first yacht marinas built in the United Kingdom and Haven, one of the most popular destinations for yachtsmen on the South Coast providing a wide range of marine services including hoist and scrubs, engine servicing and repairs along with rigging specialist, chandlers and dry berthing at its nearby Haven Quay site which has room for upto 100 visiting boats and within a 2 minute walk from the town centre.

Lymington Harbour is an attractive estuary 2 miles long with the entrance lying between salt marshes and is shared by yachtsmen, fishermen and the Wightlink Isle of Wight ferries.



The town famous for its sailing history and in recent years has been home to world famous regattas including the Royal Lymington Cup, Etchells Worlds, Macnamara’s Bowl and Source Regatta.

There are also two sailing clubs based in the town of Lymington, The Royal Lymington Tacht Club which was formed in the 1920s as the Lymington River Sailing Club and The Lymington Town Sailing Club which was founded in 1946.



Lymington has two railway stations, Lymington Pier which serves the harbour area of Lymington and is the terminus of the Lymington Branch Line from Brockenhurst and provides a connection with the ferry service to the port of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight and Lymington Town which preceds Lymington Pier and is the only intermediate station on the Lymington Branch Line from Brockenhurst with South West Trains operating the services on this branch line using refurbished “slam-door” trains unofficially known as the "Lymington Flyer" and operated as a “heritage” service.



The ferry service from Lymington to Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight has been operational since the 1970’s by Wightlink with three ferries named after Anglo Saxon Kings: Cenred, Cenwulf and Caedmon.

 

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