Lymington - Hampshire

Due to the sheltered harbour Lymington is a sailors haven, but in the town with its cobbled streets are some lovely Georgian buildings and a lovely church.

The town once was a busy port for ‘salt’, known as salterns and the saltworks closed in the 19^th century.

There is a little village on the B3055 to the northwest with the delightful name of Tiptoe.

The 13^th century Church of St Thomas the Apostle has a fine tower dating from 1600 and a rather odd shaped cupola from the 18^th century. The nave and galleries are Georgian and the north chapel is 13^th century.

Buckland Rings, 1mile north is an ancient Iron Age earthworks with triple rampart. In 1744 there were Roman coins dug up from here.

Location: on the A337, 18 miles east of Bournemouth