Lymington

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 18° · 66% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:24

12h 46m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Southampton Centre, United Kingdom

73 reported · July 2026▼ 15% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences33
• Anti-social behaviour7
• Other theft7
• Criminal damage & arson6

2 stop & searches

Neighbourhood team: Lymington · Hampshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

327 reported road collisions (2024)

99 killed or seriously injured · 399 casualties · 18.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

171 food businesses within 2 miles

• 145 rated 4–5 ★ (126 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lymington Town (0.2 km)
• 21 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£380,310 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across New Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,241 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £862
• 2 bed £1,130
• 3 bed £1,387

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

10.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.3 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 171.9p · Asda (1.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.9p · Asda (1.7 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Barfields 2 (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches37
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

175,785 residents in New Forest · 234/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 29%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 241 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,420 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band D (23% of 83,530)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

86 schools · 21,932 pupils

54 primary · 9 secondary · 23 other

Ofsted: 22 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

67inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · New Forest

1,436 CQC-registered services

• Care homes482
• GP practices163
• Dentists325
• Homecare agencies362
• Hospitals & hospices35

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Hampshire

• In a conservation area (Lymington)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 240 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

194 applications decided

89.2% granted · 173 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Desmond Swayne

Conservative

New Forest West

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative (minority)

• Lab 1
• Con 24
• LD 14
• Grn 2
• Ref 2
• Oth 5

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,045 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

499 jobs advertised · £34,633 avg

e.g. Roadside Rescue Mechanic, Roadside Technician - Bournemouth, Mobile Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£733 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£30,441 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

41% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 81,051 certificates

9.6% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

26% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Imports 23% · Solar 12% · Wind 7%

218 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.2 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.0

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in New Forest West:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases557 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership323 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office277 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership247 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s219 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Lymington Town railway station · 0.2 km

  Lymington Town railway station serves the town of Lymington in Hampshire, England. It is 97 miles 57 chains (157.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo and is the only intermediate station on the Lymington Branch Li…

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  St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery · 0.3 km

  St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery is a local museum and art gallery in Lymington, Hampshire, England.

• Lymington power station · 0.3 km

  Lymington power station supplied electricity to the town of Lymington, Hampshire and the surrounding area from 1899 to 1959. The electricity generating station was owned and operated by a succession of electricity com…

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  Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington · 0.5 km

  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 beli…

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  Walhampton · 0.6 km

  Walhampton is a hamlet in the New Forest National Park of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Boldre. It is approximately half a mile east of Lymington, on the east bank of the Lymington River. The Solent…

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  Lymington Town Hall · 0.6 km

  Lymington Town Hall is a municipal building in Avenue Road in Lymington, a town in Hampshire, in England. The building currently accommodates the offices of Lymington and Pennington Town Council as well as the headqua…

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