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Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

Open accessin a National Nature Reserve open to the public

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Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary is one of 105 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire. It is among the largest in the county. The surrounding countryside is part of the New Forest National Park.

Norley Copse and Meadow and Headon Warren and West High Down are among the SSSIs within 3.1 km. Lymington Pier Station is under a kilometre away.

More places to visit near Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

Photo of the New Forest, a National Park in England.Iconic

New Forest

You’re inside itNational Park near Lyndhurst

Ancient wood pasture and heathland where commoners' ponies still roam free.

Photo of Lymington Sea Water Baths, a lido in Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Lymington Sea Water Baths

Lido near Lymington

Seawater baths of 1833 on the Lymington River, one of the oldest open-air baths in Britain, looking out to the Isle of Wight.

0.3 km N

Photo of Lymington, a village in Hampshire, south east England.Highlight

Lymington

Village

Georgian sailing town with a cobbled quay.

1.1 km NW · Hampshire

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Isle of Wight

Island near Shorwell

Chalk downs ending at the Needles, Osborne and Carisbrooke Castle, dinosaur-fossil coasts and sailing at Cowes, a short ferry from the mainland

1.3 km S

Photo along the King Charles III England Coast Path, a 2,700-mile National Trail in England.

King Charles III England Coast Path

National Trail

One path around a whole country — beach, clifftop and seawall the entire way round England's coast, opening stretch by stretch.

2 km S · spans 24 counties

Photo of Yarmouth, a village in the Isle of Wight, south east England.Highlight

Yarmouth

Village

Tiny harbour town where the Lymington ferry lands, with Henry VIII's last coastal fort and a timber pier from 1876

3.7 km SE · Isle of Wight