Where to find Bluebells near Lymington and the New Forest.

The evocative scent and vivid colour of Bluebells makes them a highlight of springtime.

Britain's favourite wild flower blooms from mid April to early May and is a precious part of our national heritage - bluebells don’t grow wild anywhere else in Europe and almost half of the world’s bluebells can be found in the UK, they’re relatively rare in the rest of the world.

Here in the New Forest we have some of the most stunning bluebell woods; the flowers love the damp, shady conditions of our ancient woodland.

Bluebell colonies take

Lymington duo scooting 120 miles for Saints Foundation

Scooter challenge raising money for a charity football tournament for disabled.

On the 26 to 29 April 2018, Lymington duo, PJ Stevens and Rob Douthwaite, will take on a 120-mile south coast scooter challenge uniting the three south coast Premier League football clubs of Brighton and Hove, Southampton, and Bournemouth. Their aim is to raise over £5,000 for a charity football tournament for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.

#FootyScoot, the four-day, long distance challenge, will see the two local dads unite the three south coast Premier League football clubs starting at

Ocean Brother Jude Massey to open Beaulieu Boat Jumble

Beaulieu's 41st Boatjumble is the largest outdoor sale of maritime items in Europe.

Beaulieu is proud to announce that Jude Massey from the Ocean Brothers will open its Boatjumble on Sunday April 22nd after completing his record-breaking row across the Atlantic. Nineteen-year-old Jude became the youngest person in the world to row any ocean in a two-person team when he and his brother Greg Bailey rowed 3,000 miles unassisted, in memory of their late father Peter Massey and to raise funds for the British Skin Foundation for skin cancer research.

After their

The truth about calling at Lymington Market

Why let the truth get in the way of a news story!

Over the last week, media has been awash with 'news' of a Lymington Market trader allegedly told not to shout about his produce after a complaint over noise. Regional and national press have gone to town on how Wayne Bellows has been ordered to turn down the noise because it is causing a nuisance.

Here is the text of a letter from Lymington and Pennington Town Council with the facts behind the story:

"I write to put the facts before your readers

Brilliant Fiona helps Colten Care residents benefit from music and arts. 

Dedicated Music and Arts professional improves residents’ wellbeing and quality of life.

And, it really works. See below. 

Professional musician, teacher and music-in-healthcare practitioner Fiona Pritchard is working across Colten Care's 20 nursing homes including the five dementia-specific care homes.

A key part of her role is to stimulate residents’ creativity and imagination through singing, playing music, drama, poetry, storytelling, dance and active listening.“I am introducing arts based approaches into everyday care and offering individualised interactions with residents based on an arts activity of interest", said Fiona. “I will use

Personal Tax Planning 2018-19

Review your tax affairs and take advantage of all available allowances.

The new tax year starts 6 April and brings a number of important changes, making it a good time to review your tax affairs to make sure that you are taking advantage of all available reliefs and allowances. This useful guide from New Forest Tax Accountants provides you with a few personal tax planning suggestions. As ever, your particular circumstances must be considered as further opportunities might be available to you.

Income Tax

For 2018-2019, the personal allowance has risen to £11,850. The level at

Welcome home to Lymington, Ocean Brothers!

Atlantic rowers, Jude Massey and Greg Bailey, were greeted by hundreds of supporters in Lymington on Good Friday.

30 March 2018

Guinness World Record Breaking Jude Massey and Greg Bailey, the Ocean Brothers , rowed home to Lymington on Good Friday, 30th March 2018. They were followed up the Lymington River by a flotilla of boats and welcomed ashore by hundreds of supporters and wellwishers, all celebrating the brothers' success in rowing unsupported across the Atlantic Ocean. Jude is now the youngest person to have rowed any ocean in a pair.  Read more about the Ocean

Things to do over Easter in and around Lymington...

Your guide to what’s on in Lymington, the New Forest and surrounding areas during the Easter holidays.

Updated April 2018

There are lots of exciting things happening in Lymington, New Milton, the New Forest and surrounding areas over the Easter weekend and throughout the Easter holidays! Here is a your lymington.com guide of things to do with the children. 

Take a look also at our Fun Days Out feature if you're looking to venture slightly further afield and also our Places to Visit section . For those having to juggle work with

Inclement weather and unexpected events -

How does your business manage these?

A short thought provoking article about how we manage operational risks to our businesses by James Dynan, James Dynan Associates

So far in 2018 we have experienced some serious weather conditions, indeed the Met Office suggests the ’beast from the east’ may return over the Easter period.

The basics of resilience planning is to face these challenges knowing you have put plans in place to “keep calm and carry on”.

How did my business cope?

For inclement weather the impact will generally be staff availability and travel disruption.

Consider

Top dog joins in thank-you celebrations at Lymington care home

Canine Partner, Mungo, helps to thank Linden House residents for charity donation.

Residents at Linden House in Lymington said hello to an ‘amazingly clever’ disability assistance dog that has transformed the life of a New Forest woman. Nine-year-old Mungo and his partner Barbara Houston visited Colten Care’s specialist dementia home, Linden House, to say thank-you for supporting the charity that brought the pair of them together. Dogs specially trained by Canine Partners live with disabled people. They perform essential tasks such as fetching food from the fridge, picking up dropped items, raising

BEACH CLEAN UP YIELDS SHOCK VOLUME OF RUBBISH AND "NURDLES"

‘Eco-Durlston’ teaches schoolchildren about environmental issues

Pupils of Durlston Court Prep School were joined by their family, friends and members of the community on Saturday 10th March to conduct a beach clean on the Highcliffe/Naish beach area. Originally planned for last week as part of the Great British Spring Clean, the event was postponed due to the snowy weather.

Organiser and teacher Mrs Sue Johnson explained “the Beach clean is part of Durlston’s eco commitment, a committee involving 2 pupils from each year group was created earlier in the year

Appetite for Adventure produces pedal power!

Greg James and Zoe Ball fuelled by Lymington business to complete Sport Relief Challenges.

Radio and television celebrity Zoe Ball recently completed her BT Sport Relief Challenge, 'Zoe’s Hardest Road Home', cycling more than 350 miles from Blackpool to Brighton in five days - and behind the scenes on her final day, bringing a taste of the great outdoors, was the Lymington and New Forest based event catering firm Appetite for Adventure.

The catering team were fresh from supporting the previous week’s Sport Relief event, 'Radio 1’s Gregathlon', where DJ Greg James was challenged to

They've done it! Lymington's Ocean brothers break world records

Youngest ocean rower in a team of two with his brother completed unsupported transatlantic row on Mothering Sunday

Ocean Brothers Jude Massey and his brother Greg Bailey have finished their gruelling unsupported 3,000-mile row across the Atlantic. They arrived in Barbados on Sunday 11 March after spending 53 days at sea and were welcomed by their mother, author Alexandra Massey, making her the perfect Mothering Sunday!

The brothers have been rowing to raise money for the British Skin Foundation to fund vital skin cancer research, and in memory of Jude's father (Greg's step-father)

Friday friends connecting New Forest generations.

Brockenhurst Primary School and Woodpeckers care home share companionship and laughter.

Schoolchildren and nursing home residents in the New Forest are finding friendship together under a new initiative designed to bridge the generation gap.

Pupils from Brockenhurst Primary School have begun making weekly trips to nearby Woodpeckers care home to socialise with elderly residents, find out about their lives and share companionship and laughter.

The children, aged eight, nine and ten, are paired up with a ‘buddy’ resident each Friday, with the visitors and hosts taking turns to suggest a shared activity. Initial meetings