Lymington RNLI welcomes fundraising boost from care home residents

Colten Care's Belmore Lodge presents cheque to Lymington RNLI 

Saving lives at sea was the theme of the day as RNLI fundraisers from a Hampshire care home visited their local lifeboat station. Four residents of Colten Care’s Belmore Lodge in Lymington took a minibus trip across town to meet some of the 21 volunteers whose vital work they support. 

The hosts explained how the Lymington crew has responded to more than 110 callouts in the past two years, with an official ‘pager alert to launch’ target of just six minutes.

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Looking for childcare in Lymington and the New Forest?

School holidays are great! Except when you have to work.

Updated 13 February 2019

Finding things for the children to do whilst you are working can be a real chore. In a bid to try and make things slightly easier for you, here is a summary of holiday children that is usually on offer in and around Lymington.

Start planning your school holidays now - you will generally find that activity days get booked up well in advance.

Do get in touch with us if you know of any other holiday childcare

What’s on in Lymington and the New Forest over Half Term

Things to do during the February school holidays in the New Forest area 

There are lots of exciting things to do in the New Forest, Lymington and surrounding areas this February half term. Here's our guide of what's on locally for visitors and locals. For those having to juggle work with school holidays, we have information about holiday childcare .

To see what's on day by day, take a look at our Events Calendar  for the Lymington, New Milton and New Forest area. Remember, if you're organising a local event

Lymington's Golf Centre and Adventure Golf open to all

Nine hole golf course open to non members and new miniature adventure course for children and adults

Does everybody know about this fabulous and friendly golf facility on the edge of Lymington? Whether you're local or visiting the area, Lymington Golf Centre and New Forest Adventure Golf offer the perfect day out. 

Lymington Golf Centre consists of a 9 hole golf course with fabulous views of the Solent and beyond, which is open to non members on a pay and play basis at very reasonable rates. In 2018 the adventure golf

Lymington.com Recipe for February:  Chinese Soy Pork

Fiona Hill from Real Food Catering gives us a simple, tasty, seasonal recipe for February

"Chinese soy pork is not only a family favourite but also a family affair: my daughter has improved my original recipe and we love it even more now!  And for Chinese New Year of the Pig, what better way to celebrate right now - the best news of all is that this is a really simple recipe too.

You can make this recipe with either chops, tenderloin or like me for the Lymington Rotary club a whole loin.

You

Need a new carpet? Try the fabulous new Greendale ranges

At John Cooper Carpets, Lymington and New Forest stockist for Greendale Carpets

John Cooper Carpets is the local stockist for Greendale Carpets in Lymington and the New Forest, and your local, friendly, expert supplier of top quality competitively priced carpets and flooring.

Greendale Carpets & Floorings is a multi-million pound, member owned flooring cooperative cooperative, a not-for-profit mutual trading company with over 140 independent retail store members. It supplies over 200 ranges of carpet (containing over 6500 colours) including wool twists, loop piles, velvets and super soft touch Saxony’s covering all price ranges.  

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Will your beneficiaries inherit more than you bargained for?

The importance of a will which reflects your precise wishes!

A good will should reflect your wishes, be valid and ensure that your estate is distributed in the way that you want. In England and Wales, you can leave your estate to whomever you like e.g. relatives, charities and pets.

Wills can also include unusual last requests or funeral instructions. 

Your beneficiaries may however inherit more than you bargained for!

However, this freedom can come at a price, as some wills can cause family disputes or cause claims to be made

Town Council presents first Community 'Big Pot' Grants for 2019.

£10,000 awards for the New Forest Disability Information Service and St Mark's Parish Church

Lymington & Pennington's Town Mayor Anne Corbridge has presented Community 'Big Pot' Grants to two very worthwhile local causes, the New Forest Disability Information Service and St Mark's Parish Church Council.

The Community ‘Big Pot’ Awards form part of a grant set up over the course of two financial years. A total of £100,000 has been allocated from monies received by the Town Council from the Buckland Farm development scheme. The Town Council has approved that

The Montagu Arms recruits new head chef from one of the world’s best restaurants

New Forest restaurant sees return of Matthew Whitfield as they bid au revoir to Matt Tomkinson.

Luxury New Forest hotel The Montagu Arms has announced the appointment of new head chef Matthew Whitfield, who returns to the UK after working at one of the world’s top restaurants.

Matthew joins the award-winning Terrace restaurant fresh from the three-Michelin-Star Eleven Madison Park in New York – currently ranked fourth in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list.

The famed EMP has been in the top five of the world’s restaurants