Milford-on-Sea is a large village and civil parish, situated about 3 miles south of Lymington. The parish had a population of 4,36 in the 2021 Census. Large parts of the economy are made up from tourism and businesses for rather prosperous retirees, as well as the care sector. Businesses include restaurants, cafés, tea rooms, small shops, garden centres, pubs and more. Shops are clustered on a small high street, which fronts a village green. The shingle beaches are accessible by flights of steps down from the car parks and paths along the clifftop. When the seas are calm, bathing is favourable as tides are rather weak for the coast at this point and thin sandbanks appear at low water. The eastern end of the beaches culminates in Hurst Castle, a 16th-century defensive fort with later modifications, which has a museum, visitor tour rides and amenities for tourists. Originally, Milford was a Saxon settlement, and at the time of the Domesday Book there were two separate estates in Milford. At a later date, three separate manors were evolved from these estates and were eventually known as Milford Montagu, Milford Barnes and Milford Baddesley. The manor of Milford Montagu was held of