Sea Salt & Smuggling Town Walk, followed by Afternoon Tea

Join us for an afternoon of tales of smuggling and rogueing!

Take this walk along the waterfront and find out how important the river has always been to the town. Before the 1960s and the coming of tourists to Lymington, the Quay was a very rough working area. Ships brought coal to fuel the sea salt industry and shipped the salt out to ports all over the world. Smugglers plied their trade, and in the 1700s the writer Daniel Defoe visited and reported that the town was "teeming with smugglers and all sorts of desperados".

Lymington also tried its hand at being a spa with fashionable salt water bathing. Bath Road is so called because it led to the Baths and we walk its length to see the old Bath House at the end of the walk.

Enjoy an afternoon tea back at the Club with homemade scones and cakes!

Last updated 12:25am on 27 April 2026