The club was established in 1876 as Lymington Football Club. They entered the
Hampshire League in 1903, joining the West Division, but left at the end of the 1903–04 season. The club rejoined the West Division in 1910, but left after finishing bottom of the division in their first season, losing all but one of their games. They were members of both sections again the following season, before playing in only the West Section in 1924–25. In 1953–54 the club finished bottom of Division One and were relegated to Division Two, and were subsequently relegated to Division Three at the end of the 1956–57 season, having finished bottom of Division Two. However, they were Division Three runners-up the following season and were promoted back to Division Two. They won the Division Three title in 1967–68, earning promotion back to Division Two. In 1977–78 they finished bottom of Division Three, but were not relegated to Division Four; this was repeated in the 1979–80 season. They went on to finish as Division Two runners-up the following season, resulting in promotion to the Premier Division. However, when AFC Lymington merged with
New Milton Town in 1998 to form
Lymington & New Milton with the new club based in
New Milton, the Lymington club was re-established under the name Lymington Town. They were accepted into Division Three of the Hampshire League and went on to finished third in the 1998–99 season, earning promotion into the Premier Division. In 2004 the Hampshire League merged into the Wessex League, with Lymington becoming members of the new Division Two. They won the division at the
first attempt and were promoted to Division One, which was renamed the Premier Division the following season. In
2006–07 the club won the League Cup. Following the
2020–21 season, which was curtailed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, they were promoted to Division One South of the
Southern League. However, they were demoted back to the Premier Division of the Wessex League at the end of the
2022–23 season after failing to meet ground grading requirements. They went on to finish bottom of the Premier Division in
2023–24 and were relegated to Division One. ==Ground==