| Official Name: | Lyminster |
| Static Image Name: | Lyminster StMaryMagdalene NE.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | St Mary Magdalene parish church |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.87 |
| Population: | 369 |
| Population Ref: | (2011 Census)[2] |
| Population Density: | 60/km2 |
| Os Grid Reference: | TQ025047 |
| Coordinates: | 50.833°N -0.546°W |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Civil Parish: | Lyminster and Crossbush |
| Shire District: | Arun |
| Shire County: | West Sussex |
| Region: | South East England |
| Country: | England |
| Post Town: | Littlehampton |
| Postcode Area: | BN |
| Postcode District: | BN17 |
| Dial Code: | 01903 |
| Constituency Westminster: | Arundel and South Downs |
| London Distance: | NNE |
| Website: | Lyminster and Crossbush Parish Council |
Lyminster is a village that is the main settlement of Lyminster and Crossbush civil parish, in the Arun District of West Sussex, England. It borders, to the south, Littlehampton, which has its town centre 2miles away.
The Church of England parish church of St Mary Magdalene is an 11th-century Saxon building and a Grade I listed building, the highest grading in the national system.
According to the Hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript the village is the burial place of Saint Cuthflæd of Lyminster.[4] [5]
Just to the north of the village is a knuckerhole which, according to folklore, was home to a dragon, the Knucker.The church contains a tombstone called the Slayer's Slab, supposed to be from the tomb of the dragonslayer.[6]