Forest Lodge Hotel

The Forest Lodge Hotel was built in 1820 and was used as a hunting box by King George IV. The hotel retains much of its Georgian architecture and stands in its own grounds. It is located on the outskirts of the village of Lyndhurst in the heart of The New Forest in Hampshire. It is part of a chain of 4 hotels that come under the banner of New Forest Country House Hotels. This means that each hotel can be centrally booked and have the same cost and promotions. The guests have use of the other hotels’ facilities but this is not that relevant as, even though they are all in The New Forest, they are not exactly round the corner from each other and anyway the facilities are ...  Read the complete review

The Forest Lodge Hotel, just on the edge of the town of Lyndhurst is one of a group of four hotels called collectively, the Care Hotels. The other three in the group are the Beauleiu, which is situated in the heart of the New Forest, isolated form all the humdrum of life, The Bartley Lodge Hotel, situated at Cadnam, on the main Southampton to Lyndhurst road, and the Moorhill House Hotel, at Burley near Ringwood. All four hotels are RAC and AA three star rated. My husband and I have stayed twice at the Forest Lodge, so this opinion will concentrate on that hotel, although my daughter assures me that the Beauleiu is just as good! The group call themselves ...  Read the complete review