Escape the everyday
Make the most of the last days of summer with quiet times just for you, get togethers for friends and picnics with loved ones. Request our rundown of picnic places and local produce markets.
Quiet times; Turn off the mobile and chill
A peaceful garden and a pony for company at the gate. Pour the chardonnay and settle down with a good book. Leafy Screen Cottage, sleeps 4.
Beaulieu River View, the most perfect bolt hole just for two, live your own tales of the river bank, totally quiet apart from the odd duck, the chug of the scallop boat and the gentle breeze through the trees.
Under The Thatch, ideal weekend get together;
No more treats until Christmas? Book a break Under The Thatch as an antidote to busy urban life. Both these holiday cottage have oodles of history, but not short on 21st. Century creature comforts.
Old Thatch at Burley sleeps 7. Huge reception room and separate TV snug to watch the game.
Bay Tree Cottage at Pilley sleeps 6, a kitchen to die for, ensuite bedrooms and lots more.
Picnics with loved ones
Ideal for the families with pre school little ones, Holmfield House at Lyndhurst. Shop at Beaulieu Farm shop and picnic at nearby Hatchet pond.
Don't forget the New Forest farmers markets and weekly street markets, Lymington Saturdays. Ringwood Wednesdays.
