Get pampered and fed in style in the New Forest

Soak up the country life at the new Lime Wood country house hotel in the New Forest, with fabulous rooms and luxury dining.

Lime Wood in the New Forest may have been open for only 18 months, but it has already attracted devoted followers. Sophie Dahl and Jamie Cullum even got married there. I can see why since my visit last month I've been recommending it to just about everyone. The reason it is so popular is best summed up by Fiona Duncan in The Daily Telegraph it "bridges the gap between the tweedy traditional country house of yore and taxingly cool Babington and its ilk".

The hotel has been created from the shell of a Georgian house in a secluded location on the edge of the New Forest. The bedrooms in the main building boast large inviting beds and en-suite bathrooms filled with luxury products. There are also plenty of individually styled rooms in the other buildings that dot the grounds. The pavilions, for example, offer freestanding baths in bay windows and fabulous views of the forest. Meanwhile, the Crescent rooms have back doors that lead straight into the forest and fabulous open fireplaces. For families, on the other hand, the Coach House's interconnecting rooms are ideal.

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