Need to know

Rooms

58, including 23 suites.

Rates

£250–£1,015, including taxes and service charge. Continental breakfast costs £20 a person.

Check-out

Midday. Later check-out can be arranged, subject to availability and a charge.

Facilities

Nine-hole golf course, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, croquet lawn, mountain bike loan, jogging tracks, spa, gym, DVD/CD library. In-room amenities: flatscreen TV, B&O sound system, DVD/video player, iPod dock, minibar, free WiFi throughout.

Poolside

With heated pools indoors and out, as well as Europe’s largest hydrotherapy pool in the spa, Chewton Glen is ideal for aquatic lounging. The large ozone-treated indoor pool, with its soft-blue sky-painted ceiling, offers great views of the gardens.

Children

Chewton Glen welcomes all ages. Babysitting can be arranged and there’s a Playstation and a cupboard of games.

Also

Pets are not allowed, but the hotel is happy to sort out board at reputable kennels nearby. Call in advance if you intend to arrive via helicopter – there's only room for three on the helipad.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

We love the gorgeous and contemporary Masterman Ready Suite with its artful combinations of antique and contemporary furniture and the panoramic garden views from the sun terrace. Room 21 – the Poachers Suite – is a refined classic-contemporary master suite with a private study, dressing room, pretty bronze mosaic tiles in the bathroom and slick double walk-in shower, as well as a wall-mounted bathroom TV. All rooms and suites at Chewton Glen are individually styled, smart and spacious with twin sinks and a walk-in shower. Most have a balcony, terrace or garden.

Packing tips

Beach towels and swimwear – the sea is only a short, countryside stroll away so pack a picnic and make an afternoon of it.

Also

As well as the hefty catalogue of activities that Chewton Glen can arrange on site, the hotel can also organise shooting, fishing and sailing jaunts.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Marryat – named after author and guest Captain Frederick Marryat – has earned plaudits from Egon Ronay, rosettes from the AA and envy from hundreds of chefs across the Continent – its classic British menu is an essential gastro-experience.

Dress code

Gents in jackets; ladies in lace.

Top table

Close to the window so you can marvel at the extensive manicured gardens and revel in a New Forest sunset.

Last orders

Food orders are taken in the Marryat restaurant from 12.30pm to 2.30pm for lunch and 7.30pm to 9.30pm for dinner. The bar offers food, drink and good cheer until there’s no one left to enjoy them.

Room service

Meals, snacks and drinks are available to enjoy in-room 24 hours a day.

Hotel bar

A burgundy-walled, leather-armchaired, gentleman’s club of a hidey-hole, the hotel’s bar is the definitive brandy-and-cigars den – except it’s non-smoking these days, so just brandy then.

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If you’d prefer to talk to someone, or you’re having trouble booking online, ring our travel team on 0845 034 0700 (+44 20 8987 4312 from outside the UK). We guarantee you’ll get the best available rates, and we don’t charge a booking fee.

Chewton Glen

New Milton, Hampshire