Stayed for a weekend at Ploughman's Cottage, it's a lovely spot with a sprawling, mature garden, a large, bright eat-in kitchen, wild horses all around and a decent pub/restaurant next door. We were 8 adults and all managed to get a good nights sleep. Apart from eating and drinking and catching up, there's great cycling nearby on quiet, rolling country roads, and the swimming at Milford is lovely, if a little bracing in early May. Check-in and check-out was seamless. The team at New Forest Escapes very kindly posted back a jacket which one of us left behind. Highly recommended.

Lovely place to stay centrally based for quite a few of the main hubs in The New Forest and the coast being around 20 to 30 mins away. There is a local beach as well which is around a mile from the house that’s actually great fun for exploring with the kids and a very easy walk. My only comment would be if your dog likes to escape and run off this is not a closed garden so plenty of places for them to scarper! Thankfully ours is very obedient so no issues for us but just to make people aware. That’s literally the only downside, as apart from that it’s a blissfully quiet place with with plenty of local walks to suffice.

Beautiful cottage in a quiet village close to nearby Lymington, ferry and train services, and next door a lovely little country pub. The house is super cute with a tranquil garden perfect for our family getaway.

Perfect place for a family to stay, excellent beds, very well equipped house, tremendous garden for children and good pub next door. Jane at New Forest Escapes who was brilliant and very helpful with ‘ things to do’ in the locality. A wonderful place for a family gathering.

This was a gorgeous, stylish and fun house, perfect for celebrating my sisters 40th with family, including the young children. Great pub literally next door and a nice walk to the beach and short drive to Lymington. Rachel at New Forest Escapes is fantastic.

We were three families with young kids (5 kids under 4) and we had a lovely time. The outdoor spaces are great for young kids and the location near enough to London not to be a chore and with a raft of local activities - the 3 year olds went on a 1 hour hack at nearby stables and we all went to the beach one day too, plus seeing the ponies of the New Forest (not so easy to see from the car seats though) ;-)

A wonderful 4 night stay at Ploughman's Cottage. Plenty of space for running around for our busy 3 year old and plenty of comfort for our 6 month old including high chairs and toys etc. Great location, near to a lovely secluded beach and what more could you ask with a lovely pub next door. Would definitely stay again and absolutely recommend.

We had a weekend family party, small children through to birthday boy who was 70. Everyone had such a good time, the house is so welcoming and comfortable. Keeping small children happy is key to everyone else being able to relax so finding a hoard of toys is a good start. A large and random collection of crockery and glassware also suggests that a slight accident isn't going to destroy the matching set! We spent most of our waking hours in the house in the kitchen diner, round the table chatting, eating and enjoying the view through the huge window into the garden. We really enjoyed the quiet surroundings, and the East End Arms next door was a bonus for our celebratory meal. We would all like to go back.