Overview
A charming 18th Century coaching Inn, the dog-friendly Bell Inn has 26 dog-friendly bedrooms and is nestled in the heart of the New Forest - the perfect playground for your dog. With miles of open heathland, wonderful walking trails and gorgeous countryside for you and your hound to explore all around you.
The hotel is both characterful and stylish with quirky corners, oak panelling and wood beamed ceilings. There's a cosy bar, perfect for chilling out after a busy day of dog walks, where you can order from the main restaurant menu which offers the best of British seasonal menu and is renowned for its home-cooked Sunday roasts.
Golf loving dog owners will be delighted to know that there are two 18 hole golf courses on site. There is also a fitness suite as well as various beauty treatments available.
What Your Dog Can Expect At This Dog-Friendly Hotel
Super dog-welcoming, the hotel offers doggie guests a map with walking trails and a doggie menu. Enjoy walks from the doorstep and visit the year round dog-friendly beaches including Eling and Goatee beach or you can go to Lymighton and take a ferry to the Isle of Wight. This property also features Adaptil calming rooms with wellbeing guides, and calming communal spaces using Adaptil Calm Diffusers, Adaptil Travel Sprays at reception, and Douxo Calm Shampoos to borrow for mucky pups. Paws at the ready!
Highlights
- English Coaching Inn in the heart of the New Forest
- Award winning restaurant with exquisite food
- Beauty treatment rooms and fitness suite available
Pooch perks
- The hotel offers doggie guests a map with walking trails and a dog menu
- Adaptil Calming Rooms with wellbeing guides, calming communal spaces, and Douxo Calm Shampoos to borrow
- 140 miles of walking trails in the New Forest to explore
Bow wow factor
The hotel is very dog-welcoming with a doggie menu, walking maps and welcome pack plus more than 140 miles of tracks and footpaths in the New Forest for you and your dog to navigate.
All the 26 individually designed bedrooms and suites are dog-friendly. All the rooms are designed with characterful features like wooden beams and casement windows combined with super comfortable beds and some rooms with access onto the grounds.
Exclusive Offers
Dine with Your Dog
You can dine with your dog in the bar area which features dog snacks, a doggie dining menu, and the option to order from the restaurant menu. Or if you would rather leave your dog in the room you can dine in the restaurant which serves a British menu made from Hampshire's finest ingredients including slow cooked pork belly and pan seared bass fillet. Smaller bites are also available and there are themed evenings with steak and wine on Tuesdays and Fish and Fizz on Fridays.
Need to know
The Bell Inn, Bramshaw Reviews
- 40 reviews
- Member since 2015
Lyndhurst, New Forest, Hampshire, SO43 7HE
One step away from exceptional
Great hotel and staff were excellent. We were there for a short break with family
Only downside was the unaval8bity of a room for guests to relax in.
There was a lovely lounge but it was in use for meetings most of our stay.
Stay at The Bell Inn
We paid a whopping 620.00 for our 2 nights including dinner for 140 across the 2 nights for my wife and I.
We booked a deluxe room, it was anything but, very tired and very noisy. No soap in the bath / shower. Mattress on one of the beds was like a canoe, overall room was really disappointing and certainly not deluxe.
Food was quite good but a limited menu, especially starters. Service first night in restaurant was poor and yet the hotel thinks it's acceptable to add a service charge to your bill. Bill was also incorrect when we went to pay.
My wife and I have had a very challenging year and this was meant to be a much earned treat but we feel we were misold and massively let down. Very poor value for money
Stayed in room 22
Our 2 night stay in the New Forest
Our stay was OK. Food was good.
We didn t realise that the hotel was probably best suited for golfers and dog lovers!
My wife has asthma and suffered for a couple of days.
The bathroom shower needs updating.
This was a special offer at a 4* hotel - it didn t feel like it.
Map & Directions
Address
Brook
Lyndhurst
New Forest
Hampshire
SO43 7HE
How to get here
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Location & Local Attractions
You are thoroughly spoilt for choice with all the fabulous walks through the New Forest as well as straight from the door including the circular walk to The Rufus Stone which is surrounded by green fields and woodland trails and to the delightful village of Minstead - both are circular walks of about 7 miles long. There's also a lovely walk from Beaulieu to Bucklers Hard or take a coastal walk from Lymington to Milton on Sea. Or why not catch a dog-friendly ferry at Lymington which takes you to the Isle of Wight.
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