Forest Side Guesthouse

In the heart of the New Forest National Park, Forest Side Guesthouse is a stunning family-run guest house, with free WiFi and free parking. Lyndhurst is a few minutes’ walk away.

Each room is individually designed and offer views over the New Forest. The guest bedrooms have a TV and DVD player, a mini fridge, hospitality trays, a hairdryer and complimentary luxury toiletries.

The guesthouse has retained many of its Victorian features and boasts a wooden staircase, stained glass windows, high ceilings and original fireplaces.

Overlooking the gardens, the elegant dining room has a period fireplace and high ceilings. There is also a guest lounge with a TV and a DVD player. Guests can also enjoy the sun garden.

A traditional English breakfast is served every morning, cooked to order with products that are locally sourced where available from small family businesses.

Information about the host

Forest Side Guesthouse offers accommodation in Lyndhurst. Situated opposite the open forest, enjoying views over to Bolten's Bench and the freely wandering New Forest ponies, donkeys and cattle, you can appreciate all the charms that the New Forest has to offer on your doorstep. Our guesthouse has retained many of its Victorian features and boasts a splendid wooden staircase, beautiful stained glass windows, high ceilings and original fireplaces. Each of our six bedrooms are spacious and bright and have each been elegantly and individually designed with your comfort in mind. With views over the New Forest, each room offers you a relaxing, luxurious environment so that you may indulge yourself whilst enjoying your perfect retreat or business break. Begin your day with our scrumptious, cooked to order, traditional English breakfast, all of products are locally sourced where available from small family businesses. Our sun garden offers a chance to unwind after a day ‘out and about’ exploring or why not relax in our cosy guest lounge. With private on-site parking and less than a 5-minute stroll into village of Lyndhurst, you are centrally located to enjoy the New Forest.

We are David and Rosetta, the owners of the Forest Side Guesthouse, and between us we have over 39 years’ experience within the hospitality industry. Following numerous visits to the New Forest National Park, and having a shared passion for the outdoors, hiking and cycling, we recently relocated from Jersey, Channel Islands to the New Forest so that we may realise our ultimate dream guesthouse venture. With us we bring personality, a sense of humour and most importantly 'heart' to what we want to achieve - a family run guesthouse that we can open up and share with people like you so that you may experience the freedom and charm of all the New Forest National Park has to offer. We are ‘doers’ and together we are passionate and deeply invested in our new home and guesthouse. We aim to provide a personal touch, to deliver over and above your expectation of a perfect break whether that be a weekend or extended stay, celebration, anniversary, business trip or some simple and well-deserved ‘time out’. Please visit our website and browse our Forest Side Story Blog and Calendar of Events for more information and advice on planning your trip to the New Forest National Park.

Known as the ‘capital’ of The New Forest, Lyndhurst is a charming village with lots of independent and delightful shops, tea rooms, restaurants and pubs. With nearby hamlets of Bank, Emery Down and Swan Green, you are sure to enjoy all the delights that our exciting bustling village life has to offer. Forest Side Guesthouse is proudly positioned opposite Bolten’s Bench, Lyndhurst’s celebrated local landmark and picturesque yew capped hillock. Here the giant yew tree delights in views over towards the centre of the village and the open forest beyond. Bolten’s Bench, which according to local folklore, was originally the corpse of a dragon slayed by a valiant knight, attracts many visitors who affectionately splendour in the delights of the New Forest ponies, donkeys and cattle grazing on the open lawns. It is fair to say that the true pleasure of the New Forest is simply ‘being’ in the moment, among the freely roaming ponies, cattle, donkeys and deer. If existing in nature is what you are looking for, then the New Forest has everything that you could ask for and with over 140 miles of tracks to explore, the New Forest truly is a tranquil haven.