Where to eat out in the New Forest this Christmas

Local venues for gatherings with family and friends - plus winter walks to enjoy afterwards!

It's a pleasure to eat out sometimes over the Christmas period - give the host and hostess a break and everybody a chance to have a really good chat while someone else does the cooking. Lots of our favourite New Forest restaurants and pubs have special festive special menus for Christmas suitable for all celebratory occasions with family or friends. And some of these restaurants and pubs are also in brilliant locations either with their own grounds to explore

Lymington's fabulous home interiors and furnishings boutique

Starboard Home is a treasure trove of stylish inspiration - a shopping experience not to be missed!

As you wander down the historic cobbled Lymington Hill on your way to the town quay, Starboard Home beckons you to peer inside. Arranged over three floors, the gorgeous and affordable selection of home furnishings, clothing, accessories and gifts are beautifully displayed and wherever you turn you will see something you would like!

Starboard Home owners, Sarah and Nick, source everything personally for style, quality and desirability; they only stock garments they would like to wear, gifts they would

Lymington's sailing club for children, run by children

Salterns Sailing Club, established in 1960 provides children with a safe haven to learn sailing, racing and running a club.

When walking from Lymington to Keyhaven around the nature reserve, you will pass Eight Acre Pond. If you're lucky, you'll see a few dinghies out on the water - this is Salterns Sailing Club, a club for children that is run by children. 

During the late 1950s Major Tony Hibbert MBE MC (1917-2014) had an 8 acre salt pan on his land dredged out to a depth of 3 feet to provide a

Amazing support for new charity ‘Olivia Inspires’

Organisations and individuals across the New Forest are supporting new Milford on Sea based charity 

Organisations and individuals from across the New Forest and further afield are supporting a new charity ‘Olivia Inspires’. The charity has been founded to enable the spirit of Olivia Burt to live on by helping young people in the New Forest to develop their potential.

The most recent support has come from Curie House at Bournemouth School for Girls, Olivia’s house at the school where she was head girl. Curie House has made Olivia inspires their charity of

New Forest Aromatics launch nature's care for Help for Heroes

New Forest Aromatics and Sinah Common Honey unveil a new 100% natural skin balm supporting WiSP

The healing power of propolis is now available in a new 100% natural skin balm from New Forest Aromatics, supporting Help for Heroes.

This fabulous new product will be available this coming Saturday, 16 November, at the  New Forest Aromatic’s Open Day at Setley Ridge near Brockenhurst, where you'll find oodles of heavenly New Forest Aromatics gifts and special offers. There will also be the opportunity to find out more about how New Forest Aromatics make

Young sailors’ 24 Hour Sail and Big Brunch for Children in Need

21st year raising funds for Children in Need at Lymington’s Salterns Sailing Club for children, run by children 

The children of Salterns Sailing Club will again be raising funds for the BBC Children in Need appeal on 15th and 16th November with a 24 hour ‘Sail-a-thon.’ 

This is the 21st year that Lymington’s sailing club for children will be supporting Children in Need and all are invited on Saturday morning to The Big Salterns Brunch at the clubhouse in Maiden Lane, where the Junior Committee and their helpers

Ballard School: investing in education in the New Forest

Ballard is currently inviting exceptional pupils to apply for their new scholarship programme.

Ballard School, award-winning, independent and co-educational day school, provides a 'holistic curriculum' for children aged 2 to 16 years. Rated 'Excellent and Outstanding' by ISI and OFSTED, Ballard combines academic excellence and rigour with many opportunities across STEM, the arts, sport and everyday life.

Inspirational teaching team

The inspirational teaching staff 'go the extra mile', taking time to get to know each child. From the beginning of the Ballard journey, their teachers seek out each child’s spark and help them

Colten Care home chefs do battle for title of star baker

 The exceptional home chefs are a huge part of Colten Care’s success, as illustrated by exceptional bakes in fun competition!

Eighteen Chefs from Colten Care's homes, including Lymington and Sherborne, Chichester and Ferndown, were amongst those who accepted the challenge of creating an original and spectacular cake. The resulting confections - ranging from a Pumpkin and Pecan cake, to a Liverpool FC-themed sponge and even a chocolate and bacon cake, were exhibited and judged at Colten Care’s newest home, Bourne View in Poole.

Fergus Davitt, Colten hotel services manager said:

The Difference is in the Detail with Crestwood Kitchens

November Focus on Bampton Kitchen

The kitchen showroom at Crestwood of Lymington is really inspirational. Take a wander around the impressive selection on display, open doors and drawers and whilst there take a look at the vast range of styles, colours and configurations. 

Whether you are planning a new kitchen right now or simply looking for ideas and advice, you'll be delighted with the range of styles, colours and options available to you and on display in Lymington.

A collection of simple yet sophisticated kitchens

A deceptively simple design, Bampton has