The spa and its 2 pools
Staying guests have the pools, the hydrotherapy pool, sauna, steam room and gym included; visitors come in on a package, from £150 a head for an evening.
Chewton Glen
Chewton Glen is an 18th-century house at New Milton in Hampshire, on the edge of the New Forest, with 14 treehouses, each with a hot tub on its deck, a spa with 2 pools and a woodland path to the sea.
A week here, month by monthFor staying put on the estate with children or a dog, Chewton Glen starts at £477 a night for 2 adults over consecutive nights in December 2026: the lowest seller’s price on Google. Anyone wanting a town to stroll after dinner, or the sea below the window, should look elsewhere.
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The treehouse for 2
I would ask for the Treehouse Studio Suite: 61 m² for 2 among the trees, open-plan, with a wraparound terrace, its own hot tub and the New Forest around it.
December nights hold steady
From 13 to 15 December 2026, single nights for 2 adults hold at £477–£481 on Google, read 15 October 2026. The week of 18 to 24 November swings from £406 to £644; the dearest night shown, 7 November 2026, is £1,785.
The dog’s nightly charge
A dog adds £35 per dog per night. Dogs are welcome in a selection of rooms, including the treehouses, the suites with hot tub and the ground-floor Croquet Lawn Rooms, and the hotel asks you to confirm that room with its team before booking.
What Chewton Glen is
Chewton Glen is best enjoyed inside its 130 acres. In the morning the woodland path through Chewton Bunny reaches the beach between Highcliffe and Barton-on-Sea in about 20 minutes; the afternoon belongs to the spa, with its 17-metre indoor pool between the columns, the hydrotherapy pool and, from April to October, the heated outdoor pool. In between come croquet, a 9-hole par-3 golf course, indoor tennis and the cookery school.
The 14 treehouses stand on stilts in a wooded valley away from the house, each with a hot tub on the deck, a wood burner and breakfast brought to the door. For a family the hotel suggests the Loft Suite, 85 m² for 2 adults and 4 children; The Yews sleeps 4 adults and 8 children. One rule matters: under-17s may not use the deck hot tubs, nor the spa’s sauna, steam room or hydrotherapy pool.
In the house, rooms run from 30 m² Garden Rooms to the 83 m² Marryat Suite, and between 2024 and 2026 several guests found some rooms tired, Garden and Estate Rooms among them, and the spa’s pool area too. Dinner is The Dining Room, with many ingredients from the Kitchen Garden less than 100 yards away, or The Kitchen, James Martin’s more relaxed restaurant, 5 to 7 minutes’ walk away. There is no lift: anyone who needs the ground floor asks when booking.
In the Lumina Guide
Lumina Guide 2027
Chewton Glen is an 18th-century house at New Milton in Hampshire, on the edge of the New Forest, with 14 treehouses, each with a hot tub on its deck, a spa with 2 pools and a woodland path to the sea.
Distinctions
Those who come back
Among the hotel’s regulars, 4 write of stays in the treehouses, one for a sixth time and another for a second year running. A guest writing in July 2024 comes back for the grounds and the bar, and always takes a suite. A guest who stayed regularly before their son was born wrote in July 2019 that what they valued had been looked after, with many new features added. A guest writing in November 2025 notes the newly refurbished bar and lounges. And a guest who has spent several Christmases and summers here advises booking afternoon tea in advance.
- 14 of the 1,010 reviews with text state a repeat stay
- From a second stay to an eighth
- One couple has stayed and visited for 15 years
Counted only reviews that state an earlier stay at Chewton Glen; spa days, lunches and afternoon teas alone are left out.
Our reading, point by point
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
Location
On the edge of the New Forest, the sea 20 minutes on foot
Character
An 18th-century house tied to the Marryats, a hotel since the post-war years
Rooms
15 types from 30 to 109 m², in the house, the Coach House and the treehouses
Food and social life
The Dining Room, James Martin’s The Kitchen and afternoon tea
Wellness
A 17-metre pool, hydrotherapy, 12 treatment rooms and indoor tennis
The stay as a whole
For staying put on the estate, with children or a dog
The 5 things that matter, as guests tell them
What do Chewton Glen’s guests say? They write it in their reviews, even those who only came for a drink or dinner: we read every one and tell the 5 things that matter, from the location to the bill.
Location
Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests write about the lawns and gardens, the quiet, and the woodland path through Chewton Bunny that reaches the beach in about 20 minutes.
Room
8 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests like the spacious, quiet rooms and the treehouses; some describe Garden and Estate Rooms as tired, with dated bathrooms and furnishings.
Staff and service
8 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Many thank the staff by name, at afternoon tea, at breakfast and at the treehouses; on busy days some describe waits at tea and breakfast.
Breakfast
6 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Guests like the dishes cooked to order, the fresh pastries and, in the treehouses, the hamper left at the door; on busy mornings some mention late coffee and slow service.
Price
Those who come for afternoon tea or a spa evening find it money well spent; those who find the bill high cite the drinks, dinner and the service charge on top of an expensive room.
The numbers, and how we count them
| What | Score out of 10 | Guests who mention it | Happy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | 8.6 | 123 | 96% |
| Room | 7.6 | 78 | 79% |
| Staff and service | 8.2 | 416 | 81% |
| Breakfast | 6.3 | 54 | 59% |
| Price | – | 80 | 40% |
The scores come from 500 Google reviews with text, left from 21 June 2022 to 14 October 2026. The other hotels are the ones weighed for a stay in the New Forest: for each we read its latest 500 Google reviews with text, or all of them where there are fewer, as of 15 October 2026. The score is the average of what they say, from 0 if they speak of it very badly to 10 if they speak of it very well. Where only a few mention something, the score stays close to the guide’s average: a handful of voices does not make a reputation.
The hotels we weigh it against in the New Forest:
- Lime Wood
- Rhinefield House
- Careys Manor
- The Montagu Arms
- Four Seasons Hampshire
Price: for two on the night of 14 December 2026, from £477 (seen on Google Hotels on 15 October 2026).
What a night costs, season by season
From 16 October 2026 to 23 April 2027, single nights for 2 adults run from £406 to £811, and from 25 June to 8 September 2027 from £445 to £803. I would avoid 24 April to 1 May 2027, when a single night reaches £1,466.
| Period | Pounds a night |
|---|---|
| 16 Oct. 2026–23 Apr. 2027 | 406–811 |
| 24 April to 1 May 2027 | 425–1,466 |
| 2 May to 24 June 2027 | 510–880 |
| 25 June to 8 September 2027 | 445–803 |
The lowest price any seller showed on Google Hotels for one night searched alone, for 2 adults, read 15 October 2026; no room or meal plan is specified. The calendar stops on 8 September 2027. Lone dear nights stand apart: £1,785 on 7 November 2026, then £1,267 on 26 November and £1,240 on 21 May 2027. Inside the calendar 15 nights have no price, among them 24 to 26 December 2026 and 31 December 2026 to 1 January 2027.
The treehouses, the spa and the estate
The walkway to The Yews, a hot tub on the deck, the indoor pool, the buggy on the estate track and afternoon tea.
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From the spa to the sea, by way of the kitchen
Afternoon tea
In The Dining Room from 12pm to 4pm: £49 a head, £69 with Champagne, and a slice of cake from the trolley to take home.
James Martin’s The Kitchen
5 to 7 minutes’ walk from the house: wood-fired pizza, grills and burgers, lunch and dinner until 8.30pm.
The cookery school
A 4-hour half day with lunch and a glass of wine, from £140; James Martin teaches some classes, the next on 2 November 2026.
The path to the sea
From the estate you drop into the Chewton Bunny woods and reach the beach in about 20 minutes; from there you walk between Highcliffe and Barton-on-Sea.
The Beehive, for children
Open at weekends and in school holidays, from age 5, booked ahead: crafts, games and junior tennis.
Good to know before you book
The bill adds a discretionary service charge: 5% on the room and 12.5% on everything else, under the hotel’s terms.
There is no lift: guests who find stairs hard ask for a ground-floor room when booking, as the terms advise.
Under-17s may not use the gym, sauna, steam room, hydrotherapy pool or the spa’s hot tub, nor the treehouse deck hot tubs; the indoor pool has children’s sessions from 9am to 10.30am and 4pm to 5.30pm, booked ahead.
A dog costs £35 a night and stays only in the treehouses, the hot-tub suites and the ground-floor Croquet Lawn Rooms, confirmed before booking on the dogs page.
Rooms from 3pm, out by 11am; on the flexible rate you cancel free until 3pm 2 days before arrival, under the terms.
The heated outdoor pool opens from April to October, says the pools page; The Beehive opens at weekends and in school holidays.
15 types of room, suite and treehouse
Getting there
Chewton Glen is on Christchurch Road, New Milton; the sat nav postcode is BH23 5QL.
| Address | Christchurch Road, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 6QS. |
|---|---|
| By train | New Milton station is about 1.7 miles away (2.8 km, 5 minutes by car); London is about 2 hours by train, the hotel says. |
| By air | Southampton Airport, about 40 minutes by car by the hotel’s count (45 km on OpenStreetMap’s roads); Bournemouth Airport 19 km, 26 minutes. |
| By car | 2 car parks with around 200 spaces and EV chargers, in the main car park and the treehouse car park. |
Hotel times from its «Getting here» page; drives measured on OpenStreetMap’s roads. Read on 15 October 2026.
Beyond the hotel
Chewton Bunny and the coast
The wooded valley between the estate and the sea: the hotel’s path reaches the beach in about 20 minutes.
Highcliffe Castle
The Gothic house on the Highcliffe clifftop, 3.3 km and 6 minutes by car.
The New Forest
The ponies’ heath and woods: Brockenhurst is 14.6 km, 22 minutes by car.
Lymington
The harbour on the Solent, 13.7 km away: 20 minutes by car.
From Chewton Glen to the sea, Highcliffe and the New Forest
The house, The Kitchen, the mouth of Walkford Brook on the beach, Highcliffe Castle, Barton-on-Sea, the station and Lymington. Tap a place for details.
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A day at Chewton Glen
On waking
Breakfast in the treehouse
In a treehouse, have breakfast delivered and eat it on the terrace among the trees.
The morning
Walk down to the beach
Take the path through the Chewton Bunny nature reserve: it reaches the beach in about 20 minutes.
12pm
Lunch at The Kitchen
Walk 5 to 7 minutes from the house to The Kitchen for wood-fired pizza, grills and burgers.
The afternoon
Swim in the spa
Swim in the heated 17-metre indoor pool, or outdoors from April to October, then try the hydrotherapy pool.
Before 4pm
Tea in The Dining Room
Settle into The Dining Room for afternoon tea, served until 4pm, with something sweet to take home.
6pm
Dinner in the house
Book The Dining Room, where dinner starts at 6pm with seasonal dishes and many ingredients from the Kitchen Garden.
Chewton Glen reviews
Scores read on 15 October 2026
Guest voices
GoogleA stay in a treehouse
In October 2026 a guest describes a stay in a treehouse: a beautiful setting, and treehouse staff who were warm and professional.
Google · October 2026Read the review
GoogleThe spa, dinner and the path to the sea
In May 2026 a guest who booked at the last minute goes from the spa to dinner in The Dining Room, follows the trail to the beach the next morning and ends with breakfast.
Google · May 2026Read the review
GoogleWith a baby
In July 2026 a family with a baby finds a cot, potty, changing mat and baby bath ready, porters who keep the pram and The Kitchen warming the baby food; they would have liked newer bathrooms and a warmer indoor pool.
Google · July 2026Read the review
Questions before you go
What kind of hotel is Chewton Glen?
A 5-star country house hotel and spa in an 18th-century house on 130 acres of woodland, gardens and parkland at the edge of the New Forest, near New Milton: 72 bedrooms and 14 treehouses. Martin and Brigitte Skan bought it in 1966 and made it an internationally known country house hotel; it is now part of Iconic Hotels & Resorts. It holds 2 MICHELIN Keys in 2026, says its awards page.
How much is a night at Chewton Glen?
Google Hotels, read on 15 October 2026, for 2 adults, each night searched alone: single nights of £406 on 18 November 2026, £450 on 8 December 2026, £443 on 4 January 2027 and £626 on 10 August 2027. The lowest run of 3 steady nights, 13 to 15 December 2026, starts at £477 a night. The calendar names no room; breakfast depends on the rate, and the bill adds a 5% discretionary service charge on the room.
What are the treehouses like?
There are 14, on stilts in a wooded valley away from the house: the Studio Suite, 61 m² for 2; the Loft Suite, 85 m² for 2 adults and 4 children; the Hideaway Suite, 86 m²; and The Yews, with Little Yew at 109 m² and Great Yew at 75 m², for 4 adults and 8 children. All have a deck with a hot tub, a wood burner, a freestanding bath and breakfast brought to the door, and all 4 types take dogs, confirmed before booking; see the treehouses on the official site. The deck hot tubs are closed to under-17s.
What are the rooms and suites like?
In the house they run from 30 m² Garden Rooms for 2 to Classic (35–42 m²), Estate (46 m²), Croquet Lawn and Junior Suites (60 m²), Hotel Suites (60 m²), hot-tub suites (61 m²), Master Suites (70 m²) and the 83 m² Marryat Suite. The Coach House has the 81 m² Mezzanine and the Duplex for up to 6. The full list is on the rooms and suites page.
What is the spa like, and who can use it?
The Spa & Country Club has a heated 17-metre indoor pool, a heated outdoor pool open April to October, a hydrotherapy pool, an outdoor whirlpool, saunas, steam rooms, a gym, 12 treatment rooms and a nail studio. Staying guests have the pools, sauna, steam room and gym included; visitors book a package, such as the Tailor-Made Spa Day from £235 a head or the Twilight Spa Evening from £150. All on the spa page.
Where are meals and breakfast served?
The Dining Room, in the house, serves lunch from noon to 2pm and dinner from 6pm to 9pm, with seasonal dishes and many ingredients from the Kitchen Garden; the tasting menu is £98.50, £185 with wines. James Martin’s The Kitchen, 5 to 7 minutes’ walk away, is more relaxed, noon to 2pm and 6pm to 8.30pm. Breakfast is included or not according to the rate; in the treehouses it comes to the door. Hours on the restaurants page.
How much is afternoon tea?
£49 a head, £64 with an alcohol-free Bellini, £69 with a glass of Laurent-Perrier Héritage; it is served in The Dining Room from 12pm to 4pm and ends with a slice of cake from the trolley to take home (menu).
How far is the sea?
A path from the estate drops through the Chewton Bunny nature reserve and reaches the beach in about 20 minutes, the hotel says; from there you walk the shore between Highcliffe and Barton-on-Sea.
Can I bring a dog?
Yes, in the treehouses, the hot-tub suites and the ground-floor Croquet Lawn Rooms, confirmed before booking: £35 per dog per night. Dogs must weigh under 40 kg, be over a year old, be fully vaccinated, rabies included, and stay on a lead in the grounds; they are welcome in the lobby, the lounges, the terraces and at selected tables of The Kitchen (dogs page).
Is it good for children?
Yes: The Beehive opens at weekends and in school holidays from age 5, booked ahead; under-5s eat breakfast and dinner from the children’s menu free. In school holidays the Little Explorers offer lets children sleep free in their parents’ room, with breakfast. Under-17s may not use the gym, sauna, steam room or the spa and treehouse hot tubs, and the indoor pool has its own children’s sessions.
Is there parking?
Yes: 2 car parks with around 200 spaces for guests and EV chargers; the hotel states no charge, and the Google Hotels card lists it as free. The sat nav postcode is BH23 5QL (getting here).
How do I get there without a car?
By train to New Milton, about 1.7 miles away and about 2 hours from London; then a taxi or a transfer arranged with the hotel. The recommended airport is Southampton, about 40 minutes by car (getting here).
Can you get married at Chewton Glen?
Yes: The Lake Suite and the Walled Garden each take up to 140 guests; ceremonies also take place in the Marryat Suite, the Summer Room, the Morning Room or a treehouse. The English Original package starts at £265 a head; Just the Two of Us, in a treehouse or the Marryat Suite with 2 nights minimum, from £7,000, £8,000 on Fridays and Saturdays (packages).
What happens at Christmas and New Year?
A 3-night Christmas House Party from 24 to 27 December and a 2-night New Year’s House Party from 31 December to 2 January, with dinner and celebration. The pages read on 15 October 2026 publish no prices; they appear when booking those dates (Christmas and New Year).
What offers are there?
Stay Longer, Save More: 5% off from 3 nights, 8% from 5 and 10% from 7, up to 30% for 7 nights or more paid in advance, breakfast included; Wellness Reset: 2 nights, a 60-minute treatment each, the spa and a £35 lunch; Height of Luxury: 20% off the treehouses, 2 nights minimum, with breakfast. Each adds the 5% service charge (offers).
Is it open all year?
Yes: the Google Hotels calendar read on 15 October 2026 prices nights from October 2026 to September 2027, and the hotel sells Christmas and New Year packages. Seasonal are the outdoor pool, April to October, and The Beehive, at weekends and in school holidays.
What do guests say?
Google gives 4.6 out of 5 from 1,876 reviews and Tripadvisor 4.6 out of 5 from 3,339, read on 15 October 2026. Guests write most about the staff, the food, the grounds, the spa and afternoon tea; the recurring criticism is of tired rooms and a tired spa pool area, waits at breakfast and the cost of drinks and dinner (Google reviews).
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