Myrtle Cottage Bed and Breakfast near Lyndhurst is an early 19th
century cottage set in ½ acre of beautiful landscaped gardens
conveniently located only ¼ mile from Junction 1 off the M27
motorway.
This B&B fulfils every dream with roses around the door,
shutters at the mullion paned windows, low beamed ceilings,
intriguing antiques and comfy sofas beside a welcoming fire -
making Myrtle Cottage the ideal retreat to simply get away from
it all to relax and enjoy.
- Three double bedrooms - Myrtle, Rosemary, Thyme
- One family room
- Children welcome
- Dogs welcome
- Garden room for guest use
- Beautiful landscaped gardens
- Two village pubs within walking distance serving
excellent food all day
- First class Restaurant and Bistro Le Chanteclerc
only minutes walk
- Cycle hire close by
- Walkers welcome
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The rooms are fully equipped with hair dryers, trousers
press, tea/coffee making facilities, flat screen TV, DVD player,
Radio, Alarm clock and personalised bathrobes.
 
www.starlight.org.uk
Hungerford Cottage,
is situated in the pretty village of Minstead just north of
Lyndhurst within New Forest National Park.
The cottage is situated in a ancient woodland area and the
proprietors keep their own horses, geese, turkeys and
chickens and several friendly dogs. In the surrounding area
there is variety of wildlife to be seen. If you would like
to bring your own horses to go riding in the New Forest
there is stabling available.
Hungerford Cottage
Tel: 023
8081
2324
Mobile: 07905 272 715
Email:
marion.ashby@talktalk.net
Web:
hungerfordcottage.com
www.starlight.org.uk The cottage B&B is located right in the New Forest surround by Oak trees and is
part of the village of Minstead. The peaceful location is ideal for walking and
cycling in the New Forest. The village shop, Trusty Servant pub (excellent food)
and an interesting 12th century church (resting place of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
are within easy walking distance. Also within the village are the attractive
Furzey Gardens with an ancient forest cottage and gallery of arts and crafts. We
are also well positioned for trips to the south coast beaches and many other
local attractions.
Continued... Guests are accommodated at
night in private bedrooms and breakfast is served in the
morning - either in the bedroom or, more commonly, in a dining
room or the host's kitchen.
Bathrooms can be private or shared (with other guests or with
the family in smaller establishments) or en-suite (where the
ablutions are directly accessed from the guest's bedroom).
B&Bs may be operated either as a primary occupation or as a
secondary source of income. Staff often consists of the
house's owners and members of their family who live there.
Guests are usually expected to pay for their stay upon arrival
and leave before noon (or earlier) on the day of departure. A
big advantage of this type of hosted accommodation is the
local knowledge of the host(s).
History
The B&B arrangement is actually a very old one; before the
20th century, it was quite normal for country travellers to
spend the night at a private house rather than an inn, and
this custom persists in many parts of the world. However,
prior to the 19th century, this was strictly an informal
arrangement constrained by acquaintance and social rank; a
doctor might stay with a doctor or pharmacist, while a
nobleman would only stay with the local gentry.
The abbreviation of `B&B' on roadside signs first became
popular in the British Isles - typically with a detachable
'Vacancies' sign swinging below.
National differences
British Isles
The north east Atlantic archipelago has some of the most
expensive hotel beds in the European Union and in those isles,
B&B's are a budget option.
There tend to be concentrations of B&B's in the seaside towns
where, historically, the working classes holidayed such as
Newcastle in Ireland and Blackpool in England but they are also
widespread in isolated rural areas such as the Highlands of
Scotland where there is not a year-round
concentration of travellers sufficient to sustain an hotel.
In the British Isles, breakfast is usually cooked on demand
for the guest and usually features bacon, eggs, sausages,
tomatoes, mushrooms, baked beans, etc but, increasingly,
because of either a desire of owners to economise or guests to
minimise their calorie intake, a continental breakfast is
becoming more common.
In The New Forest, most Bed and Breakfast serve a full English
breakfast as a point of pride.
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