A couple of weeks ago, my son & I travelled from London to Hampshire to visit the new luxury cabins at Forest Holidays' Blackwood Forest site.
Just an hour on the train from London Waterloo & only a very short drive from Micheldever train station....
the cabins are to be found nestled in a huge beech forest, the location is absolutely beautiful.
Forest Holidays has eight sites around Britain & Blackwood Forest opens this coming week-end.
We got to explore the site, see one of the cabins, have a delicious lunch (excellent home-made pizza) and go on a "survival walk" with one of the resident forest rangers.
Three different types of cabins are available : copper beech, silver birch and golden oak.
We viewed one of the silver birch cabins....
this sleeps 6, has a large deck, loads of space & has an outdoor hot tub.
Everything was finished to an extremely high standard and looked very comfortable.
The windows - and the views - are stunning, I completely fell in love with it all....
if I'd stayed much longer, I think I would have been asked to move along!
You can buy food at the site (they carry a range from Cook, an inspired idea as the food at Cook is excellent), order (the delicious) pizza or even book a chef to come in to your own kitchen & cook for you.
I really loved how flexible it all felt....so many different options
you could hole up here and not see anyone all week-end or you could get out, rent bikes & explore the forest or the surrounding area.
You can also have spa treatments in your cabin, have drinks at the bar or book a forest ranger to take you on one of the many trails through the forest.
It would be a great week-end with children or a fun escape with girlfriends.
After lunch, we went on one of these trails....
our ranger was fantastic, so knowledgeable and a lot of fun - my son loved it, as did I.
The sites are open all year round, treehouse cabins are also also available to rent.
To find out more, see the Forest Holidays website here....
all photos are my own
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