Chettle Lodge

19/12/2024

Christmas at the Lodge ❤️🎄🎁✨we had so much fun hosting the Christmas Market and now we’re ready to host our last guests of the year in seasonal style ❤️

06/12/2024

Exciting news! The Chettle Makers Market happening this Saturday will now be taking place in Chettle Lodge! 😍

We will have 30 wonderful local makers, Artists and vendors offering responsibly made goodies, as well as delicious food and drink made from Chettle produce (and by Chettlers!) we hope you can join us. Parking available, free entry, and as well as being able to peruse all of our gorgeous goods on offer, you can take a look around the lovely Lodge 🙂 lots of seating and cosy areas to sit and have your mulled cider amongst beautiful art, wares and produce! ❤️

Don’t forget to visit our amazing shop on your way in/out though - lots of new stock in for Christmas, PLUS a special offer just for Saturday - spend £25 and get a free hot drink ☕️

03/12/2024

View of and from Chettle Lodge with the cows! Our occasional neighbours at The Lodge🐄🌿 other neighbours roaming the fields may include but not limited to: sheep, chickens, Chettle children 🤪

28/11/2024

Happy birthday Chettle Village Store, the art on our walls, Chettle's chickens need your help & next weekends Makers Market info... -

It’s been a busy Autumn in Chettle Lodge - we’ve hosted birthdays, hen-dos, family get togethers and we’ve trained another 20+ hedge planting leaders from St Ethelburgas ‘Lifelines’ project, who will then take a team of volunteers and plant thousands of new hedgerow plants across the UK. W...

27/11/2024

“Without God, castles are nothing” 🏰 this is the Castleman family motto, featured here on this beautiful restored section of stained glass ❤️

As many of you may know, Chettle Lodge used to be The Castleman hotel and restaurant. The Lodge came into the Castleman family in the mid 1800s.

The Castlemans were bankers and railways builders, building the old line from Southampton to Dorchester known as the Castleman Corkscrew. Most of this line closed in the 1960s and now forms the Castleman Trailway, a 16.5 mile walking trail 🚂

Anne Castleman was the granddaughter of infamous Dorset smuggler Isaac Gulliver 💰 who was himself married to Chettle resident Elizabeth Beale.

So much incredible history for one little village!

When The Lodge was being renovated in the 1990s before opening at The Castleman Hotel and Restaurant in 96, this piece of stained glass window was found languishing in the stables! It was taken it to the works department at who restored it beautifully. ❤️

It is now inlaid in the reception desk in the entrance hall to The Lodge, backlit and glowing for all of our guests to enjoy! You can learn more about Chettle Lodge and Chettle village’s rich history on our website.

21/11/2024

A lovely sprinkling of snow for The Lodge this morning 🤍❄️✨ do you have any snow wherever you are today? 🌨️

18/11/2024

The Stable Loft is our recently renovated cosy 2 bedroom apartment, available to rent alongside the lodge or separately 💛 set on the first floor above the original stable features, it’s the perfect place for a chilled Chettle getaway 🌿 head to our website for more info on The Stable Loft 🐴

12/11/2024

Snuggle up in The Snug 🔥 this cosy room is part of the original bones of the Lodge when it began its life most likely as a small hall house or farmhouse in the 16th century. Perfect as a quiet area to take a cup of tea and a book, or cosy up and watch a film with the family on the cinema style smart TV 🎥 🍿

11/11/2024

Enjoy the beautiful detail of the exquisite wood carvings in The Oak Room 🍂 you could spend hours getting lost in the meticulous decoration in this gorgeous room!

08/11/2024

Get cosy with us in The Blue Room 🔥 we have two gorgeous wood burning stoves in the main living areas of the Lodge. We provide logs and kindling for your stay during the colder months ❄️ We’ll be introducing you to the history of these beautiful rooms in future posts, but for now enjoy these cosy shots of The Blue Room glowing with a roaring fire! 🔥

06/11/2024

We’re here to take your mind of the news this morning… With some soothing shots of the Chettle Lodge grounds in its misty Autumnal glory 🌳🍂 pops of colour still appear in the gardens as from the beautiful Dahlias! the Lodge becomes the perfect cosy sanctuary as we come into the colder months. Stand by for features of roaring fire places and bubbling hot tubs… 🔥

11/09/2024

🌾 CHETTLE HARVEST FEAST
The Veg Lady x Sprigs Co (also known as Pythouse Kitchen Garden)
Saturday 28th September, 7 o’clock, Chettle
The Veg Lady (Alice Rixon ) is an agro-ecological grower who is working to support a resilient and biodiverse community of life on her farm in Chettle, Dorset. Alice has carefully grown all the produce for this year’s feast, so we can sit together and savour the flavours of the soil directly below our feet.
Sprigs Co, is the creative team of cooks and gardeners behind the restaurant, Pythouse Kitchen Garden, who work with low-impact, regenerative producers to offer unique garden-led dining experiences. This night promises to be the perfect marriage of lovingly grown produce and top notch cooking.
Tickets are only £35 for three courses and can be purchased here https://www.pythousekitchengarden.co.uk/harvest-feast

05/09/2024

Top 5 moments from Katy, final dates of 2024, Chettle Shop & Long Barrows... -

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02/09/2024

Woah…. The bracket fungus is massive. And it’s acting as an umbrella to the wasps nest in the tree trunk!

02/08/2024

So many house martins and swallows…. And so many cobnuts!

31/07/2024

Another beautiful day at Chettle Lodge...and my last one! It's been a pleasure looking after you all for the past 18 months. I'm off to train to be a teacher. Alice will be taking over alongside a few other helpful Chettlers so you're in exceptionally capable hands. Thank you and au revoir!
Katy x

27/07/2024

A few pictures from the archives. Some from before the renovation into The Castleman, and some from before the renovation into Chettle Lodge! Chettle Lodge was the original name for the building when it was first built. You can read more about our history on our website. www.chettlelodge.co.uk/chettle-history-ethos

05/07/2024

A delight to have the lovely folks from Broadstone Art Society with us last week. Such a talented bunch. Some really beautiful artwork!