Deer Leap Lodge

28/09/2024

One of our favourite and prettiest local pubs. We can recommend the food too. 🦌

30/08/2024

Bournemouth Air Show this weekend. Perfect conditions.

The RAF Typhoon flying past the polar bear 🐻‍❄️ at Yesterday’s Bournemouth Air Festival RAF Typhoon Display Team

29/07/2024

We would agree, Avon Beach/Mudeford Spit are our favourite beaches too. Great places to stop for lunch as well, including . Only 20 minutes drive west from DLL.

Bournemouth beach has been hailed the 'best in the country' by TripAdvisor, so Freya Hodgson ventured down to the award-winning golden sands to discover what it's really like

24/07/2024

Our walk and lunch today. Chewton Bunny to Steamer Point. Great views of Mudeford, Christchurch and The Needles. Only a 20 min drive from DLL. Crab Burgers .

20/07/2024

Our home town, only a 20 minute walk from DLL. Great for foodies like us. There's also a fabulous market on Saturdays offering local produce.

19/07/2024

Another amazing 5* review from our lovely guests this week.🦌

"Deerleap Cottage was indeed a great find. The reviews were all true. Lorna and Neil are so friendly and welcoming and so interesting to talk and listen to. The cottage was delight. Everything you could want or need for a break away was right there. Wonderful shower, that alone is worth 5 stars! And then there’s the superb bed! It hugs you and is so comfortable; I’ve never slept so well on a first night away from home. I’m already missing that comfort ‘hug’!
The cottage is full of interesting design features, paintings, ornaments, hangings and fabrics.
The view is so calming and peaceful and the chickens make good ‘conversationalists’!
The hosts have made a whole raft of information sheets on where to go and where to eat, full of useful information and appealing outings to try.
I hope to visit again, this is a great base for lots of places to visit, to walk, to enjoy.
Well done Lorna and Neil and thank you so much for making us so welcome and providing so much information."

23/06/2024

Another 5* review on Airbnb!
We still have good availability from September onwards. (link below review).
"Both Lorna and her husband Neil were absolutely lovely. They gave clear instructions on how to check in and the recommendations were spot on.
The lodge was immaculate and the bed was extremely comfortable. The views were stunning and there was plenty to do locally. The eggs were wonderful touch and much appreciated.
On the final day Neil gave us a fantastic idea of where to go on our way home. Both Lorna and Neil are excellent hosts. We would come back in a heartbeat." James

Lymington Self-Catering Garden Retreat.

27/03/2024

Our guests love walking to this historic castle on the edge of the

We’re delighted to be re-opening to visitors today. In addition to the Tudor keep, we’ll be opening sections of the West Wing, the Garrison Theatre and those rooms which house the lighthouse exhibitions. By July, the castle will also enjoy brand new interpretation, providing an explanation of the castle’s amazing history from the Tudor period to the Second World War.

On site, you may also spot conservation in action as English Heritage will be conserving the Keep stairway. Added during the late 1880s, when the internal stair between the ground and first floor of the keep was removed, it is a cantilever stair built using limestone blocks. There will be a temporary support on the stair while the limestone treads are conserved and the balustrade is repaired. You can read more about this important work here: https://www.hurstcastle.co.uk/whats-on/

The regular ferry service will run from Keyhaven to the castle and refreshments will be available from outside the castle entrance.

We look forward to seeing you soon and thank you for your continued support!

20/03/2024

The Tall Trees Walk at Rhinefield is one of our favourite places to walk in the New Forest. Only 15 minutes from DLL 🦌

A survey of giant redwoods growing in the UK reveals the trees are doing well - and growing fast.

12/03/2024

Avocets at Lymington-Keyhaven Nature Reserve. 📷Marion Nesbitt

28/01/2024

Traffic jam!

26/01/2024

We are now on (Expedia) as well as . We had our first guests from this platform checkout today and they have left us a sweet handwritten note which has made our day!
If you would like to book a stay in and the , you can click on the Airbnb listing on our home page or I'll post the vrbo link in the comments. 🦌

21/01/2024

Early morning in Beaulieu - tide is in! Just 15 minute drive from DDL

03/08/2023

We had our first marriage proposal at Deer Leap Lodge. Bubbles and roses for the happy couple! ❤️🥂👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨

28/04/2023

The cabin is ready for our next guests. Fresh garden eggs for their breakfast as well 🐔🥚

24/12/2022

Our last guests of 2022 are in. Despite a soggy start they are enjoying the hospitality of Lymington and the New Forest. Thank you for all your support this year - our busiest one yet. Looking forward to welcoming you all in 2023, we're open all year. You'll find us on Airbnb.
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/18952858?preview_for_ml=true&source_impression_id=p3_1671873450_rVAZKKNX%2FYSBiNQQ

12/08/2022

Our guests went on the twice this week, they enjoyed it so much. Once to visit Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight and then to do The Needles Trip. The best place to keep cool this week is in or on the water!

Yasmin Di Carluccio shared a post on Instagram: "Family trip out to see the needles ⛴ Need-less to say, it was a hot one ☀️". Follow their account to see 368 posts.

18/06/2022

We often get asked by guests where do we recommend they go to eat somewhere special? Of course, we have to check them out first before we can recommend them 😉.Tonight we were celebrating our 39th wedding anniversary at a new restaurant on the high street - The Highstreet Kitchen and it is going to be high up on our list. Only a 20 minute walk as well. Perfect evening, thank you.