Hotels in Exbury

Hotels around Exbury are concentrated in the neighbouring village of Beaulieu, just a few miles up the river, where the Montagu Arms Hotel offers country house comfort in a 17th-century coaching inn at the heart of the village, complete with an AA-Rosette restaurant and a more relaxed inn for pub food. Beaulieu also has smaller bed and breakfasts and guesthouses tucked among its estate cottages, many run by locals with a deep knowledge of the surrounding New Forest and Solent coastline. Further afield, Lymington offers a broader range of hotels, from boutique townhouse conversions to well-known chains, all within a comfortable drive of Exbury and with the added bonus of a working harbour, a Saturday market and easy ferry links to the Isle of Wight.

For those who prefer to stay a little further inland, Brockenhurst and Lyndhurst both sit within the New Forest National Park and offer a wide choice of hotels and inns geared towards walkers, cyclists and families exploring the forest, with regular bus and rail connections back towards Beaulieu and the Waterside villages near Exbury. Wherever you choose to base yourself, it is worth booking ahead in spring, particularly around the peak rhododendron season at Exbury Gardens, when accommodation across this part of Hampshire fills up quickly with visitors timing their trip to catch the flowers at their best.