New Forest Cabin-Open Views-Direct Forest Access

The open New Forest is literally outside our gate-no need to get in your car! Little Gate House is a newly refurbished countryside retreat nestled within a tranquil area DIRECTLY in the beautiful New Forest National Park. A cosy self-contained cabin with enclosed garden & large elevated south facing decked balcony with gorgeous views. Big open skies, stunning sunsets and nature galore. Pubs, farm shop & 2 cafes all an easy walk. 1 dog allowed - £25 total (please enquire if more than one). The space After 14 years of running 'Little Gate House', it underwent a full refurbishment in January 2025. Please see further down for full property description. 💰15% Weekly stay discount automatically applied. 🐶 Extra charge of £25 in total for a dog payable in cash during your stay. Please enquire if you’d like to bring more than one dog. 📅 Please contact me if your required dates won’t fit in or are showing as not possible. I will try my best to accommodate you. However, generally changeover days are Mondays and Fridays with exceptions at Easter and Christmas. 🔥 First load of kindling and logs for wood burner included but thereafter charged at £15 per load. 🧹 No extra cleaning fee or security deposit charged. 🍔 Feel free to bring a bbq. 🔑 Contactless check in - just book and arrive! 🏡 MAIN DESCRIPTION: Little Gate House is located in the heart of The New Forest which has been voted the best National Park in Europe and 10th in the world! A short drive up a forest gravel track positioned in the corner of our 3 ½ acre grounds providing visitors with a high degree of peace and quiet. Well designed, the Little Gate House provides a compact yet light and airy space. Inside the heated and fully insulated cabin, you'll find all the comforts you would expect from a home from home self-catering accommodation. Underfloor heating throughout. Living room open plan with fully equipped kitchen/dining area with full height ceilings, comfy leather sofa, smart tv and a wood-burner. Double French doors opening onto a large area of south-facing decked balcony. Cosy bijou double bedroom with underfloor heating and full height built-in wardrobe and extra storage space above the bed useful for storing bags etc. En-suite shower room with large walk in shower with rainfall shower head and a hand held shower head, counter top basin, comfort height toilet, electric ladder radiator to warm towels and underfloor heating. Enclosed and dog proof private garden to the side of the cabin with direct access from the decking. Parking for up to 2 cars right outside the cabin. Literally to the rear of the cabin the other side of our boundary fence is the open New Forest providing a whopping 140,000 acres of stunning landscape to explore. Horse riders frequently go by as well as wildlife such as the New Forest ponies, cattle, donkeys, deer, foxes, badgers and an abundance of birds such as owls, woodpeckers and buzzards which are often seen circling above the trees during the summer months. The birdsong here is incredible and at night we have large open unpolluted star studded skies. The site once formed part of Ibsley RAF base during World War II and Little Gate House was one of the original maycrete buildings. The block of stables that you look out onto is the old latrine block and a couple of Stanton air raid shelters are in the paddock. Although guests have the convenience of access straight onto the New Forest, there is also quick and easy access to all main roads for visitors to explore the many villages, towns, cities and beaches that Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire have to offer. There is a footpath accessed from the gravel track at the back of our house which goes along the edge of our paddocks which is the best route to take to the award winning Hockeys Farm Shop and cafe (10 min walk), The Royal Oak Pub is a 20 minute walk away and there is another café 'The Potting Shed' which I highly recommend which is approx. a 20 minute lovely walk across the common at the back of us to the village of Hyde. Next to The Potting Shed you will find the new (2023) ‘Hyde Country Stores’ with a great convenience and gift shop. Another 10 minutes walk on from Hyde you will reach the Forester Arms pub in Frogham. Riding stables 10 min drive, watersports/fishing 2 miles, Nature Reserve less than 2 miles. If you enjoy your hiking - we have quick access onto the Avon Valley Path (a walk which starts in Salisbury and ends in Christchurch) Ringwood (with a Waitrose, Lidl and Sainsbury's) 5 miles and Fordingbridge (with a Co-op and Tesco Express) 2.5 miles. Please see 'Getting Around' section for walking directions to local farm shop, pub and cafe (these details are also in the information folder in the cabin). Access to the property is via an electric gated entrance for which you will be provided with a code for your arrival and then you will have a gate fob. *** New for 2026 - our local farm shop and cafe are doing monthly guided walks with a cooked breakfast. Please google ‘Hockeys Farm’ and on their website click ‘shop online’ and then ‘shop now’ to book and for more details. *** Please have a look through the ‘house rules’ and it’s important you follow my directions to find us easily. *** Please see the ‘interaction with guests’ section to read about our hosting style. Guest access The entire space. It is for the sole private use of our guests. Other things to note We have dual band wifi. If your device gives you the choice then please select Gate House 5G (if not, then Gate House 2.4G). The password is TOUCHWOOD. However, us country folk don’t have as good a wifi as city folk so please be mindful of this. We have recently had a new router fitted and fibre optic brought all the way to the house so touchwood so far the wifi has been great! Our property is accessed from a gravel track which has two ends. One end has a ford which is passable 90% of the year. When we have had an extreme amount of rain the ford may be too deep to drive through, but there is access by coming in and out the other end of the track. Our property is 0.2 mile from the ford end and 0.5 mile from the other end. General maintenance is carried out on the track a couple of times a year when it’s dry which helps with the pot holes. However, it obviously does get wet during the winter and it does have pot holes so please drive slowly. It all adds to the New Forest adventure and enables us to have a peaceful traffic free location!