Red Carnation Hotels

Summer Lodge is one of the very few places your whole family will want to come back to, time and again.

The kids love it.  We treat them just like any other guest - with courtesy, a ready smile, and a knack for turning their stay into a mini adventure.  There’s a welcome pack full of books, DVDs, comics, card and board games, plus loads of drawing stuff.  Breakfast has all the things they like best, and there are so many great ways to spend the day.  You all get unlimited access to the pool and spa, plus there’s four acres of wonderful gardens to play in, with croquet, tennis and bikes to keep everyone occupied.

If you can bear to leave the grounds there’s the gorgeous unspoilt landscape of Hardy’s Wessex to explore, and all the wonderful beaches, rock formations and ancient fossils of the Jurassic coast only minutes away by car.  With its winding lanes, thatched cottages, Neolithic hill forts, ruined castles, Roman towns, quaint seaside resorts, stately homes and wealth of historical curiosities, it’s an area you’ll never tire of (but which will leave you all happily exhausted). 

Then, with the kids tucked up in bed, you can enjoy the award winning cuisine in a dining room designed by Thomas Hardy himself (or, weather permitting, outside on the terrace).  Wine Spectator rates our wine list amongst the very best they’ve ever encountered and our Sommelier was recently voted runner-up in the Best Sommelier of the World competition.  So staying at this family-friendly hotel doesn’t mean the adults won’t be able to thoroughly spoil themselves!

It all makes for the perfect escape for the entire family and includes

• Generous family accommodation in one of our Summer Lane Cottages
• Full English Breakfast daily
• Tickets to the Swannery Tropical Gardens and Childrens play farm for 2 adults and 2 children
• Welcome pack including books, DVD's, comics, card games, board games and drawing packs
• 25% discount on all Childrens meals
• Morning newspaper Morning
• Tea/coffee Unlimited access to the Spa

* Rate based on two adults and two children (aged 12 or under) sharing a Summer Lane Cottage for a minimum of two nights