LAST MINUTE BARGAINS – DON’T MISS OUT!!
Feb 9th
If you haven’t yet booked something for your Valentine, or if you just need a couple of days to escape the Winter Blues with someone special, we’ve reduced our rates on some of our rooms to offer extremely great Value for the next couple of weeks…
Bed & Breakfast rates from £70 per room!!
Dinner, Bed & Breakfast rates from £125 per room!!
Rates are per room per night based on 2 sharing, but hurry – they’re on a strictly first come first served basis!
Our DBB rates are ever popular, offering Free choice from our a la Carte menu for 3 courses plus coffee. There are no restrictions, supplements or set menus, simple relax and enjoy exactly the meal you wish.
There is so much to do and see in West Dorset we can help you plan to do as much or as little as you please during your stay – walk the Jurassic Coast or watch a host of free DVD’s from our extensive library and curl up in front of our log burner with a good book, the choice is yours!
And our weather while fresh has been bright and sunny (no sign of snowfall yet…)
Call us now to find out whether we can accomodate you!
Valentine’s Treats
Feb 6th
Okay so Valentine’s Day is an excuse for Greetings Card companies to sell more stock, but its also the perfect excuse to show your loved one you care. In this busy world sometimes it is those closest to us who are forgotten when we are busy, stressed or just over-worked, so why not take the Valentine opportunity to take some time out with the person you love, and remind them how much you love them?
We have lots of ways to say ‘I Love you’ from our Valentine’s Menu available from 10th – 18th Feb. We also offer a Valentine Package for 1 or 2 nights on the 2 weekends around the 14th, so you can enjoy some serious time together and be truly taken care of http://www.fernhill-hotel.co.uk/offers.php
For a weekend which tells your Valentine just how much you care we include our Valentine menu for one night and Dinner in our a la carte menu on the second night – tea & cake on arrival to begin the unwind process, and homemade biscuits, massage oil and a Red Rose in your room. We have organised walks and places to visit so you don’t even need to plan how to fill your days! And with an extensive DVD library you could always relax in your beautifully appointed room and forget about the ‘Real world’ for 48hours…
Book a Table or a Stay with us today – and remind yourselves how beautiful love is!
Valentine Menu 2012
Please enjoy a glass of bubbly with our compliments
To Start:
Home made Spinach & Watercress Soup(V, GF)
Tian of Mackerel (GF)
Pan fried scallops with Black Pudding
Mushroom Pate (V)
To follow: Lemon Sorbet
Main Course:
West Country Fillet Steak 6oz (GF) Peppercorn sauce, herb sauté potatoes & a selection of vegetables
Stuffed Chicken Breast Wrapped in air-dried ham, stuffed with mushroom pate, white wine & mushroom cream sauce, with potatoes Dauphinoise & a selection of vegetables
Sea Bass Fillet (GF) Pan fried with spring onions, garlic & Chilli, served with herb sauté potatoes & a selection of vegetables.
Courgette & Sun-dried tomato risotto (V) (GF) Topped with Parmesan shavings
Dessert:
Chocolate Shot, Chocolate Brownie & berries
Sticky Gingerbread Pudding, Ginger & Brandy sauce & Custard
Lemon Cheesecake with chocolate dipped strawberries
Cheese Board – A selection of local cheeses & biscuits
Enjoy Coffee & Mints in the Snug after your meal
Large Families accommodated comfortably
Feb 6th
We have just had another lovely thank you note from one of the families staying with us over half term – Thank you to the Moores for their kind words, we hope to see you all again soon.
The Studio is the perfect family accomodation for a short or long break.
A very spacious room with a family bathroom, Day bed/Sofa, superking bed and table & chairs in the Main room, plus a separate Bunk room housing bunk beds for 2 children.
A family of 5 is very comfortable here, and the room has also comfortably accommodated families of up to 7!
Some families of 3 prefer the Studio as it gives the parents and children privacy in the evening – Parents being able to relax with a bottle of wine and a DVD from our extensive collection, children to play in their own private space. Wifi access also helps the whole family relax with their favourite internet media – be it email / work for parents, and gaming for the kids.
And the space also means no climbing over each other while getting ready – and no ‘Cabin Fever’ from being cooped up too closely!
You can take advantage of our special offers and book soon!
Given that the authors of these thank you’s were younger than usual we have copied the originals in PDF form.
We are ideally located for exploring the South Coast with ample free parking so you can go green, leave the car and walk along the Jurassic Coastal Path as far as you wish, or take the Jurassic Coastal Bus which
will stop right outside our drive. Fossil hunting, Dinosaur museums, beaches and local attractions like Pecorama and Crealy mean the region is perfect for a family getaway. Fernhill have all the resources to help you get the most from your stay, whatever your interests.
A Perfect find
Where to stay for the Weymouth Olympic games July 2012
Dec 19th
Not just restricted to the capital, London 2012 Olympic events are being held nationwide. The South West county of Dorset is the proud home of the July sailing events, with Weymouth and Portland providing ideal natural harbours for two full weeks of exhilarating nautical events.
Whether you are planning to stay a day, a week or for the entire duration of the Olympic sailing events, you will of course need a place to base yourself. Ideally located for Weymouth and Portland, as well as the entire south coast of England, Fernhill Hotel in Charmouth is just 25 miles from the main games.
Not only ideally located for the Olympics, but its location on the Jurassic Coast makes our hotel a great place to combine the games with a holiday by the sea. Our location offers guests convenient access to the stretch of rugged and prehistoric coastline of the south, whilst on-site there are plenty of facilities and amenities to make their stay comfortable and enjoyable.
Although we encourage our guests to get out there and explore the coast as well as visit the Olympic sailing events, we also make sure that for those who want time to relax, that they can do so at Fernhill Hotel. For complete indulgence, then our guests can treat themselves to a soothing massage or one of our other holistic therapies.
And of course no hotel by the sea would be complete without a heated swimming pool and a selection of comfy chairs and loungers. We even offer a pool-side drink and snack service so you don’t have to tear yourself away from a hard-day of soaking up the sun!
For our local and foreign guests, we ensure that we provide the best of British when it comes to dining. Our menu is always made of the best local, Organic, Fair-trade and seasonal produce (where possible) to ensure our ingredients are as fresh and tasty as can be from breakfast through to dinner.
With ample free parking on-site (something the Olympic towns will definitely run short of) as well as airy, spacious bedrooms and suites for our south-west visitors, Fernhill Hotel makes a great base for the Weymouth Olympic games next July.
We have Celebrity Chefs in Dorset too!
Dec 15th
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Part of making any holiday extra special is the food. At Fernhill Hotel we offer an all-British menu made up of seasonal and local produce and ingredients which are Organic and Fair-trade.
Our A La Carte menu features traditional dishes with a contemporary twist, such as the West Country Fillet Steak with a Boozy Peppercorn Cream Sauce and the Line- caught Sea Bass Fillet with Spring Onion and Ginger-Soy Dressing. We also offer a Bar & Grill menu for other national favourites including the Sunday Roast with all the trimmings. But if you want to experience more first class dining, then just a short 5- minute drive away are two of the country’s leading celebrity-chef owned restaurants.
In Lyme Regis looking over the harbour is Mark Hix’s Oyster & Fish House, offering sensational panoramic views of the Jurassic Coast whilst you tuck into the freshest, local seafood. Mark Hix has awards coming out of his ears, has published not one, not two but nine cookbooks, has created menus for the like of The Ivy and Mayfair’s Brown’s hotel and regularly writes the food column in Esquire and Country life magazines as well as weekly for The Independent newspaper. With these sorts of credentials under his belt, you know dishes at his Oyster & Fish House are going to provide a taste-sensation. Offering great British ingredients such as Dorset crab and grilled lemon sole, all to be eaten in a spacious yet informal setting, it’s not surprising that pre-booking is recommended for the Hix Oyster & Fish House.
One of the biggest, if not THE biggest, celebrity chefs right now is of course Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, and just down the road in Axminster is not only the River Cottage HQ, but also his River Cottage Canteen and Deli. The Canteen dishes are as local and as fresh as they get, with the ever-changing menu not only inspiring and delicious, but more than reasonably priced, too. With local mutton, mussels and mushrooms all regularly on the menu, the Canteen really offers the best of Dorset. The Deli at the front of the Canteen offers diners or passers-by to sample the tastes of River Cottage, providing fresh and locally produced quiches, cakes and ciders (plus much more) you can eat in or take-away.
We offer a Celebrity Chef Package so you can combine the best of both worlds – one night Bed & Breakfast so you can enjoy a table at either Hix Oyster & Fish House or River Cottage Canteen (we’ll even book the table for you, subject to availability!) plus one night Dinner, Bed & Breakfast with us so you can relax and enjoy cuisine which many describe as equally as tasty!
So if you are planning your next holiday along the Jurassic Coast, then why not stay at Fernhill Hotel
and sample the tastes of Dorset in either of these local celebrity restaurants.
A relaxing Christmas at Fernhill Hotel
Dec 12th
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Christmas is a fantastic time of year, perhaps the only one where friends and family all get together to catch up, share stories and indulge. Although many of us are lucky enough to get time off work over the festive period, that’s not to say we always get the chance to relax.
But if you’re tired of cooking and entertaining this year, then why not think about letting us do the hard work for you and enjoy a drink and a bite to eat at either our Restaurant or Café Bar?
Open both Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, you and your friends and/or family are welcome to spend a relaxing afternoon or evening at Fernhill Hotel. Unlike many hotels and restaurants open over Christmas, we don’t force you to have an entire 3-course meal. So if you want to pop in to share a bottle of wine and a plate of festive cheese and biscuits, then you can!
We do still of course have our full a la carte and Bar & Grill menus on over Christmas, so whether you want to enjoy a romantic meal or simply a relaxing, non-Christmassy gathering with your friends, then there’s still a range of delicious starters, mains and desserts to choose from.
If you’re bored of mince pies and sick of the mother-in-law’s sherry trifle, then you’ll be pleased to hear that our menu is free from Christmas clichés. Instead our focus, as ever, is on locally sourced ingredients and dishes that represent all that is British.
Our location to the coast means that we offer the freshest seafood, with Dorset also known for its meats, especially beef. With plenty of vegetarian options too, we ensure we cater for all our guest’s preferences, even if it is just those wanting to get away from the mountains of turkey sandwiches!
So why not give the best gift of all this Christmas by hanging up the oven gloves for a day and enjoying a stress-free meal in our hotel Restaurant or Café Bar.
And…Relax
Dec 3rd
The Christmas Countdown has well and truly begun with supermarkets stocking Christmas favourites for what feels like at least 3 months and TV adverts reminding you to buy buy buy to make your loved ones happy.
But whether you’re religious or not, Christmas should be more than rampant consumerism and ‘presents’.
Especially in these times of Austerity the ‘Spend Spend Spend’ mantra of years gone by is, we hope, becoming obselete as people realise its the less materialistic things which make you happy.
Time is a precious commodity and spending time with loved ones should be cherished. Whether that is taking a day off to spend with your child ‘just because’ or meeting up with your nearest and dearest to create happy memories to cherish forever – there is a lot to be said for creating memorable events and enjoying relaxation and laughter with those people who mean the most to you.
This year at Fernhill we have had a lot more group bookings of friends as well as families who are taking time out together to just enjoy each others’ company.
Photo courtesy of Photostock
Some have celebrated Golden Wedding Anniversaries or Special birthdays with up to 4 generations – making the most of precious time with older generations. Others have met up with friends for a weekend packed with sailing, walking and a night at River Cottage HQ. The main theme through all of these groups has been relaxation and laughter, and making the most of precious time out from the stresses of day-to-day living.
At Fernhill we aim to take the stress out of every stay – organising Taxis, Restaurant bookings, boat trips and birthday cakes. So that precious time off can be enjoyed to the maximum, and relaxation is the end result.
Imagine a couple of days with the people you love, doing the things you enjoy – all organised for you?!
Group Bookings taking the whole hotel out of season enjoy a discount and the added benefit that the whole hotel is private, just for you and your friends/family. Why not organise some happy memories with your loved ones now?
And….Relax.
Remember Remember the 5th November…
Nov 9th
A big thank you to Lyme Regis Carnival team for putting on a fabulous display of fireworks last night for Bonfire night!
We had a unique vantage point above the town to watch the display – so missed the atmosphere on the beach, but enjoyed some beautiful views and, of course the display itself!
The fireworks were very considerately scheduled for 6.30pm so younger children could enjoy them before bed – and conditions were perfect – with a shooting star minutes before the firework display to top it all!
Before the fireworks
Thank you x
Oct 28th
A thank you letter from a recent wedding reminded us we didn’t post about the lovely wedding of Rowan and Mike in September!!! (well, its been a very busy year!)
A really lovely family who were a pleasure to take care of on their Special Day. Some wedding day pics are on our Facebook page, but here’s one of the beautiful Bride and Groom on our terraces.
Dear Rob & Jo
Please accept our apology for this belated thank you We have been very happily occupied with our lovely grandchildren.
We would like to offer a very sincere thank you for the wonderful reception you provided for our daughter Rowan’s wedding on September 24th 2011.
From our first meeting to discuss plans right through to the Sunday when we left the hotel, we found yourselves and your staff to be friendly, attentive and professional.
Jo, you were so helpful with all the planning and we found it easy and comfortable to work with you in deciding what we required. We felt confident you had understood the details and we were certainly not disappointed.
Rob, you were a great host. We really appreciated the unpretentious relaxed atmosphere, and many of our guests commented on the lovely ambience you have created.
Please give our compliments to your chef – we so enjoyed the seasonal local produce in the wedding breakfast. Please thank all the courteous waiting staff – they are a fabulous team.
Some of us were fortunate enough to stay the two nights of the wedding weekend. Having read a recent travel review in a Sunday paper, we can only agree that ” the bed was quite honestly the most comfortable I have ever slept in”!
You have created a delightful venue for weddings and we imagine you will be very busy into the future. Thank you once again.
with kind regards, Sally & John.
Celebrating success!
Oct 21st
We wanted to share with you the recent successes of our local butcher Complete Meats in Axminster. They have a strong commitment to livestock welfare & using Local suppliers (providing a weekly list of farms so we can tell our guests exactly how far their meat has travelled!)
Sean Vining accepting his BPex award Oct 2011
They have just won the top award in the South West (Category Winner and Regional Champion) for their Traditional Pork Sausages – for the second year in a row!
Of course, we already knew how delicious their Pork sausages were as we serve them on our breakfast menu every morning.
The sausages are available to buy in their shops in Axminster Honiton & Chard, so you can enjoy them at home after a fabulous stay with us at Fernhill.