A Brockenhurst hotel has been named one of the best in the UK for the Good Hotels Guide 2023, winning one of its César awards.

The Pig in the Forest was crowned as the Best Hotel in the South, described as "having  reinvented the English country hotel with a hip not hooray atmosphere."

Robin Hutson, Chairman of The Pig Hotels, commented: “We are all completely thrilled to be given the prestigious César Award for Best Hotel in the South. This is a real lift for our loyal team who have worked so tirelessly and with good humour during these turbulent past few years. 

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"The hotel and restaurant business has always been more akin to a 'marathon' than a 'sprint', so to still be winning an award like this after 11 years since we opened this first Pig is especially gratifying. Thank you Good Hotel Guide”.

The Good Hotels Guide describes itself as "the only truly independent UK hotel guide" as hotels cannot buy their entry into the print edition and neither the editors nor the inspectors accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels.

Now owned by Richard Fraiman, who has been CEO since 2014, the editorial team is headed up by the former travel editor and assistant travel editor of The Times, Jane Knight and Kate Quill, respectively. 

In total the guide features 650 hotels, inns, B&Bs and guesthouses, with 414 main entries and 44 new entries (these being a combination of new properties and new entries to the Guide).

The Good Hotel Guide 46th Edition: Great Britain & Ireland will be published on Monday 3rd October 2022, priced at £20 from all good bookshops