This festive season Burley Manor is bringing the Christmas cheer serving their exclusive Festive Afternoon Tea, available between the 1st of December 2025 and 4th of January 2026. 

Enjoy 3 delicious courses that take inspiration from the great Christmas period starting with a delightful array of sandwiches, sweet treats, scones, and even the optional fizz. With the savouries you'll enjoy the likes of a Ham Hock & Apple Chutney Brioche Roll; a Wild Mushroom Tartlet; and Smoked Trout & Horseradish Creme Fraiche Blini. Sweet treats include Winter Orchard Spiced Apple and Honey Cake; a Chocolate & Chestnut Pave, and more. Last but not least, the scones have their own festive twist, with Classic Buttermilk scones; and Spiced Pumpkin & Pecan scones.

Built in 1852 by Colonel William Clement Drake Esdaile, Burley Manor is an architecturally stunning baronial-style manor house set within an eight-hundred year old estate and surrounded by rolling countryside and Burley Park, New Forest – a red deer sanctuary. It’s also just a few minutes’ walk from the picture-perfect village of Burley.