The Lantern Café is situated within the Lantern Centre, an award winning, beautiful building, housing a shop selling fair trade gifts, organic food, organic toiletries, and environmentally friendly cleaning products, as well as our bookshop.

The Café menu offers organic teas, coffees, smoothies and other soft drinks. All our cakes are “home made”, including our delicious tea cakes. We are also pleased to offer a selection of breads, olives and tapas.

There is outside seating for the glorious sunny days with gardens, a pond and a small children’s play area.

The atmosphere is calm, a peaceful oasis to unwind and relax, have a potter around our lovely gift shop where some of the products for sale have been lovingly made on site in our workshops by true craftsmen.

We are on the doorstep of the New Forest and also Moors Valley Country Park with its cycle trailway (Castleman Trailway). Our Café is ideal for walkers and cyclists alike to take a breather and nourish body and soul.

Do come along and experience what we have to offer, we look forward to welcoming you!

We are happy to accept bookings for lunch or afternoon tea.