Woodside Bay Lodge Retreat

Lovely lodge and very spacious and lovely hot tub

Would be nice of there was a resturant on site, tvs kept dropping out with signal being lost.

location was great with access onto a private beach. lovely lodge, very comfortable.

loved it all!

Woodland setting, spacious, both bedrooms had en-suites & TVs, living/kitchen/dining area nicely set out, good heating & hot water

Nothing, although I would say the lounge area layout isn’t great

Overall a nice cabin and mattress was excellent, but it did look quite new. No waterproof covers on it to keep it clean, so over time, maybe not so clean?? Our cabin was clean apart from the ant infestation. Convenient for the wootton/newport, newport/merstone, newport/cowes and wootton/ryde Sections of the Red Squirrel Trail. We did get a good deal/price for a cabin, but this was cancelled out by the very high return ferry costs.

Stayed 29/6 to 3/7/26 when we experienced a wild fire along the Red Squirrel Trail, so having wild campers (or homeless people) camping in the trees off the beach and lighting fires was a bit concerning. Also parties at night. The beach area at low tide looks grim. The resort is infested with ants (according to their own leaflet in the cabin) and running all through our cabin. The TV is not reprogramable, with mainly only the 1980s garbage old 4 woke channels. No streaming channels and no GB NEWS. The two settees were very uncomfortable. Too upright to relax on. The property smelled heavily of garlic, not great, but we put up with it by opening all the doors etc.