Therefore, we decided to ask Daily Echo readers what they believed to be the best cosy cafe that the New Forest had to offer. One of those was Hockey's Farm Shop, which is located in the hamlet of South Gorley, not too far from Fordingbridge. A reader shared: "Hockey's Farm Shop does the best afternoon tea and other lovely things as well as a gorgeous farm shop next door." Esme's Tea Rooms offers "a fantastic selection of cakes and bakes" in a "beautiful turn-of-the-century thatched cottage", according to its website. Other places highlighted included Daisy Tea Rooms in Brockenhurst and MacPenny's Tea Room in Bransgore.