Pillows for side sleepers

Used to have such pain with 'British' style hard pillows, and with bamboo shaped neck pillow too. Now use one of those Swiss monsters - down feathers, fairly loose in a massive 100cm by 70cm. Because feathers are loose in it, I can shape it around me perfectly and adjust- so much better.

I've been having similar problems. Not just a stiff neck, but also ear pain. I cannot sleep in any other position, than on my right side. I have tried memory foam, polyester filled, and buckwheat, but all of them cause the ear pain. I've looked online, and you can buy a pillow with a hole. They cost about £50 though, and I begrudge paying that sort of money for half a pillow. Besides, it might not work. I do not know the solution.

Have you tried a V shaped pillow- with half down your front?

paddyann I had the same problem recently, I had a flat pillow and a down pillow on top of it.My neck problems were solved by sleeping with just the one feather pillow.
I think what happens with two pillows is that during sleep your head slips lower down leaving it at an awkward angle,
Memory foam doesn’t help as it’s still too high.

I find this one very good

I have a similar pillow to Gonegirl. I just use the bottom left corner of it at my jaw line/neck and my head and face are pretty much 'suspended'. Works for me. Alternatively I can do this sort of with a very soft pillow by punching it into shape.
In my younger days I was a front sleeper with no pillow at all. Now I'm a right side sleeper.

I think I've seen pillows in Dunelm specifically for side sleepers.

I am a side sleeper and never slept well until I got a Dormeo Octaspring pillow. They are made from memory foam formed into spring shapes. They come in deep and less deep. Mine is a deep one and looks and feels like a brick but is fantastically comfortable. No more stiff neck or sore ears. They are not cheap but I found this Groupon offer, and you would probably only need the one.
Octaspring pillow offer