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Essex Golf & Country Club

3.0 star property

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Relax and dine with a serene view of the sunset from this tranquil patio area.
Experience the sleek lobby with a high ceiling and central atrium, featuring a reception desk and glass railings offering views of the interior.
Relax by the pool, surrounded by a high ceiling and patterned tile walls, with lounge chairs and clear lane dividers.
Stunning residential building with a brick facade and lush greenery.
Relax in a spacious room with a large bed, sofa, and chair, surrounded by framed artwork and lamps.

Popular amenities

  • Bar

Explore the area

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Earls Colne, Colchester, England, CO6 2NS
  • Colchester Zoo
    ‪18 min drive‬
  • Colchester Castle Park
    ‪21 min drive‬
  • University of Essex
    ‪24 min drive‬
  • London (STN-Stansted)
    ‪33 min drive‬

Room options

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Deluxe Twin Room | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Twin Room

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds OR 1 King Bed

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Standard Twin Room, 1 Bedroom, Accessible Bathtub | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Twin Room, 1 Bedroom, Accessible Bathtub

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Single Beds OR 1 Double Bed

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Family Double Room | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Family Double Room

7.4 out of 10
Good
(3 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Deluxe Double Room | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Deluxe Double Room

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(25 reviews)
  • 22 sq m
  • Golf view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Double Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(13 reviews)
  • 22.00 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Double Room | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Superior Double Room

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(4 reviews)
  • Golf view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Essex Golf & Country Club

Hotel in Colchester with full-service spa and golf course
Along with a full-service spa, this smoke-free hotel has a golf course and an indoor pool. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a restaurant, 2 bars/lounges and a health club are on-site.
Essex Golf & Country Club offers 42 accommodations with a hairdryer and free toiletries. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium satellite channels and Netflix.

Bathrooms include a shower. This Colchester hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and an iron/ironing board can be requested.

A golf course, 3 outdoor tennis courts, 6 indoor tennis courts and a health club are featured at the hotel. An indoor pool, a children's pool and Access to hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness centre.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

The on-site spa has massage/treatment rooms and couples treatment room(s). Services include facials, body scrubs, body treatments and manicures and pedicures.
Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Essex Golf & Country Club. During your stay, you'll be close to Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum. Free WiFi in public areas, free self-parking and 2 bars are available.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Options for a bite to eat or a relaxing drink include a coffee shop, a restaurant and 2 bars/lounges
  • Take a swim in the indoor pool or soak in the hot tub
  • Indulge with manicures and pedicures, body treatments or body scrubs at the spa
  • Services include dry cleaning/laundry, luggage storage and wedding services
  • On-site recreation includes a golf course, 3 outdoor tennis courts and a gym
  • Guests have great things to say about the helpful staff and the clean guestrooms
  • 11 minutes by car from East Anglian Railway Museum and 11 minutes from Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum
Essex Golf & Country Club offers its guests a full-service spa, a golf course, and outdoor tennis courts. There's a restaurant on site, as well as a coffee shop/cafe and a snack bar/deli. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. WiFi is free in public spaces.

A business centre and a meeting room are available. An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a health club are also featured at the business-friendly Essex Golf & Country Club. Free self parking is available.

This 3-star Colchester hotel is smoke free.

Pulse – On-site restaurant.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Restaurants on site

  • Pulse

Things to do

  • 3 outdoor tennis courts
  • 6 indoor tennis courts
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness classes
  • Full-service spa
  • Golf course
  • Golf driving range
  • Golf lessons
  • Health club
  • Hot tub
  • Indoor pool
  • Pilates classes
  • Sauna
  • Shopping
  • Steam room
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Children's pool
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Separate bedroom
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference space
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Pool loungers
  • Rooftop terrace

Full-service spa

  • Body scrubs
  • Couples treatment rooms
  • Facials
  • Manicures/pedicures
  • Massage
  • Spa treatment rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Braille/raised signage
  • High-pile carpet in room
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible bathroom vanity

More

  • 2 floors
  • Reception hall
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Netflix
  • Streaming services
  • TV with premium satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Electric kettle
  • Tea bags/instant coffee

More

  • Desk
  • Fan
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: GBP 30
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out
Late check-out subject to availability
Late check-out fee: GBP 30

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staffed during limited hours
If you are planning to arrive after midnight please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 10.0 per day.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Early check-in fee: GBP 30 (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out fee: GBP 30 (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 10.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
Guests arriving after midnight must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property. For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
Children under 17 years of age are allowed in the pool from 10 AM-7 PM Monday-Friday and 9 AM-7 PM on weekends.

We should mention

  • Pool access available from 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitEngland, the National Tourist Board for England.

Property is also known as

Club Essex
Essex Club
Essex Country Golf Club
Essex Golf Club
Essex Golf Hotel Colchester
Essex Golf Country Club Colchester
Essex Golf Country Club Hotel Colchester
Golf Club Essex
Essex Golf & Colchester
Essex Golf & Country Club Hotel
Essex Golf & Country Club Colchester
Essex Golf & Country Club Hotel Colchester

Essex Golf & Country Club Reviews

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 233 out of 663 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 236 out of 663 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 122 out of 663 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 43 out of 663 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 663 reviews

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

7.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Rob

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Fantastic

Sensational as always
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Burnard

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
NoLift
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

John

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Shafat

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice experience Friendly staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great facilities, love this. Good food and comfortable rooms. Highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

barbara

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness

Housekeeping not very good

room not very clean when we arrived and not serviced very well. Restaurant very good and staff great especially Tyler and Kelly.
Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Superb facilities

Excellent facilities and friendly organised staff
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

DAVID

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vikki

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Julie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
lovely place to stay very relaxing but only thing is very busy with the golfers but that is understandable being a golfl club stunning scenery beautiful place....definitely stay again
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

6/10 Okay

Jane

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Hotel
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Exceptional!

Our stay was amazing from the first point of contact at check in to the check out. The room was fabulous with a wonderful view. All the staff went about and beyond to make our stay excellent.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Sarah

Business traveller
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ellis

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Peaceful hotel with great staff.

Great experience here From start to finish the staff were friendly and helpful. Can’t fault the hotel at all. Pool area and sauna which are included were clean and well presented. Will happily return!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A really lovely room. All staff are really helpful. Breakfast was lovely too. Don’t have a chance to use all the ca liturgies but plan to if we come back!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Sarah

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was great a lovely hotel service by all staff excellent inside try the food but our fried who did said it was lovely. Bar prices are reasonable too. Our only gripe is that the bed was so hard! New mattresses needed. Otherwise a fab stay
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good size room. Great staff. Helpful polite. Good facilities though a charge for tennis and pickle ball courts. Great place to come to relax and enjoy some fitness, a round of golf or hit a few balls on the driving range.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Comfortable room, decent breakfast. Bathrooms could do with update but the swim and spa makes up for it.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Kellie

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

Jesse

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Mark

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Pool area was nice. Food was slow.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025