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Essex Golf & Country Club

3.0 star property

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Food court
Indoor pool, open 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM, sun loungers
Reception
Front of property
Deluxe Double Room | 1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Gym
  • Hot Tub
  • Pool
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Laundry
    Laundry

Explore the area

Map
Earls Colne, Colchester, England, CO6 2NS
  • East Anglian Railway Museum
    11 min drive
  • Marks Hall Gardens and Arboretum
    11 min drive
  • Braintree Village
    16 min drive
  • London (STN-Stansted)
    42 min drive

Room options

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

Deluxe Twin Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 2 Twin Beds OR 1 King Bed

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

Family Double Room

  • 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

  • 235 sq ft
  • Golf view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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1 bedroom, premium bedding, desk, laptop workspace

Standard Double Room

  • 235 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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

Superior Double Room

  • Golf view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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$88 total
includes taxes & fees
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About this property

Essex Golf & Country Club

3-star Colchester hotel with 2 bars/lounges
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 onsite.
Essex Golf & Country Club offers 42 accommodations with hair dryers and complimentary toiletries. Beds feature premium bedding. Televisions come with premium satellite channels and Netflix.

Bathrooms include showers. This Colchester hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards 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 a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

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

The onsite spa has massage/treatment rooms and couples treatment room(s). Services include facials, body scrubs, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures.
In addition to a full-service spa, Essex Golf & Country Club features a golf course and outdoor tennis courts. The hotel offers a restaurant, a coffee shop/cafe, and a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's 2 bars/lounges. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.

This 3-star property offers access to a business center and a meeting room. This business-friendly hotel also offers an indoor pool, a children's pool, and a health club. Complimentary self parking is available on site, along with a car charging station.

Essex Golf & Country Club is a smoke-free property.

Pulse - Onsite restaurant.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

  • 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
  • Indoor pool
  • Pilates classes
  • Sauna
  • Shopping
  • Spa tub
  • 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 center
  • 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
  • Elevator
  • Grab bar in shower
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • High-pile carpet in room
  • Portable shower seat
  • Vibrating pillow alarm
  • 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 available
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
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 more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Renovations and closures

The following facilities or services will be unavailable from December 25 2024 to December 25 2024 (dates subject to change):
  • One of the bars/lounges
  • One of the dining venues
  • Business center
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Fitness facilities
  • Golf course
  • Laundry facilities
  • Meeting facilities
  • Recreation facilities
  • Sauna
  • Spa
  • Spa/Beauty services
  • Spa tub
  • Swimming pool
  • Tennis courts

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

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

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • 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

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

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
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

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 175 out of 548 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 203 out of 548 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 107 out of 548 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 37 out of 548 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 26 out of 548 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

7.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

ka man

Traveled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
So terribel
Cleanliness is terrible The pillow is stained There are shredded paper towels in the water pot， The menu is covered with food stains Putting my child on a bed that is not long enough
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Hasmita

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness
Great location, but the rooms weren’t clean. Breakfast was a nightmare. They took forever getting the breakfast items out. Staff too slow to take away dirty plates. Staff don’t acknowledge you are waiting and they chatter to each other.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Steve

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Sophie

Business traveler
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ian

Traveled with group
I enjoyed my stay and will be coming back very soon
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelly

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely stay with a beautiful view of the golf course the kids loved it was so chilled out the hole time we will definitely be coming back to stay in future and and have a game of golf to
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebekka

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Really enjoyed our stay here. Room was lovely, carpet was dirty but minor problem. Food was great however the sausage with the mash was a bit chewy. Staff were lovely and friendly. Only issue we had was a large group of inconsiderate people at 1am arriving in taxis laughing and shouting outside our open window (it was hot). Not the staff's fault however assumed security would of dealt with them. The noise went on for about 20 mins. Other than that love it and would definitely come again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Abbie

Traveled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
To start the room was very dusty and not generally very clean to the standard I would expect. Secondly it was very loud with doors banging in the evenings and through the night and we could easily hear people talking in the hall way late hours stopping us from getting a good night sleep. Thirdly the bath was in desperate need of re sealing. Fourthly we used the pool facilities on our first day and the pool had far to much chlorine and the jacuzzi was even worse to point where you couldn’t sit in it and breath for more than 1 minute lots of people were saying about it around the pool. It actually made me sick in the bathroom after being in it as my mouth tasted like chemicals and when I coughed / breathed it’s all I could taste. I think these levels must be harmful. I felt awful for the rest of my day and ruined my weekend. we arrived for our first morning of breakfast and wasn’t even greeted or told what to do. So we found our table, we had to ask for cutlery as they had ran out. We then asked what there was as all the dishes were empty when we arrived and had to wait to have them refilled. The coffee machine also didn’t work. There really wasn’t much choice either. I also had to ask for pouched eggs twice as they didn’t arrive. Next when I checked out, I said I’m here to check out the lady snatched the card out of my hand and said ‘what room number’ I said 32 and then that was it. She didn’t ask how our stay was or anything
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Luke

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebekka

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Poppy

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Martyn

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel. A great pool area with the warmest Jacuzzi I have ever experienced. Lovely grounds with a lovely golf course the rooms are lovely and big and modern, very comfortable. The only slight downside was in the dining area for dinner, there were a lot of tables not cleared, Had to clear our table self, not easy to get a drink. However, seemed very busy. We would go back.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Roisin

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
A mixed trip
The check in process was smooth and the lady was lovely. The room was spacious and the hotel is nicely renovated. However our room was hotter than the face of the sun with no air con. Granted, it had been a day of 28 degrees but to be greeted with a stifling hot room after a 4 hour drive wasn't ideal. There was a fan in the room but our 9 month old was sweating profusely, we asked reception if we could have another fan and they said they'd have a look. My husband had to go back and check 2 hours later and one turned up outside the room. The fan helped but it was still about 10 degrees warmer than it was in the corridor and outside throughout our stay. The breakfast was okay but at £14 a head would have expected some pastries and/or fresh fruit. Husband ate in the restaurant in the evening and said the pizza was nice. Staff are all friendly and happy to help where they can. Housekeeping team were lovely. Strike shack was good fun and the other facilities (pool, sauna, tennis) are good too. On the whole not bad but a comfortable stay unfortunately it was not due to the room temperature.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was amazing, the room was so clean and comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Dean

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Philip

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Wonderful weekend getaway
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Chris

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

colin

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
First impressions were excellent and the room was faultless. However the hotel building was away from the reception area and was unmanned and always open with just a vending machine that was almost empty, at the other end of the building where our room was was another external door leading to the bin area and again this was just left unlocked so the only security was your actual room door. Our room was next to the bin area and was woken at 7am with the bins being emptied and our headboard vibrating as they clearly banged the bins into the wall. It was only a one night visit otherwise we would have asked to be moved. Lovely room though, just felt a little insecure and definitely very noisy next to the bins so unfortunately wouldn’t stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Michelle

Traveled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
I have mixed feelings about my stay. Would I book again? for the parts of my stay which I thoroughly enjoyed yes, but I think I would be reluctant to, without knowing exactly what room I would be staying in. Out of the two rooms reserved for myself and my boys, one room overlooked the car park and one over looking the golf course with a fabulous view. My room overlooking the car park happened to be an adjoining room (which would have been ideal for us as a family). I am so pleased however, that my boys had the room over looking the golf course, as the noise and lack of sound proofing from the adjoining room that I had, meant that I could hear the couples arguments, make ups and banter word for word well into the night and for the duration of the weekend. On the Friday night a late night party within the club meant that people dispersing from the party were congregating below my window to have a final smoke, whilst chatting rather loudly and ordering cabs until late. I was not able to sleep until well after 2 am. The golfers early start meant I was awoken again around 6am, meaning my first night was sadly a wash out. My only other comment about the rooms would be that both hadn't been hoovered and it was very noticeable. Other than that the rooms had everything needed for a comfortable stay. I thought the spa & gym was perfect, clean and made a lovely rest zone for us which we took full advantage of. The staff were lovely & helpful and the food in the clubhouse was delicious.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sharon

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place but avoid breakfast
The staff are very nice Rooms were nice but too hot. Amenities are great but I would avoid the breakfast Very disorganised in the breakfast room and no juice tea coffee cups cutlery or butter .
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Clare

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Amanda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Overall had a very comfortable stay. Room was looking a bit tired (standard room). Room doors could do with being “soft close” as they banged shut very loudly which woke me a few times later in the evening. Great setting though - I used the gym and ate in the bar. Next time I will use the pool facilities for sure. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024