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1 Review and 183 Opinions A warm and friendly welcome in this family run hotel,situated on the Sea Front at Thorpe Bay.It...
1 Review and 102 Opinions An ideal hotel for people interested in history as it is well over 500 years old. The 47 bedrooms...
2 Reviews and 219 Opinions This hotel seemed to have it all, all the facilities, two restaurants and conference facilities....
BaysFarm: Bargain and stunning B&B near Stansted Airport
LauraZ Says: This bed and breakfast is great if you want to stay overnight so you are close to Stansted airport. They have an airport flyer rate of £45 per room with a take...
Travelodge Stansted Bishops Stortford Hotel: Dinning is Expensive here!
greekcypriot Says: We spent one night at the Best Western Stansted Manor Hotel coming back from a trip in the Highlands. It is conveniently located just 10 minute drive from the...
Gili_S Says: There are lots of history and stories about the Essex girls, I am not sure how much I can actually show and tell here, but I guess you can more or less believe...
Prested Hall, Feering: Outstanding value for money
MikeBird Says: We really struck lucky when we booked a single night, midweek stay at this hotel set in its own extensive grounds on the edge of the village of Feering, south...
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sourbugger Says: Ongar railway station is one heck of a long way from central London. Despite heading deep into Essex it was a stop on the London Underground system until the...
sourbugger Says: As a city destination for a history vulture, a day trip or weekener to Colchester is worth investigating. It has the longest recorded history of any town in...
ESSEX TOP 10 - Northern towns ! (5)
sourbugger Says: It's the south of the county that fulfill the sterotype of Essex. Brash ex-londoners, the men in their tatoos, Ford Escorts and knocked off Rolex watches...
sourbugger Says: A junction or two up the M11 towards Cambridge stands a rather impressive stately home that was originally bought by Charles II from the Suffolk family.It was...
ESSEX TOP 10 - Hadleigh castle & area (7)
sourbugger Says: The ruined castle at Hadleigh looks out over the Thames estuary. Built in the 1230's it is an important example of it's type. It is also only a shortwalk from...
sourbugger Says: Down amongst the wilds of Essex's 'deep south' lies Thurrock, the location for the 'Lakeside shopping centre'. I think it could reasonably called the first...
ESSEX TOP 10 - Secret Nuclear Bunker (3)
sourbugger Says: Although in Essex it's not far outside London.This relic of the cold war is fascinating and very good value at 6.50 for entry. You need to get to Epping (it's...
sourbugger Says: Tilbury is pretty much a god-forsaken dump, but it does have a couple of attractions that might interest the more adventurous traveller.Foremost is the Tilbury...
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Great Bardfield is just lovely, and a favourite of mine to visit. I have family connections here and a real soft spot for this typical North Essex village. It...
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Q: Does anybody know if there is a bus service that takes passengers from home to Stansted Airport ? There is one for Gatwick (the...
A: Isn't the Gatwick Express the train between London and Gatwick? Anyway, there are some buses from Stansted to Essex, see...
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Essex - a fine English county.
When I lived in Essex, I took Essex Girl jokes for granted. However, living in New Zealand (where it's difficult to be further away from Essex) I was surprised at how I still got to hear the same old...
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Essex is a much maligned, yet importantly historic county of England. It was my home for just over a year from late 2000 to the end of 2001. I lived amongst the Cockneys on that infamous stretch of......
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Our destination after leaving Greater London was a tiny village called Great Tey, a few miles outside of Colchester on England's southeastern coast. This community has been in existance for thousands...
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This page will be permanently under construction as I add places locally. Essex is really a county of two halves. There is the flat vast sprawl of over-developed towns and industry towards the Thames...
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