Essex · Hotel shortlist
Essex hotels with parking
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
These are my five favourites in Essex, out of the 114 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.8.
Westbrook Inn Bed and Breakfast is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Westbrook Inn Bed and Breakfast
★★★★★4.9 from 633 reviews
Westbrook Inn Bed and Breakfast comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 633 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under city centre and around $262 a night on the dates we checked.
114 hotels in Essex qualified for this list and five made it. Abbey's Lantern Hill Inn is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
- Dogs allowedno kennel to arrange before you fly
All five, ranked
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1
Westbrook Inn Bed and Breakfast
★★★★★4.9 from 633 reviews
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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2Abbey's Lantern Hill Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 602 reviews
- Spa
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
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3Stonecroft Inn
★★★★★4.9 from 421 reviews
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4Madison Beach Hotel, Curio Collection by Hilton
★★★★★4.8 from 2,610 reviews
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
- Kid friendly
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5The Inn At Stonington
★★★★★4.9 from 215 reviews
- Gym
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
114 Essex hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Ellie Brandt Southeast Asia
Works weekends at an animal shelter and saves the pay for off-season flights. Hostels, night buses, and volunteering at animal sanctuaries for a bunk. Six countries in three years.
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