Region: England · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Essex
Essex is a city in England, United Kingdom, home to about 1,860,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Essex, with about 67 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Best months
- June to September
- Nearest airport
- SEN21 km · London Southend Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Plugs
- G · 230 V
- Emergency
- 112
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Essex
Essex is a ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the south, Greater London to the south-west, and Hertfordshire to the west.
Contrary to popular belief and stereotypes, Essex is not actually an urban wasteland. Most of the county is rural, and has some very beautiful scenery that is not widely known to outsiders. Saffron Walden, in the north-west of the county, epitomises this defiance of the classic Essex stereotype, as do many of the smaller towns and villages. Essex is bordered by Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the south via the Thames Estuary and Greater London to the south west.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Essex
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Basildon Wickford hotel | 67 | 4.3/5 482 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
Where the places to stay in Essex are
13 places to stay in this guide with known coordinates, grouped by straight-line distance from the city centre (the point Wikidata gives for Essex), nearest first. Distance on foot or by road is longer.
10 places
- The Bell Inn · 3.1 km
- The Griffin Inn · 3.6 km
- The Bell Inn · 3.7 km
- The Anchor Inn · 3.7 km
- Spread Eagle Hotel · 6.7 km
- George Inn · 6.9 km
- Red Lion Inn · 6.9 km
- Woolpack Inn · 7.4 km
- The Three Horseshoes Inn · 7.7 km
- The Windmill Inn · 8.0 km
Where to stay
More hotels in Essex
12 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| George Inn | 6.9 km | |
| Red Lion Inn | 6.9 km | |
| Spread Eagle Hotel | 6.7 km | |
| The Anchor Inn | 3.7 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 3.1 km | |
| The Bell Inn | 3.7 km | |
| The Cock Inn | 2.8 km | |
| The Griffin Inn | 3.6 km | |
| The Three Horseshoes Inn | 7.7 km | |
| The Windmill Inn | 8.0 km | |
| Woolpack Inn | 7.4 km | |
| The Rodney Inn | 1.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Essex
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Essex are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; November is the wettest, with about 61 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Public holidays in United Kingdom, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Essex: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Southend Airport (SEN), about 21 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 28 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 46 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
London Stansted Airport (STN) is near Stansted Mountfitchet and Great Dunmow. It is a major international airport with flights from destinations throughout the UK, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Stansted is a major hub for Ryanair.
Getting around
Essex's three cities and many of its towns and villages lie on the National Rail network. Some towns lie on the London Underground network. It is not easy to travel east-west across Essex by train. Some journeys require a change at London Liverpool Street or London Stratford, and it may be quicker to travel across the county by bus or car.
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Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Essex
Stay safe
You can also seek health advice from a high street pharmacist, available in most town and city centres, as well as some villages. Most NHS care is free for patients ordinarily resident in Britain. Some visitors from abroad must pay for their treatment, including care on hospital wards.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Essex
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Essex: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Essex?
By published guest score: Travelodge Basildon Wickford (4.3 / 5 · 482 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Essex?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Essex are June to September. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 23 °C; November is the wettest, with about 61 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Essex?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Southend Airport (SEN), about 21 km from the city centre in a straight line; London Stansted Airport (STN, 28 km) and London City Airport (LCY, 46 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Essex?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Essex
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.