The county of Essex, England

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The county of Essex is situated in East Anglia, North of The Thames estuary with Kent to the south linked by the Dartford Tunnel crossing, Suffolk to the north and moving to the west, Greater London, Hertfordshire and north west to Cambridgeshire. Essex enjoys both a close proximity to London and a smattering of seaside resorts. Rural Essex is a delight, particularly where it borders Suffolk to the north and in Constable’s paintings there are many scenes which remain today.The Romans settled here with both Colchester and Chelmsford reaching national importance, the lformer, Colchester, is the oldest recorded Roman town in England, existing as a Celtic settlement before the Roman conquest and the latter being the only English town to receive the Royal prefix. Essex has a population of around 1,600,000 and it’s county town is Chelmsford. Essex is also host to Stansted Airport, London's third airport, which is situated on the Essex and Cambridgeshire border and just a 45 minute drive to London.

Where to stay and things to do in Essex

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Selected Essex hotels - Please Refresh for another random Hotel list

The Art Cafe at The Art Cafe Colchester, Colchester
Battlesbridge Antiques Centre, Battlesbridge
Geisha Hotel & Restaurant, Clacton-on-Sea
Premier Travel Inn Thurrock-West, West Thurrock
Old Bell Hotel, Stansted
Essex Golf & Country Club Hotel, Colchester (near)
Banks Hotel, Ilford
Hotel Ibis Thurrock, Grays
Thaxted Hall, Stansted
Five Lakes Resort, Maldon

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Arkesden | Audley End | Aythorpe Roding | Barking | Basildon | Battlesbridge | Bibury | Blackmore End | Bocking | Braintree | Brentwood | Brightlingsea | Burnham On Crouch | Burnham-on-Crouch | Castle Hedingham | Castle Lane | Chappel | Chelmsford | Chelmsford (Near) | Clacton-on-Sea | Coggeshall | Colchester | Colchester (near) | Dagenham | Danbury | Dedham | Dedman | Dunmow | East Tilbury | Elsenham | Epping | Feering | Felsted | Fingringhoe | Frinton-on-Sea | Gosfield | Grays | Great Braxted | Great Chesterford | Great Dunmow | Great Yeldham | Halstead | Harlow | Harwich | Hatfield Heath | Hornden On The Hill | Ilford | Ingatestone | Jaywick | Langham | Latchingdon | Lee Valley | Leigh-on-Sea | Little Canford | Little Dunmow | Little Hallingbury | Maldon | Manningtree | Mistley | Newport | North Fambridge | Old Harlow | Paglesham | Pattiswick | Pitsea | Radwinter | Rainham | Rayleigh | Rochford | Saffron Walden | Shalford | Shenfield | South Woodham Ferrers | Southend-on-Sea | Stanstead Abbots | Stansted | Stansted (near) | Stansted Airport | Stansted Mountfitchet | Stock | Thaxted | Theydon Mount | Tilbury | Tillingham | Tolleshunt Knights | Topplesfield | Waltham Abbey | Wendens Ambo | West Thurrock | Westcliff-On-Sea | Wickham Bishops | Wivenhoe | Wix |

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