Name: Brook Red Lion Hotel
Address: High Street, Colchester, CO1 1DJ, United Kingdom, High Street, Essex, CO1 1DJ, UK
Price range: Prices for upcoming dates start at £42 per night (We Price Match)
Rating: 7.7

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the hotel was in the center of the colchester, and the stuff were so nice.

Fulya, Turkey

Clean comfortable room with ensuite. Quiet. Very good breakfast. Very convenient for work. Very close to excellent eateries.

Simon, United Kingdom

We love the experience of staying in OLD hotels with character they exude. Red Lion has this in spades. Great.

Ronald, Australia

A beautiful old hotel and good staff. Breakfast was great served in a lovely old room

Janette, Australia

The four course breakfast ws the best feature. The taxi rank and bus stop are right outside the hotel entrance.

Michael, United Kingdom

The Red Lion is a wonderful old hotel with the most helpful and kind staff. Breakfast was very very good and the dining room is just unbelievably beautiful - in fact the whole hotel is just full of old world charme. Situated right in the middle of the High Street it will be very noisy at weekends I guess (lots of clubs and pubs around), but I was fortunate enough to get a room at the back of the hotel (only downside with that was the view towards a brick wall...). The room was nicely furnished and quite big and the bed was very comfy.

Eva, Germany

Always a joy staying here - Super friendly staff, lovely building, great location.

Greg, United Kingdom

Nice staff. Clean hotel. Good breakfast. Central. Dogs welcome.

David, United Kingdom

Breakfast was the best part of the stay. Room location was on the front. without double glazing nightclub/bar music went on until past 2 am then there was crowd and taxi conversation that you could quite easily hear

Claudette, United Kingdom

The bed and breakfast and town centre and the shop in Colchester

Paul, United Kingdom

8.6

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What guests loved the most:
“the hotel was in the center of the colchester, and the stuff were so nice.”

Fulya Turkey
“Clean comfortable room with ensuite. Quiet. Very good breakfast. Very convenient for work. Very close to excellent eateries.”

Simon United Kingdom
“We love the experience of staying in OLD hotels with character they exude. Red Lion has this in spades. Great.”

Ronald Australia
“A beautiful old hotel and good staff. Breakfast was great served in a lovely old room”

Janette Australia
“The four course breakfast ws the best feature. The taxi rank and bus stop are right outside the hotel entrance.”

Michael United Kingdom
“The Red Lion is a wonderful old hotel with the most helpful and kind staff.”

Eva Germany
“Always a joy staying here - Super friendly staff, lovely building, great location.”

Greg United Kingdom
“Nice staff. Clean hotel. Good breakfast. Central. Dogs welcome.”

David United Kingdom
“Breakfast was the best part of the stay. Room location was on the front.”

Claudette United Kingdom
“The bed and breakfast and town centre and the shop in Colchester”

Paul United Kingdom

One of our bestsellers in Colchester! Located in the town centre of Colchester, the Grade I-listed Brook Red Lion Hotel is 1.5 miles from the Merville Barracks and 2 miles from the University of Essex. The Red Lion is ideal for Colchester Hospital, Colchester Castle, town centre shopping and Colchester Zoo.

All 24 bedrooms, with original Tudor features, have a flat-screen multi-channel TV, complementary tea and coffee and a work desk, alongside a private bathroom.

Dating back to 1485, the Parliament Restaurant has a large choice of dishes, all freshly prepared by a team of chefs. There is a 24-hour front desk, residents bar, free WiFi and discounted car parking.

Colchester town train station is a 2 minute walk away and it offers direct routes to London Liverpool Street.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 8.2 for a two-person trip.

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Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (8.5)

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Full English/Irish, Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten-free, Buffet

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The Red Lion Hotel is one of the oldest Hotels in the UK. We are in the heart of Colchester and welcome guests from all around the world. The hotel is famous as it was once the meeting place for Oliver Cromwell and his parliament. We are also famous for Alice our resident Ghost!. She is not always around but has been seen from time to time. Please call us for more details!

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Colchester Town Railway Station
0.3 miles
Essex County Hospital
0.5 miles
Colchester Institute
0.5 miles
Colchester Castle
1 miles
Colchester General Hospital
1.4 miles
Birch Grove Golf Club
1.5 miles
University of Essex Colchester Campus
2.2 miles
Weston Homes Community Stadium
2.3 miles
Colchester Zoo
3.4 miles
Alresford
4.8 miles

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Supermarket
0.1 miles
Market
0.1 miles
Restaurant
0.1 miles
Cafe/bar
0.1 miles

Closest airports *

London Southend Airport
23.8 miles
London Stansted Airport
27.2 miles
Cambridge Airport
38.1 miles

What travellers love about this location

“Clean comfortable room with ensuite. Quiet. Very good breakfast. Very convenient for work. Very close to excellent eateries. ”

Simon

United Kingdom

“Always a joy staying here - Super friendly staff, lovely building, great location.”

Greg

United Kingdom

“Location was unbeatable, breakfast was excellent, people were very nice and helpful”

Perry

Argentina

8.7

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1 restaurant on site

Parliament Restaurant

Cuisine: British

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15:00 - 00:00

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Until 11:00 hours

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Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to accommodation type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check the conditions of your required room.

Children and extra beds

All children are welcome.

Free! All children under 10 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.

Free! All children under 3 years stay free of charge for children's cots/cribs.

All older children or adults are charged GBP 10 per person per night for extra beds.

The maximum number of extra beds/children's cots permitted in a room is 1.

Any type of extra bed or child's cot/crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.

Supplements are not calculated automatically in the total costs and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.

Pets

Pets are allowed. Charges may be applicable.

Groups

When booking more than 5 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Brook Red Lion Hotel accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.

“The Red Lion is a wonderful old hotel with the most helpful and kind staff. Breakfast was very very good and the dining room is just unbelievably beautiful - in fact the whole hotel is just full of old world charme. Situated right in the middle of the High Street it will be very noisy at weekends I guess (lots of clubs and pubs around), but I was fortunate enough to get a room at the back of the hotel (only downside with that was the view towards a brick wall...). The room was nicely furnished and quite big and the bed was very comfy.”

Eva

Germany

“Breakfast was the best part of the stay. Room location was on the front. without double glazing nightclub/bar music went on until past 2 am then there was crowd and taxi conversation that you could quite easily hear”

Claudette

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Reviewed: 20 July 2019

Chris
United Kingdom
5.8

“Easy to get to, difficult to sleep.”
- • Business trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Bathroom a wreck; room had window down to a passage that was noisey all night - would suggest avoiding here on weekends.
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Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 20 July 2019

Adam
United Kingdom
3.3

“No sleep loads of pigeons on the scaffolding outside my room so noisy ...”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Building work going on. Workers starting work drilling walls half 7 in the morning ...
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Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 19 July 2019

Roxana
Romania
7.1

“Good location”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
The bathroom was a bit dirty and the it needed some fixing.
Good location.

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 17 July 2019

John
United Kingdom
Age group: 55 – 64

2 helpful votes
5.4

Passable
- • Solo traveller
- • Twin Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Decor, carpets, furniture, bathroom all aged and tired. Banging doors late at night then early in the morning. Fire alarm set off early in morning as cleaners used fire exit doors to do their work. Only 2 normal coffee sachets. No instructions readily found on how to work TV. Suff marks up many wall. Linen cupboard out side my room and was being noisily accessed from about ,8am.
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Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 16 July 2019

Fulya
Turkey
5.8

“Probably the oldest hotel of the UK”
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
When we entered the room there were lots of flies in the room and the toilet flush was not working properly. The hotel was very old.
the hotel was in the center of the colchester, and the stuff were so nice.

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 16 July 2019

Lea
Croatia
4.2

Disappointing
- • Leisure trip
- • Family with young children
- • 2 rooms
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
place is definitely not maintained properly
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Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 14 July 2019

Alison
United Kingdom
7.5

“We were concerned about leaving the vehicle in a public car park overnight”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 1 night
The noise. Unfortunately we were put in a room at the front of the hotel and it was very noisy until early hours of the morning. The website should tell you the parking is either in a NCP car park or open public car park away from the hotel. No bathmat supplied in the bathroom. No glass to drink water from
The breakfast was really nice

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 14 July 2019

Anonymous
United Kingdom
9.6

Exceptional
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Single Room
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Windows didn't open and no fan available as the room was too hot.
It was comfy and qwant.

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 13 July 2019

robinson7604
United Kingdom

3 helpful votes
7.5

Good
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Single Room
- • Stayed 5 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
No on site parking
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Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 12 July 2019

Charles
United Kingdom
8.3

“Comfortable. No view. Window overlooked scaffolding for roof repairs.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Single Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Carpet was messy on arrival and was not vacuumed during my stay. Waste bin emptied only once.

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 12 July 2019

Simon Mercer
United Kingdom

1 helpful vote
10

Exceptional
- • Business trip
- • Solo traveller
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 4 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Clean comfortable room with ensuite. Quiet. Very good breakfast. Very convenient for work. Very close to excellent eateries.

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 12 July 2019

Ronald
Australia

2 helpful votes
9.2

“This hotel was the highlite of our five week holiday from Australia.”
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 3 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Nothing , except this not affecting many , the Guinness tap was dry.
We love the experience of staying in OLD hotels with character they exude. Red Lion has this in spades. Great.

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 11 July 2019

John
United Kingdom
6.7

Pleasant
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
Rooms are a bit tired and need updating .
Good location

Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 11 July 2019

Yuranant
Thailand
10

“Good time”
- • Group of friends
- • 2 rooms
- • Stayed 1 night
- • Submitted via mobile
Nothing
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Stayed in July 2019
Reviewed: 10 July 2019

Anonymous
United Kingdom
9.2

Superb
- • Leisure trip
- • Couple
- • Double Room
- • Stayed 2 nights
- • Submitted via mobile
This hotel is in a great location, ideally situated for exploring the town and surrounding areas. Great choice for breakfast and the staff couldn't have been more helpful. I would definitely recommend staying here!

Stayed in June 2019

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	Double Room 1 double bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking This double room features free WiFi, an en suite with a shower over the bath, a flat-screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Room facilities: • Tea/Coffee Maker • Shower • Bath • TV • Telephone • Fax • Hairdryer • Wake Up Service/Alarm Clock • Iron • Trouser Press • Radio • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • Heating • Satellite Channels • Cable Channels • Bath or Shower • Carpeted • Interconnected room(s) available • Flat-screen TV • Sofa • View • Wake-up service • Dining area • Electric kettle • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Wardrobe or closet • Hypoallergenic • Cleaning products • City view • Towels • Linen • Children's high chair • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Clothes rack • Fold-up bed • Toilet paper Parking: Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and charges may be applicable. Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Double Room with Four Poster Bed 1 double bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking With a four-poster bed, this spacious room includes free WiFi, an en suite with a shower over the bath, a flat-screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities. There is also a seating area. Room facilities: • Tea/Coffee Maker • Shower • Bath • TV • Telephone • Fax • Hairdryer • Wake Up Service/Alarm Clock • Iron • Trouser Press • Radio • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • Heating • Satellite Channels • Cable Channels • Bath or Shower • Carpeted • Flat-screen TV • Sofa • View • Wake-up service • Dining area • Electric kettle • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Wardrobe or closet • Hypoallergenic • Cleaning products • City view • Towels • Linen • Children's high chair • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Clothes rack • Fold-up bed • Toilet paper Parking: Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and charges may be applicable. Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
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Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking Each room has free WiFi, an en suite with a shower over the bath, a flat-screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Room facilities: • Tea/Coffee Maker • Shower • Bath • TV • Telephone • Fax • Hairdryer • Wake Up Service/Alarm Clock • Iron • Trouser Press • Radio • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • Heating • Satellite Channels • Cable Channels • Bath or Shower • Carpeted • Interconnected room(s) available • Flat-screen TV • Sofa • View • Wake-up service • Dining area • Electric kettle • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Wardrobe or closet • Hypoallergenic • Cleaning products • City view • Towels • Linen • Children's high chair • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Clothes rack • Fold-up bed • Toilet paper Parking: Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and charges may be applicable. Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content
	Single Room 1 single bed	Show prices
Start of dialog content 댴 Private bathroom Parking Each room has free WiFi, an en suite with a shower over the bath, a flat-screen TV and tea and coffee making facilities. Room facilities: • Tea/Coffee Maker • Shower • Bath • TV • Telephone • Fax • Hairdryer • Wake Up Service/Alarm Clock • Iron • Trouser Press • Radio • Desk • Ironing Facilities • Seating Area • Free toiletries • Fan • Toilet • Private bathroom • Heating • Satellite Channels • Cable Channels • Bath or Shower • Carpeted • Interconnected room(s) available • Flat-screen TV • Sofa • View • Wake-up service • Dining area • Electric kettle • Towels/Sheets (extra fee) • Wardrobe or closet • Hypoallergenic • Cleaning products • City view • Towels • Linen • Children's high chair • Upper floors accessible by stairs only • Clothes rack • Fold-up bed • Toilet paper Parking: Public parking is possible at a location nearby (reservation is needed) and charges may be applicable. Please select everything you’d like to know more about (Your response helps provide better information for travellers) Beds Bathroom Kitchen Breakfast Room capacity Room view Room facilities Parking Smoking Other What do you want to know about the selected options? Enter your feedback Submit Cancel Thanks for your time! Your feedback will help us improve, so you can book more easily next time. Close We're sorry, but there was an error submitting your response. Please try again. Retry Missing some information? Yes / No Great! Thanks for your response. Check-in date Check-out date Rooms Adults Children End of dialog content

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