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Drapers Hotel

3.5 star property

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Terrace/patio
Front of property – evening/night
Birthday party area
Terrace/patio
2 bars/lounges

Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Business services

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53 High Street, Earls Colne, Colchester, England, CO6 2PB
  • East Anglian Railway Museum
    6 min drive
  • Hedingham Castle
    11 min drive
  • Colchester Zoo
    15 min drive
  • London (STN-Stansted)
    38 min drive

Room options

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Premium Suite | Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Premium Suite

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Deluxe Double Room | Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Double Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed | Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Double Room | Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Double Room

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed | Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Double Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds | Individually decorated, individually furnished, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Twin Room, 2 Single Beds

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking | View from room

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 25 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Drapers Hotel

Hotel with free parking, in the vicinity of East Anglian Railway Museum
A restaurant, 2 bars/lounges and a coffee shop/cafe are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include coffee/tea in a common area and a TV in a common area. Housekeeping is available on request.
Drapers Hotel offers 7 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and a hairdryer. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include baths or showers with a deep soaking bath and complimentary toiletries. Guests can surf the web using complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. An iron/ironing board, change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Drapers Hotel. During your stay, you'll be close to East Anglian Railway Museum. Features include free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus 2 bars.
  • Free WiFi and wired Internet
  • Free self-parking
  • Drinking and dining options include a coffee shop, a restaurant and 2 bars/lounges
  • Amenities include meeting rooms, a terrace and coffee/tea in a common area
  • 6 minutes by car from East Anglian Railway Museum and 11 minutes from Hedingham Castle
Along with a restaurant, there's a coffee shop/cafe on site. You can unwind with a drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges. Public spaces have free WiFi and wired Internet. The boutique Drapers Hotel also features a terrace, coffee/tea in common area, and a television in common area. Limited free parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

This 3.5-star Colchester hotel is smoke free.

Fox and Firkin – On-site coffee shop. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant
  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Restaurants on site

  • Fox and Firkin

Things to do

  • 18-hole adjacent golf course
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Housekeeping (on request)

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No lift
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Deep soaking bathtub
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Portable fan

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from noon - 10:00 PM
Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staffed during limited hours
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 9:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 15.0 per day.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 15.0 per day

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
The front desk at this property is open daily from noon - 10:00 PM.
To arrange for check-in, guests must contact the property at least 24 hours prior to arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests arriving after 9:00 PM must make advance arrangements by contacting the property using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in information. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

We should mention

  • Registered guests are the only ones allowed to be in guestrooms.

Property is also known as

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Drapers Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 84 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 46 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 178 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 10 out of 178 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

8.0/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

paul

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice room, bed was comfy and location was good. Staff were pleasant. Hardly any parking though. Nice stay although shame there is no breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Amanda

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
I chose to stay here given the high score and positive reviews left by others. I must say my experience was not the best. It started with parking issues. I arrived to find the car park is tiny and can really only fit about 4 cars in it (5 at a squeeze) and was full. Not knowing the area I had no idea what my options were. I could see that there is allocated street parking but all of this was full too. I had to find somewhere to pull over and call the property. I was directed to a public non-paying car park situated behind them - having arrived there that was full. I went back to the hotel where a very friendly member of staff got one of the regulars to move their car to let me in the car park as they could not advise me what any other option was. I was shown to my room which was quirky but quite small. I wasn’t given any instructions about use of the wi-if or what the arrangements were for leaving keys in the morning and had to ask 2 different members of staff to get the correct information. The bed was comfortable but there was a constant noise in the room all night which sounded like a fan or something, so I didn’t have the best sleep. In the morning, the water pressure was terrible in the shower and the water was not hot - just warm at best. Also the water did not drain away. Overall not great - would I stay again, unfortunately not.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely little place , friendly staff and super comfortable and clean room . Would def go back
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

John

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A value for money, spacious, clean and well appointed room in an old pub. Our room had a bath as well as shower. Good pub food. Staff were friendly and efficient. It is an old pub so it has steep stairs, creaky floorboards and some noise from patrons but that comes with the venue. Free parking was available but limited parks at the pub itself. Would definitely stay again if in the area.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Julie

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Emilie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay. Staff were really helpful, nothing was too much for them.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Adhil

Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good interior decoration
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Always good!!!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely quaint rooms which were very comfy and in a nice little village … would definitely recommend
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

chris

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

4/10 Poor

Teresa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We had no hot water for our 2day stay and trying to find someone to talk to was very hard after speaking to a member of staff nothing was done to resolve the situation .The room we booked online was not the room we ended up with .The service was terrible but having Sunday lunch in their restaurant was spectacular bit would not recommend anyone to stay there
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Great stay would highly recommended.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good staff and friendly too. Lots of options to choose from for type of room required. Wes and June do an amazing job all round including food, entertainment and accommodation.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

David

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Honeymoon suite superbly comfy. Spotless and stylish. Shower could do with an overhaul but plenty of hot water. Very helpful staff and warm welcome. Great stay. Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

4/10 Poor

Ian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Restaurant not open Monday or Tuesday, no cafe. This needs to be shown on the hotel write up as misleading. Room no fridge working, kettle had mould inside so could not make drinks. Shower no hot water, shower mat mouldy. Deluxe windows leaking water down the wall and bedboards,cobwebs and dust everywhere not good, decor dated and peeling off walls. No remote control for tv. No food Monday or Tuesday unless you were a friend or staff??? No direction for initial registration on arrival as door.locked had to guess re entry and find bar entrance
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

simon

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
The room was lovely, and re entry decorated. The bath and shower was not functioning properly. The water didn't run hot, and on the first day we had a tepid shower. The tap fell off in my hand. The shower head was full of timescale and which meant water went at odd angles.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Dawn

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
The location was right for us to attend St Andrew’s church.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Friendly staff, nice room and great location on High Street.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

L

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a hotel attached to a sports bar. The car park is tiny. Had to park outside a shop and walk to hotel. Check in was so noisy and loud could not hear what was said. Restaurant was closed for private wine tasting. This was not on website. Music played loudly until 02:05am when I rang the pub and asked how much longer the music would play. The person who answered said they were not aware anyone was in. This was worrying as booked via website and completed registration form, had hotel needed to evacuate during the night, would I have been forgotten. Loud, noisy place. Room was nice as was person at check in, but lack of Restaurant and noise level means I would not recommend. It should be made clear that one of the bars is a sports bar
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023