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Find self-catering accommodation in Essex. The cottages and houses listed below are all in Essex. Click on cottage photographs below to read full details about each of the properties. You may be surprised at the bery good holiday accommodation in Essex, which covers a wide variety of styles. There are traditional clapboard cottages, thatched cottages, seaside chalets, beautiful period houses, windmills and modern luxury log cabins with their own private hot tubs and saunas. There are also small cottage parks that have a collection of holiday homes and a central leisure building with a swimming pool and gymnasium for holidaymakers to enjoy.
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Hylands House, Chelmsford
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Heybridge Basin, Essex
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South Woodham Ferrers, Essex
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The county of Essex lies north east of London. The suburbs of London merge into south Essex, the green of the countryside gradually increases going north. North Essex offers some beautiful villages, many with thatched cottages and ancient churches. It's an interesting county with plenty to see and do. North Essex is much more rural than south Essex. It is a wonderful location for pleasant country view and the perfect place for luxury cottages with a hot tub in north Essex.
The lengthy coastline offers many sailing and fishing opportunities both on the sea and many rivers. Family oriented seaside resorts offers days out for all, well-known resorts include Clacton, Southend, Walton on the Naze, Frinton.
There are gardens to visit throughout Essex, historic towns like Maldon, and Colchester with castles and museums, woodland walks, nature reserves.. .. Any cottage holiday in Essex can be as peaceful or active as you would like. London is just an hours' distance away for day trips or go north and visit Constable Country that borders Essex and Suffolk.
Essex is a remarkable county of East Anglia. Bordering Greater London, Essex stretches all the way from inside the M25 Motorway at Chigwell northwards to meet Suffolk. En-route are some of the most attractive places to live in England, discover pretty villages full of period cottages, farms and country estates, country lanes where people ride horses at weekends, country parks, the city of Chelmsford and captivating Roman Colchester.
Essex offers all the ingredients for an active and absorbing self-catering holiday. It is the driest county in England with arguably the greatest number of garden centres and boot fairs. The cottage self catering accommodation available is generally situated in the lovely villages surrounded by pleasing countryside. There are satisfyingly wide and long sandy beaches stretching all the way from Jaywick through to Walton on the Naze.
The following list of self-catering accommodation is in Essex and is available for weekly rentals or short breaks. Essex lies to the east and north east of London. The suburbs of London merge into rural Essex, as housing developments gradually give way to green fields, farmland and villages. Constable Country in the north of Essex is a wonderfully picturesque place to visit, as is Colchester with its Roman history, the Essex coastline and seaside resorts are big attractions. Chelmsford is the main town - Essex currently being the only county without an officially recognised city - although Chelmsford does have a cathedral. There are plenty of opportunities for recreation in Essex with numerous country parks and woodland walks in addition to tourist attractions and organised leisure facilities. Click here for more information about accommodation and things to do in Essex.
Self catering cottages in Essex come in a wide assortment of styles, sizes and periods. There is everything from a thatched country cottage, spacious farmhouse, self catering riverside apartments, beach cottages, and magnificent period houses brimming with atmosphere. The quality is always reliable. As one would expect, a budget rental price obtains good basic holiday accommodation whereas high prices are demanded for luxury self catering properties.