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“Great Location, Lovely Hotel”

Best Western Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa

4 of 5 stars
Middletonlass
Banbury
Dec 1, 2009

Booked the hotel for our anniversary. Had a Spa & Golf package. My husband was very skeptical about the break but we couldn't fault it. The spa is small but nice, the pool is a decent size. The golf...more

“Nice old hotel but very noisy”

The Red Lion Colchester

3 of 5 stars
AuntiePaich
London
Dec 1, 2009

We stayed here on a Saturday night in a first floor room at the front of the hotel. Our room was right on the High Street with two clubs across the street and a taxi rank outside. We got in at about...more

“check first with the lacal enviromental dept”

Riverside Hotel

1 of 5 stars
WalesNanna
wales
Dec 1, 2009

rrived with my husband and grandson last night at pm,the entire place looked like the marie celeste apart from one solitary lady,who was either reading the paper or sleeping,this i could not really...more

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