Essex - Hotels - England

Essex is a county in southeast England, which has the River Stour, Suffolk and Cambridge in the north and the North Sea in the East, in the South has the Thames and Kent and to the west London, Hertfordshire and Middlesex and covers an area of 1529 square miles.

Essex has many river estuaries that are dotted along the coastline. They are Mersea, Foulness, Osea and Canvey. In the centre and north of Essex is a high and very wooded area with dales and grasslands whereas the southwest of Essex is the Hainault districts and Epping which has the remains of the very old Waltham Forest, which at on time stretched from London to Colchester. In Essex you will find large rivers which are the Stour, Crouch, Roach, Thames, Colne, Blackwater and Lea.

A bit of history, the Norman Castle at Colchester is surrounded by Roman and Saxon remains. At Ashington the church tower was built by King Canute. At Hedingham has the Norman Castle of De Veres and at Hadleigh there is a Norman fortress.

Chelsford, West Ham, Romford, Basildon and Brentwood are the other major towns in Essex.