Hotels Near Blake's Wood in Chelmsford

There are three premier inns in Chelmsford this one may be the oldest but the staff are very helpful and welcoming. Usual facilities but no air con room temperature was around 32 degrees at front rooms a bit cooler at the back. Quite noisy with people moving around in rooms above sounds like they are coming through the ceiling. Also noise from TV in next room very late at night really annoying but staff dealt with issues very quickly when aware.

I stayed here for a night out with old uni mates and it panned out to be in the perfect location for a night out in town. I didn't need to get a cab so it worked out to be a cheaper night out than I was expecting. I only had a one main issue which was that there wasn’t a TV remote in the room and had to go back and forth with the reception team to sort it out. As one was given that didn’t have any Working batteries, Another which didn’t work at all with new batteries in it and then finally the manager kindly said for me to wait in my room and he’ll sort it out for me which I really appreciated. However, this exchanged did make me late to getting myself sorted so I ended up having to rush, which is a little bit frustrating as I arrived in plenty of time beforehand. I also noticed that the cutlery down at breakfast wasn’t the cleanest. I usually crack on with this kind of stuff as I work in hospitality but the cutlery had a lot of dried food on it. I did manage to find a set that was clean enough But I had to take that from another table that was laid out. This was a little bit of putting hangover lol. Breakfast was good though !

Very good. Helpful, friendly staff. Comfortable ( if a bit dated) rooms. Could do with a few more plant based food options but overall I enjoyed my stay. Excellent location for Chelmsford shops and restaurants. Close to the train station which is also a plus.

I booked to stay here as I was going to the theatre and this is really close to there and the train station. The lady who checked us in said they're renovating which may explain the mound of rubbish we had to walk past to get up the outside stairs to access the rooms (you don't go through the pub to get to the rooms). Our room was nice (well stocked tea tray) and the bed really comfy and the shower was nice and powerful. There is a lot of stairs and to find the room was a bit of a maze (even though our room was above the bar), the hall smelt fusty and needs to have windows open in the daytime although I appreciate in winter that would make the place cold. I didn't like the fact that the outer door doesn't close automatically so anyone could walk into the building from the car park next to the pub, and it was also very noisy at night - its a busy road and also the other guests were loud and kept slamming doors and shouting on their phones in the corridor but that's not the pubs fault. I think for the price breakfast should be included.

Reception staff very friendly and helpful. When I tried to check in the staff didn’t have my name but only my friends even though I was the one that paid for the room? Bar food was nice enough but quite expensive over £18 for 1 panini, 1 chips, soft drink & a tea! Room was clean and tidy and very quiet but unfortunately didn’t have the best sleep as bed was really uncomfortable, springs coming through the mattress and really lumpy hard pillows also which was a shame! Stayed there as music event was on at the Colchester Park and looked like it was the nearest hotel to it but walking there was a bit tricky as had to go across a main road and through a dodgy alleyway behind an industrial building which wasn’t signposted after the event had to walk the long way around through the town to get back to the hotel.