“Long been run as a pub, the Lion Inn has now taken on a new form with an extensive conversion turning it into a restaurant with rooms. The rooms vary in style from the more traditional in the original building to slick and contemporary in the new. The restaurant is ever popular with the locals.”

Recommended for

  • Country Escape

    • A converted pub, now restaurant with rooms, offering both the rural location and hearty British cuisine.
  • Other Activities

    • Spend an evening at the hotel's Comedy Club open every Thursday.
  • Sights nearby

    • Stop by Chelmsford's small Tudor Gothic 14th century cathedral.
  • Great walks

    • Take a stroll through the picturesque RHS Garden Hyde Hall.
  • Contemporary

  • Wedding license

  • Traditional

  • Restaurant with rooms

  • Disabled access

  • Child friendly

  • Village

  • Inn

  • Restaurant

Facilities

  • Rooms

    23 rooms in this hotel
  • No pets

  • Meeting Room

  • Wedding license

  • Bar

  • Parking

  • Wifi

  • Air conditioning

  • Disabled access

  • Child friendly

  • Restaurant

Activities

  • Other Activities

    • Spend an evening at the hotel's Comedy Club open every Thursday.
  • Sights nearby

    • Stop by Chelmsford's small Tudor Gothic 14th century cathedral.
  • Great walks

    • Take a stroll through the picturesque RHS Garden Hyde Hall.

Map & Location

Other reviews

The Lion Inn

An ancient pub turned with some style into a cool and very busy restaurant with rooms. It’s very popular locally but perhaps deserves to be better known beyond this corner of Essex.

Originally published by The Telegraph

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