Hotels near Great Dunmow
Brook Hotels have two Great Dunmow hotels:
Whitehall Hotel, Dunmow
and
Red Lion Hotel, Colchester.
Great Dunmow, Essex
Great Dunmow is a small market town in Essex, between Bishop's Stortford, Braintree
and Chelmsford. Lying on the River Chelmer, Great Dunmow was once a Roman settlement;
the town is situated on a Roman road and is thought to have been the site of a Roman
station. An important market centre, Great Dunmow's main trade was wool and today
the traditional market still exists surrounded by historic buildings, including
a sixteenth century town hall.
Brook Hotels have two Great Dunmow hotels, the
Whitehall Hotel
in Dunmow and the
Red Lion Hotel
in Colchester.
Great Dunmow is well known for the Dunmow Flitch Trials which began around 1120.
Held every four years, couples have to convince a jury they have not argued during
the last year and if they succeed, they win a flitch of bacon.
Also near Stansted Airport and the M11 motorway, Great Dunmow offers plenty of attractions,
including the Maltings Museum which explains the town's history.
Great Dunmow Attractions
- Easton Lodge Gardens
- Great Dunmow Maltings
- Great Dunmow Museum
- Little Easton Manor
- Finchingfield Windmill
- House on the Hill Museum Adventure
- Mountfitchet Castle & Norman Village
Stay at a Brook Hotel, either the
Whitehall Hotel
in Dunmow, or the
Red Lion Hotel
in Colchester, ideal Great Dunmow hotels.
Hotels Near Great Dunmow...
Whitehall Hotel
Whitehall Hotel
Church End
Broxted
Dunmow
near Stansted
Essex
CM6 2BZ
Phone:
+44 (0)1279 850603
Fax:
+44 (0)1279 850385
Red Lion Hotel
Red Lion Hotel
High Street
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1DJ
Phone:
+44 (0)1206 577986
Fax:
+44 (0)1206 578207