| Pub | Comments | Location |
|---|---|---|
| BILLERICAY | ||
| Railway | A rather attractive traditional boozer offering quality cask ales.
Last visited October 2026. |
High Street / Crown Road |
| Wetherspoon Blue Boar | A very large open room with modern styling.
Last visited October 2026. |
High Street |
| BRAINTREE | ||
| Wetherspoon Picture Palace | A gorgeous former cinema with art deco features, a very attractive interior.
Last visited October 2026. |
Fairfield Road / Victoria Street |
| BRENTWOOD | ||
| Wetherspoon Dairyman | A smaller than average Wetherspoon in a former Tesco. There are some comfortable booths along the side wall.
Last visited October 2026. |
High Street / Moores Place |
| CHELMSFORD | ||
| Wetherspoon Ivory Peg | One large open room with pleasant modern decor.
Last visited May 2025. |
New London Road / Bellmead |
| CLACTON-ON-SEA | ||
| Old Lifeboat House | A plain but pleasant micro pub serving excellent cask ale.
Last visited October 2026. |
Anglefield / Holland Road |
| Wetherspoon Moon & Starfish | A very popular branch right on the seafront.
Last visited October 2026. |
Marine Parade East / Pier Avenue |
| COLCHESTER | ||
| Camulodunum | A large traditional pub offering a small range of cask ales.
Last visited October 2026. |
High Street / North Hill |
| Castle | Despite being in the Good Beer Guide there were no cask ales available when I visited this pleasant comfortable pub.
Last visited October 2026. |
High Street / Queen Street |
| Other Monkey Brewing | A small place attached to the much bigger Three Wise Monkeys. This one offers excellent real ales.
Last visited October 2026. |
St Nicholas Street / Culver Street East |
| Magnet | A pleasant modern micro serving quality cask ales.
Last visited October 2026. |
North Station Road |
| Purple Dog | A rather splendid traditionally decorated pub offering a fine range of cask ales. The decor including ancient beams and bars brickwork is very attractive although I'm not convinced it is all genuine.
Last visited October 2026. |
Eld Lane / Trinity Street |
| Victoria | A rather fine traditional pub, knocked round an island servery. Excellent real ales.
Last visited October 2026. |
North Station Road / Victoria Chase |
| Wetherspoon Playhouse | Wow! A wonderful interior in a former theater, you can sit on the stage if you choose.
Last visited May 2025. |
St John's Walk / Chapel Street North |
| STAPLEFORD ABBOTS | ||
| Royal Oak | A very pleasant traditional country pub serving excellent ale, and the bar food looks very good. There's also an attached restaurant.
Warning: There seems to be another pub near here called Royal Oak, which may explain why our taxi never turned up! Last visited April 2006 |
Stapleford Road |
| WITHAM | ||
| Wetherspoon Battesford Court | An impressive historical interior in this pleasant Wetherspoon.
Last visited October 2026. |
Newland Street / Newland Court |
| WIVENHOE | ||
| Station Hotel | A beautifully done corner house offering quality cask ales. Is this historically a pub, I wonder?
Last visited October 2026. |
Station Road |
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