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5 places to stay in Essex

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Osea Island accommodation

Maldon, Essex
- Free parking
Price guide: from £200 a night
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Lee Wick Farm Cottages & Glamping

St Osyth, Essex
- Free parking
Price guide: from £200 a night
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Little Bullocks Farm Barns

Great Canfield, Essex
- Free parking
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Wakes Hall Lodges

Colchester, Essex
- Free parking
Price guide: from £200 a night
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Warren Lodges – Hoseasons

Maldon, Essex
- Free parking
- Outdoor activities
Price guide: from £100 a night
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Things to do in and around Essex

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Where your booking money goes

Every year, money that could pay local staff, local suppliers and local taxes leaves UK communities in booking-site commission.

£1.1bn

earned by Booking.com in 2024 from UK accommodation – by its own accounts
£885m

of that leaves the UK. Only about £215m is spent back here
£2bn

a year, estimated, paid by UK hotels, B&Bs and holiday lets to overseas booking platforms

From Booking.com Limited’s 2024 accounts at Companies House, and Mooch estimates. See how we worked it out →