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586 reviews

Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

Writtle Road, Margaretting, Chelmsford, CM4 0EH, United Kingdom

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Restaurant

Free Private Parking

Free wifi

Room service

Bar

Parking On Site

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western, is a 3-star stay in the United Kingdom’s Chelmsford area. Located about 3.8mi from the city center, the property sits at Writtle Road, Margaretting. With 586 reviews and rates starting from $143, this spot offers a welcoming option for travelers.

Public amenities include a restaurant, bar, terrace, and garden, plus free Wi‑Fi and private on-site parking. A 24-hour front desk, non-smoking rooms, and wheelchair accessibility add convenience, while meeting/banquet facilities (extra charges) and a golf course (extra charges) provide options for events and recreation.

Extra-long beds (> 6.5 ft), free toiletries, and views round out in-room comfort, making it easy to relax after a day of exploring Margaretting and the Chelmsford area.

Bartellas, the on-site restaurant, offers British and European dishes in a family-friendly, modern setting. It’s a welcoming spot for a casual dinner after a day of exploring Margaretting and the Chelmsford area.

For payment, cash is not accepted; American Express, Mastercard, and Visa are accepted. Meeting and banquet facilities are available for events (extra charges), and a golf course is on-site for recreation (extra charges).

A wide range of room types is available, including Standard, Deluxe, Executive, Suite, Parlor Suite, and Family Deluxe options, with configurations to suit different group sizes.

Closest airports

London Stansted Airport

15.3mi

London City Airport

20.1mi

Luton Airport

35.7mi

London Heathrow Airport

40.4mi

London Gatwick Airport

45mi

Most popular amenities

Restaurant

Free Private Parking

Free wifi

Room service

Bar

Parking On Site

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Non-smoking rooms

Wheelchair accessible

Garden

Extra long beds (> 6.5 ft)

Free toiletries

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Rooms

Standard Twin Room in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Standard, 2 Twin Beds

2 Twin Beds

170 sqft

Private Bathroom

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Flat-screen TV

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Featuring free toiletries, this double room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. The double room features a tea and coffee maker, a wardrobe, a safe deposit box, a carpeted floor and a flat-screen TV. The unit has 2 beds.

King Room in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Standard, King Size

1 Queen Size Bed

280 sqft

Private Bathroom

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King Size Bed

King Suite in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Suite

1 King Size Bed

365 sqft

Private Bathroom

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Suite Non Smoking

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Canopy, King Size

1 King Size Bed

280 sqft

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1 King Bed, Non-Smoking, Poster Or Canopy Bed is 280 square feet and includes a king-size bed 150-183 width.

Standard Queen Room in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Standard, Queen Size

1 Queen Size Bed

170 sqft

Private Bathroom

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Tea/Coffee maker

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Deluxe Family Queen Room with Sofa Bed in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Family Deluxe, Sofa

1 Sofa Bed

1 Queen Size Bed

280 sqft

Private Bathroom

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Tea/Coffee maker

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Executive Queen Room in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Executive, Queen Size

1 Queen Size Bed

205 sqft

Private Bathroom

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Flat-screen TV

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Executive Twin Room in Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

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Executive, 2 Twin Beds

2 Twin Beds

205 sqft

Private Bathroom

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Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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Standard, Twin

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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Executive, Twin

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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Standard, Triple

1 Queen Size Bed

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Standard, 2 Double Beds

2 Double Beds

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Guest reviews

7.8

586 reviews

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Featured reviews:

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Sally

8.2

February 2025

The staff are amazingly polite and helpful. My room and bathroom was spacious and had a fantastic large shower. Spotless comfy bed. Quiet location and I slept well. There are more positives than negatives

Accommodation, food and drink was a little on the pricey side. Meals were very well cooked but small and I'm not a big eater. While the hotel is lovely booking .com demand to hear my negatives. Decor is maybe a decade or 2 outdated. Could do with more lighting in my room just because I had work to do, but I find this to be the case wherever I go.

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Nicola

9.1

August 2025

Staff very friendly, helpful and accommodating. My mum has mobility issues and our location accommodated that very well. Rooms were good size, with spacious bathrooms. The breakfast service had lots of choice, with good quality food and a lovely view. Extremely pleasant stay.

Nothing not to like, just notable that whilst cleaned well, there is some aging and refurbishment needed in some of the bathrooms and rooms such as rusty grouting etc.

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Pauline

9.1

February 2024

It’s a lovely building. We used disabled parking and noticed there was a designated entrance for disabled guests, if required. We were offered help with our luggage. All the staff were lovely and helpful. The breakfast was amazing. Loads of choice. Best we have seen in a long time. (Would suggest a napkin is provided to hold fresh uncut bread for slicing)

Our room seemed to be above the kitchen, there was a constant banging and resonating sound from what must have been a swing door to the kitchen, going on until about 11.30 at night. Noise from other guests was a problem. Shouting good night at 2.30 a.m, after a night out was not something to be enjoyed although not the hotel’s fault. No glasses in the room for a drink of water at the side of the bed. We did not want to use our already utilised coffee mugs.

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Hazel

8.2

March 2025

Staff all lovely (except one!) Good value for money Room clean and comfortable Shower nice and plenty of hot water

Room was very hot but I didn’t want to sleep with the window open, as a single female traveller they’d put me on the ground floor for some reason. The breakfast waiter was a bit grumpy and unhelpful (I asked for a table for 5 and he said they didn’t have any and walked away leaving me to make up my own table!)

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Joe

10

May 2024

Venue was beautiful and everything was well kept, all of the staff were amazing and very accommodating for us on the night and at our dinner we had booked! Couldn’t be more happy with the above and beyond service they provided! Bed, mattress, pillows, duct and sheets was probably the best of anywhere I’ve stayed, slept better than ever! Couldn’t be happier with our stay, many thanks for having us.

The toilet seat in our room definitely needs securing properly! This is very minor, but couldn’t fault anything else.

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Willows

10

November 2023

My husband & I thoroughly enjoyed our stay at Ivy Hill. The breakfast was lovely. Our first morning we had it cooked to order then Sunday morning a buffet style which was also very good. What made the hotel even better were the members of staff who went above & beyond. A certain young lad called Louis at breakfast time was excellent. Plus the lovely man (I think his name was Shaun or Shane) who was the night porter, was fantastic from serving drinks til 1.30am & keeping the bar clean & tidy & letting us know a lot of information about the area. You could tell he really enjoyed his job & took it very seriously about keeping the people who were staying at the hotel very safe whilst we were sleeping at night. Both of these people I would highly recommend for the employee of the month! I would definitely stay here again in the future.

Nothing to dislike!

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Sean

8.2

May 2025

The room had a beautiful smell and the staff at reception were very friendly. Breakfast was good with food made to order.

The price seemed high having stayed in Croydon the night before at a nicer hotel for les than £100. The location is rural and away from facilities and they dont have TV's in the bar area. Breakfast staff not as friendly as the rest of the staff.

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Richard

10

October 2023

Firstly, this was a very important stay! It was mine and my future husband’s Wedding Weekend. We arrived at the Best Western Ivy-Hill Hotel and we’re immediately greeted by smiley and welcoming Lauren who began taking our details for checking in. We had booked the Honeymoon Suite as it was to be our Wedding the following day at nearby Newland Hall, Roxwell. The warm, friendly and massively accommodating Libby (the Hotel’s Manager) was around the corner and came out to welcome us and wish us well for our upcoming weekend. Straight away we were at ease. The staff from here onwards were just perfection. Caring, approachable, efficient and attentive. Nothing was too much and every request was dealt with with no bother. We had a meal for 11 in the glorious BARTELLAS Restaurant that evening. The wonderful host, LORNA couldn do enough for us. But by no means was she intrusive or encroaching on our meal. She was accommodating, fun and full of life and I can 100% say that she made our evening! Of course the food was scrumptious, but without Lorna’s treatment, it wouldn’t have been the evening we had! The morning of our big day we chose to have a few drinks outside in the glorious sunshine, and again, Libby was there to add another finishing touch in the was of a few complimentary nibbles. The wedding was just perfect, and we returned, along with over 30 of our friends and family who were also staying at the Ivy-Hill and the night porter kept us going serving us in the bar until we’ll after the time we expected to bar would close!! The breakfasts were out of this world! I couldn’t fault a thing. And they also had oat milk for our coffee (which isn’t always the case at many hotels!) The room was stunning! Decadent in its decor and romantic, we absolutely loved it! It was the PERFECT stay for our Wedding Weekend!

Nothing!!!

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Allan

9.1

March 2024

Cannot fault the hotel although we only stayed one night as we were in Chelmsford for a funeral, the hotel was perfect close to the city. We often visit Braintree which requires an overnight stop in a Premier Inn (convenient to our friend who lives nearby.) In our future visits we think it will be worthwhile traveling extra distance to Ivy Hills Hotel for its extra excellent comfort and lovely breakfast which we thoroughly enjoyed.

We could not find any negative things to report

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Martin

10

April 2025

Lovely location, we visited from Dublin to attend a wedding at a different venue, we hired a car at Stansted airport getting to the hotel from the airport took about 30 mins, and the wedding venue about 10 minutes, rooms clean and fresh, amazing breakfast, and food in the onsite restaurant is delicious.

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Points of Interest Around Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

Airports

London Stansted Airport

15.3mi

London City Airport

20.1mi

Luton Airport

35.7mi

London Heathrow Airport

40.4mi

London Gatwick Airport

45mi

Restaurants

Bartellas

Cuisines

  • British
  • European

Ambiances

  • Family Friendly
  • Modern

Amenities of Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

Restaurant

Free Private Parking

Free wifi

Room service

Bar

Parking On Site

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Non-smoking rooms

Wheelchair accessible

Garden

Extra long beds (> 6.5 ft)

Free toiletries

View

Stay rules - Ivy Hill Hotel, Sure Hotel Collection by Best Western

  • Check-in / Check-out

  • Pets

  • Internet

  • Age restrictions

  • Parking

  • Children and beds

  • Cards accepted at this property