Roydon Marina Village Hotel

Clean, basic room. Bathroom basic, but spotless, walk in shower (always a plus for us. We were on the ground floor, so had french doors and a little courtyard area with table and chairs, which would be great for a longer stay. Virtually unique setting, a canal, with narrowboats, as you approach, lots of very nice static mobile homes, a huge marina with hundreds of narrow and wide beam boats, and a cafe/bar, around a five minute walk or 1 minute drive from the hotel. Check in a little unusual. Find the reception (tricky in the dark, could do with much better signage), then call Security, and they come and let you in. Super cheerful and helpful security guy. Excellent breakfast in the cafe. We were just on a business overnighter, but felt it would be a great place to stay for a couple of (hopefully) sunny days. Added to our list of 'Would return' hotels. Thanks

Nice room

Clean room, friendly staff, great price

All good hotel, location, helpful staff, plenty of parking. But blind in my room been very poor, because every single car that pass, lightning my room like in day, so can sleep properly. I explained that to receptionist in morning, hopefully that will be sorted for future customers. Thanks

The room was great. We were very happy. The only thing that i can say was that the shower drained very slowly. I kept checking that it wasnt overflowing while in the shower.

Quick one night stay. Room was adequate. Bathroom very inconvenient if you are above average weight as no room between basin and shower cubicle to stand to wash! Bed very hard. No restaurant on site but excellent breakfast in the nearby cafe. Not easy to find in the dark.

Had a choice between this motel, which was a little out of the way, or a motorway chain. This did take extra time from the M11, but was it ever worth it. Roydon could be straight out of Thomas the Tank Engine, the railway is right there (but not too noisy), you can walk to the little station, a canal on your doorstep, two very decent pubs, a coffee bar for sandwich or coffee in the marina. Staff were friendly, unit was clean and looked purpose built and not that old, room and bathroom very large by UK standard. It did take a bit to get the room warmed up in late Dec, but maybe didn't understand the heating. Roydon is a very little station - lots of trains through, but not many stop. To go to London you want to go backwards one stop up to Harlow, about five minutes by train, then lots of fast choice every few minutes from there to Stansted, London, and Cambridge. Just note trains stopping at Roydon end early and are lots frequent - you can drive to Harlow station easily but all the usual station problems of crowding and limited parking, so take the little train there if you can. Overall really good, a nice change from places with no soul. And where else could you sit beside a canal in a modern room with your car steps away, all in a quiet village with easy parking, and still hop a train into London in 30 minutes? And a shoutout to the New Inn pub on the high street - what a perfect small pub with fantastic staff and locals that love life. The White Hart may be good too.

Nice vibe