We are a large town centre hotel with a difference. We are privately owned so quality, service and our reputation for providing these are what we depend on.

Our team will look after you as an individual, with genuine warmth and personal attention. The Hotel is located within a few minutes walk from the train station and a couple of minutes from Chelmsford town centre making this a superb location to stay if you are visiting Chelmsford or it's surrounding areas.

Our facilities are wide ranging including; 50 bedrooms. the acclaimed County Kitchen (our Restaurant) , Function Rooms, Conference Facilities and a large Ballroom , a civil licence for holding weddings , a separate lounge area with bar .The hotel has a large car park for about 50 cars, free to guests and residents.

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The County Hotel are pleased to announce they have recently won an HRS award for Excellent Social Responsibility. This category involves Demonstrating a positive and sustainable impact of the wider community. Local ethical sourcing, environmental protection and energy conservation. The County Hotel have been persuing an environmental policy for a few years now and we are grateful for the recognition.

The Following is from One recent business challenge or opportunity which the organisation faced, and which has been successfully addressed was to develop and implement a full Social Responsiblity Charter which all staff, guests, suppliers and the wider community can "buy into". A charter with measureable benefits both social and financial building local reputation, reducing waste, power consumption,and giving something back to the local community and local business. Following are details from the RHS website:

How best practice was implemented to address these challenges and opportunities in an innovative way
Having established a very successful environmental policy which saw a decrease in power consumnption of some 24% and a decrease in waste going to landfill by some 55%, as an unanticpated result we have seen our water consumption drop, we needed to develop a wider policy encompassing as many stakeholders as we could. MORE>>>

Environmental Policy

Sustainability and green issues are now very much mainstream, with governments, businesses and individuals all involved.  Tourism, as one of the main economic drivers in the UK, has its part to play.  That is where the Green Tourism Business Scheme (GTBS) comes in.

For the County Hotel's Environmental Policy please click here>>>