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The Ferry Boat Inn

3.5 star property

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Exterior
Lunch and dinner served, garden views
Standard Double or Twin Room
View from property
Free daily cooked-to-order breakfast

Reviews

9.8 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Breakfast included
    Breakfast included
  • Pet-friendly
    Pet-friendly
  • Parking included
    Parking included
  • Free WiFi
    Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
    Restaurant

Explore the area

Map
The Ferry Boat Inn, Ferry Rd, North Fambridge, Chelmsford, England, CM3 6LR
  • Marsh Farm Country Park
    20 min drive
  • Southend University Hospital
    23 min drive
  • Adventure Island
    28 min drive
  • London (SEN-Southend)
    33 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Standard Double or Twin Room

Standard Double or Twin Room

Standard Double or Twin Room

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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The price is €152
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
8 Dec - 9 Dec
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About this property

The Ferry Boat Inn

Bed & breakfast in Chelmsford with a marina and free breakfast
This bed & breakfast features a marina, a restaurant, and a bar/lounge. Free cooked-to-order breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include coffee/tea in a common area, a garden, and a picnic area. Housekeeping is available on request.
The Ferry Boat Inn offers 6 accommodations with espresso makers and complimentary bottled water. Accommodations offer separate sitting areas and include desk chairs. Flat-screen televisions come with digital channels.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. This Chelmsford bed & breakfast provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Change of towels and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided on request.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Our customers tell us they can't get enough of the helpful staff at The Ferry Boat Inn. During your stay, you'll be close to Marsh Farm Country Park. Free breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are available.
  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast served daily
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self parking
  • Enjoy a bite to eat at The Ferry Boat Inn, a family restaurant with garden views
  • Amenities include a car charging station, a lobby fireplace, and coffee/tea in a common area
  • Onsite recreation includes motor boating and rowing/canoeing
  • 11 minutes by car from Battlesbridge Antiques and Craft Centre and 11 minutes from Warren Golf Club
  • Dogs welcome for free (restrictions apply)
The Ferry Boat Inn offers its guests a marina. There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Free breakfast is available daily. Public spaces have free WiFi.

The Ferry Boat Inn also features a garden, a picnic area, and coffee/tea in a common area. Self parking is free.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this 3.5-star Chelmsford bed & breakfast.

Guests are served free cooked-to-order breakfast daily from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM.
The Ferry Boat Inn - Overlooking the garden, this family restaurant serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. A children's menu is available. Reservations are required.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free cooked-to-order breakfast available daily 8:30 AM–10:00 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • Coffee/tea in a common area

Restaurants on site

  • The Ferry Boat Inn

Things to do

  • Boating
  • Canoeing
  • Motor-boating
  • Sail boating

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels (on request)
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Housekeeping (on request)
  • Water sports equipment

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Marina on site
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Picnic area

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have any lifts
  • No lift (single-level property)
  • Step-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Boat/paddles on site
  • Designated smoking areas
  • Fireplace in reception

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Bath or shower
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Digital channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Espresso maker
  • Free bottled water

More

  • Desk chair
  • Electrical adapters/chargers
  • Guidebooks/recommendations
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • Local maps
  • Restaurant dining guide
  • Separate sitting area

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from noon - 10:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets are welcome and stay free
  • Only dogs are allowed
  • Certain rooms only
  • You can request a pet-friendly room by reaching out to the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include window guards
The front desk at this property is open daily from noon - 10:00 PM.
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

We should mention

  • Pets are welcome in specific rooms only, which can be requested by contacting the property directly at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

The Ferry Boat Inn Chelmsford
The Ferry Boat Inn Bed & breakfast
The Ferry Boat Inn Bed & breakfast Chelmsford

The Ferry Boat Inn Reviews

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 45 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 45 reviews" "

10/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Ronen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and modern
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Hiroko

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice view in countryside
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stuart

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a lovely location
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Linda

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will visit again
Cleanliness very good. Good size room. Dog friendly. Staff friendly and efficient. Good size breakfast and plenty of choice. Good variety of evening meals available too. Quiet location with plenty of walks around.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

RF

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Very nice place to stay.
Very nice place to stay. Just a short overnight stay, with alovely breakfast in the morning. Spacious bar and restaurant, with lovely outdoor seating area and garden. Room was modern, clean and comfortable. Staff were all very helpful and friendly. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Janis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lovely place. Lovely people
A lovely pub in a lovely setting. Room spotlessly clean and very well maintained. Meals all well cooked and tasty. Staff all really helpful and seem to love their job couldn’t do enough.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent service and stay. Staff made us feel so welcome
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfection
Lovely place. Really nice new accommodation. Great food. Its a bit out of the way but well worth eating and staying here. A good base camp for Southend and Chelmsford.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caroline

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Little corner of heaven
What a little gem. From the moment we booked in everyone was so kind and helpful. Our room was The Kestrel. The room was large, very clean, warm had a decent sized smart tv. A lovely bath room with under floor heating a double sized walk in shower, with toiletries and soft towels. We had our evening meal and breakfast there and both meals were delicious and hot. We can’t wait to go back
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was great stay, super food, outstanding accommodation, great showers, warm and cosy on a cold night. Just one little hiccup, no welcome,how are you? where have you come from, just here is your key, though we were shown to our room
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Jon

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay but accommodation was quite chilly in the evening
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our stay at The Ferry Boat Inn was lovely. The food and accommodation were excellent and the staff couldn’t have been more helpful and friendly. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great for a 1 night stop-over as convenient to explore East Essex with its quaint & pretty villages such as Battlesbridge, Burnham on Crouch. Also areas of interest like RHS Hyde Hall, Stow Maries Great war museum, Essex Wildlife Trust
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dale

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Place at the end of the road
Staff were fantastic could not do enough for you, food was very good, only slight issue the window in the bedroom door needs a curtain to stop the security light coming in to the room at night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nigel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A real gem
A real gem. Superb setting and a welcoming sight. The Inn, staff, service and accommodation were excellent. Chose the Inn as we were visiting family locally. Obviously a great deal of time and money spent on developing such a lovely property. I cannot recommend it more highly. We will definitely be returning in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Boyd

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent find, tucked away
Warm welcome, arriving just a few minutes before the kitchen closed was no problem and a lovely meal was promptly served. Location is very quiet so a good nights sleep. Room looked very new and was well appointed. Good quality monsoon shower over bath. EXCELLENT breakfast - when does thick slice bacon become gammon?? This must have been borderline, it was superb!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Emma, Olney

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Needs more clothes storage, not just hanging rail.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

john

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quick and easy check in. Shown to my room. Staff so friendly and helpful. Food in the evening and breakfast was amazing. Room lovely and spacious. Quiet area so great night sleep. Loads of parking so no need to worry. Definitely recommend staying here
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Siobhan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The setting was nice, the b&b looked good on the outside, but the room which was an accessible room was not so comfortable. No bath, just an accessible shower which does not for comfort make, furthermore the shower was cold in the morning too which did not make for a good impression. We were not the only ones with a cold shower, friends also staying, had a cold shower too.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023