The nights are drawing in and the evenings getting colder.
What better way to spend a weekend than snug in a pub.
We have compiled a list of the best pubs in Essex which have a fireplace so you can keep those winter chills at bay while you enjoy a glass of something nice, or a lovely meal.
If you know of any others that we should add, get in touch using the form below.
Epping Forest
- The Travellers Friend, Epping Green, Epping, Essex, CM16 6PU
- Queen Victoria, Coppice Row, Theydon Bois, Epping, Essex, CM16 7ES
- The Forresters Arms, The Street, High Ongar, Ongar, Essex, CM5 9NH
- The Owl, Lippitts Hill, Loughton, Essex, IG10 4AL
- The Volunteer, Honey Lane, Waltham Abbey, Essex, EN9 3QT
Harlow
- The Horns & Horseshoes, Foster Street, Harlow, Essex, CM17 9HX
- The Cock, Cock Green, Harlow, Essex, CM19 4HW
Chelmsford
- Horse & Groom, Horse & Groom Lane, Galleywood, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8PJ
- Blubeckers at The Old Windmill Blubeckers, Willows, South Hanningfield Rd, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8HJ
- The Cricketers Arms, Penny Royal Road, Danbury Common, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4ED
- The Ferry Boat Inn, Ferry Road, North Fambridge, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6LR
- The General's Arms, The Ridge, Little Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4SX
- The Anchor, Danbury, Runsell Green, Danbury, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 4QZ
- The Green Man, Howe Street, Great Waltham, Essex, CM3 1BG
- The Bell, The Street, Purleigh, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6QJ
- The Cricketers, Mill Green, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 0JD
- The Stag, Duck Street, Little Easton, Dunmow, Essex, CM6 2JE
- The Bell, 55 High Street, Ingatestone, Essex, CM4 0AT
- Running Mare, Running Mare Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 8PN
- The White Horse, 78 High Street, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 7HH
- The Duke of Wellington, Hatfield Peverel, The Street, Hatfield Peverel, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 2EA
Uttlesford and Braintree district
- The Swan Inn, Station Road, Felsted, Essex, CM6 3DG
- Prince of Wales, Brickend, Broxted, Essex, CM6 2BJ
- Ducane Armss, Tiptree Road, Great Braxted, Witham, Essex, CM8 3EJ
- The Plough, High St, Great Chesterford, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1PL
- The Cricketers, Wicken Road, Clavering, Nr Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4QT
- The Cricketers Arms, Rickling Green, Near Stansted, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3YG
Maldon district
- The Beckingham Bell, Beckingham Street, Tolleshunt Major, Maldon, Essex, CM9 8LL
- The Queen Victoria, The Street, Woodham Walter, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6RF
- The Hurdlemakers Arms, Post Office Rd, Woodham Mortimer, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6ST
- The Swan, School Road, Little Totham, Maldon, Essex, CM9 8LB
- The Royal Oak, Fambridge Road, Hazeleigh, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6PE
Colchester
- The Layer Fox, 2 Malting Green Road, Layer-de-la-Haye, Essex, CO2 0JH
- The Leather Bottle, Shrub End Rd, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4RH
- The Fox, East Road, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5 8SA
- The Old Queens Head, Ford Street, Aldham, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3PH
- The Lion, Honey Tye, Leavenheath, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4NX
- The Half Butt Inn, Nayland Rd, Great Horkesley, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4ET
- Hare & Hounds, Harrow Street, Leavenheath, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4PW
- The Kings Arms, Main Road, Frating, Essex, CO7 7DJ
- The Carriers Arms , Heath Road, East Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6RA
- The Queens Head, The Row, Great Wenham, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6PU
- The Kings Head, Burnt Oak, East Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6TL
- Shoulder of Mutton, Halstead Road, Aldham, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3LL
- Royal Fusilier, The Royal Fusilier, Aingers Green Road,Aingers Green, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8NH
- The White Hart, Nayland Road, West Bergholt, Colchester, Essex, CO6 3DD
- Whalebone, Chapel Road, Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex, CO5 7BG
- The Anchor, High Street, Rowhedge, Colchester, Essex, CO5 7ES
- The Kings Head, The Street, Gosfield, Essex, CO9 1TP
- George Inn, The Street, Shalford, Essex, CM7 5HH
Halstead and Sudbury
- The Griffin, Parsonage Street, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2JT
- Whispers Wine Bar, 26 High Street, Halstead, Essex, CO9 2AB
- Half Moon, Coles Green, Belchamp St. Paul, Sudbury, Essex, CO10 7DP
Tendring
- Lock & Barrel, 28-30 Connaught Avenue, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, CO13 9PR
- The Haywain, Bentley Road, Little Bromley, Manningtree, Essex, CO11 2PL
- Ye Olde Cherry Tree, Clacton Road, Little Oakley, Harwich, Essex, CO12 5JH
- The Cherry Tree Inn, Crow Lane, Tendring, Clacton-On-Sea, Essex, CO16 9AP
Southend and Castle Point
- Parsons Barn, Frobisher Way, Shoebury, Essex, SS3 8UT
- White Hart, Hart Road, Thundersley, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 3PF
Brentwood
- Nags Head, 44 Brook Street, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 5ND
- Green Man, 11 Cricketers Lane, Herongate, Brentwood, Essex, CM13 3PZ
- The Thatchers Arms, Warley Road, Great Warley, Essex, CM13 3HU
- The George & Dragon, 294 Roman Road, Mountnessing, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 0TZ
Basildon borough and Grays
- Kings Head, Southend Road, Billericay, Essex, CM11 2PS
- The Bell Inn & Hill House, High Rd, Horndon-on-the-Hill, Stanford-Le-Hope, Essex, SS17 8LD
- The George & Dragon, Princess Margaret Road, Linford, Essex, SS17 0QT
Best pubs with a fireplace
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