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Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa

Reasons to Visit Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa

Hosted multiple European Seniors, European Challenge & PGA Europro Tour events
Set within 500 acres in the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Two championship courses with The Gainsborough measuring 7,098 yards from the black tees

Since opening in 1972, Stoke by Nayland's two championship golf courses have steadily established a superb reputation, and have now been designated an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty'. These superb golf courses are a regular venue for PGA Europro Tour events, while they also staged the prestigious PGA Seniors' Championship in 2006. Found just 20-minutes north of Colchester, Stoke by Nayland is surrounded by acres of pure English countryside, the ideal location for a country escape for golfers across the UK. The enchanting hotel is surrounded by lakes and woodland, treating guests to first-class comfort and service in a peaceful setting.

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Golf Courses at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa

Gainsborough Course

The par-71 Gainsborough Course measures over 7000 yards from the championship markers, and the tremendous rolling countryside is home to a truly spectacular layout, which is designed around the four expansive lakes that can wreak havoc with your scorecard. It is essential to drive the ball well around the Gainsborough, as being out of position off the tee will make scoring exceptionally difficult. The highlight is the awe-inspiring 10th, where golfers must play their drive and approach shot over the same lake.

Constable Course

The Constable Course measuring at 6544 yards and a par of 72 is similarly stunning, but is arguably tighter off the tee, owing to the mature woodland that skirts many fairways. There are several water hazards to be negotiated, and like the Gainsborough, retaining your concentration to the last is important; the closing hole is an exacting par-4, requiring a good drive over a large lake before you attack the plateau green.

Stoke by Nayland's superb golf complex also offers first-class tuition, while the overall package makes it an educated choice for your society or corporate golf outing and is now the site for one of Lee Westwood golf schools'.

Take your inspiration from the renowned Constable and Gainsborough, after whom the courses are named, and use all your artistic creativity to negotiate the great variety of holes at Stoke by Nayland.

Accommodation at Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa

Stoke by Nayland is set within 500 acres of Constable country, and the resort is widely regarded to be one of the most beautiful in England's East. The hotel is located amidst the stunning lakes and woodland that characterise the estate, over which many of the rooms enjoy spectacular views.

The superbly furnished and decorated guest rooms are spacious, and are fitted with direct dial telephone, satellite television and an internet connection. The hotel is currently undergoing a renovation and extension programme, which upon completion will result in a total of 78 fantastic bedrooms.

These improvements will only serve to embellish the quality of a golf break at Stoke by Nayland, elevating the accommodation to a standard on par with the outstanding golf courses.

The ‘Peake Spa' is regarded as one of East Anglia's premier relaxation centres, whose 11 treatment rooms are home to speciality health and beauty therapy, including aromatherapy, reflexology, Indian head massage, manicures, pedicures, electrolysis, St. Tropez tanning, and waxing. The facility has also recently introduced Rasoul mud therapy, an exfoliation treatment inherited from the ancient Egyptians. The superb gym is fitted with Technogym ‘Excite' equipment for the best in cardiovascular training, while there are numerous scheduled classes such as spinning, Tai Bo, pilates, karate, dance and much more. The leisure club boasts a swimming pool, steam room, sauna, spa pool, solarium and squash courts.

Features

Golf Buggies
Driving Range
Pro Shop
Tuition
Putting Greens
Practice Area
Indoor Swimming Pool
Massage
Steam Room
Sauna
Solarium

Beauty Salon
Gymnasium
Aerobics
Squash
Fishing
Jacuzzi
Conference Facilities
Banqueting Facilities
BBQ
On-Site Parking

Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa
Keepers Lane, Leavenheath, Colchester, Essex, CO6 4PZ
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Hotel reviews
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8.0

Very Good

Overall Rating for Stoke by Nayland Hotel, Golf & Spa

Staff

9.0

Location

9.2

Room comfort

9.0

Facilities

9.0

Quality of bars & restaurants

8.2

Value for money

9.0

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6.0

Good

Good stay but staffing seems to be a problem? Breakfast very underwhelming, definitely need to improve the buffet! Bar & restaurant food good though

Patricia – Reviewed 22 Jul 2021

8.0

Very Good

Hotel rooms were lovely. Volume in the restaurant was horrendous. Couldn't hear ourselves think. Cannot understand why the football was in the restaurant, can understand it being on the in bar etc, but was so loud as no carpet or curtains to absorb the sound. Food was well below par from what we have had before, portions were tiny too and very limited choice. Lunch in the sports bar, orders were slow or forgotten, that was when you found someone who could actually serve you and ordering too so long. Tables were dirty and sticky on the patio.

Jenny – Reviewed 1 Jul 2021

Excellent

Denis – Reviewed 28 Jun 2021

Excellent

Even in difficult covid times Stoke By Nayland managed to deliver an excellent experience. Staff were excellent , warm , friendly and helpful. Rooms were cleaned to a very high standard and the food ( Both breakfasts and evening meal ) could not have been any better!

Michael – Reviewed 28 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

Nice hotel, good size rooms, good food. Only gripe is that service in sports bar was very slow. Appreciate it was table service but was annoying seeing your drinks sat on bar for 20 mins waiting for someone to pick tgrm up and deliver to uour table.

Paul – Reviewed 23 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

The rooms are a good size the bed is huge. Everything you need is provided

Ann – Reviewed 15 Oct 2020

6.0

Good

We experienced problems with one of our rooms. The problem was dealt with immediately. The Manager talked to us later in the day with a personal apology and compensation. All staff genuine in "getting it right". Security outstanding as a few rooms did not follow hotel rules. Very professional. Only the Gym was not fully on top of Covid requirements.

Pamela – Reviewed 13 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

Overall the hotel was very good and the rooms comfortable. The rooms had tea and coffee available and the beds were comfortable. Shower and bathroom were nice with a good amount of hot water. Also there was an iron and board in the room which is always good to know. The service was very good in the restaurant and the bar and the staff were polite and prompt with food and drinks. The only real let down was the sports bar where the service was terrible. The staff were very aggressive with their tone about table service only and doing the track and trace system. We sat down the 1st day hoping to grab a quick bite to eat and drink before we played but we’re basically ignored for the 20 mins we waited. We eventually left without speaking to anyone or getting menus and the table was filthy. The 2nd time after our second days play we sat again and waited for a while on a dirty table until eventually I sat with my hand up for 5 mins and then called out loudly for some kind of service. Not good!!!!

Andrew – Reviewed 30 Sep 2020

8.0

Very Good

Very unfortunate timing but predictable with the weather.Out of 36 holes booked only 9 played due to weather conditions. We went expecting the worst and we were not disappointed. We would go again in better weather.

Kenneth – Reviewed 4 Mar 2020

2.0

Poor

Matthew – Reviewed 26 Feb 2020

6.0

Good

Hotel was very nice albeit very busy in the bar. Rooms were big and clean, food was excellent and service was good. The golf was disappointing, the course was too busy and play was slow. Took over 4.5hrs on Sun and our last groups did not finish their rounds as the lights had gone. We needed to allow for 5hrs of light. On Monday it took around 2hrs for the first 6 holes. Not good at all, as I got a bit of flack for the organisation.

Sunil – Reviewed 30 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

Changed the room because original was cold appreciate the swift response from staff

Steve – Reviewed 30 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

Great facilities

John – Reviewed 27 Oct 2019

Excellent

Very comfortable rooms, spacious and well lit. The group were very plaeased with the whole experience except for one minor hiccup. The roomimg list did not get to the Hotel, despite my efforts to do so on the day before we arrived. I had called the hotel to check and they had nothing and was told I had to do it through YGT. This I did and was told by YGT that I had to enter the details on the booking webpage and it would then go direct to the Hotel. As a result, on my arrival , I had to email the list from my phone to reception. Despite checking that all was in order, some of the rooms were mixed up , with a couple in a twin room instead of a double nd 2 sharing twins actually had double beds. That said, the hotel sorted it as quickly as they could. The catering was very well organised for our group and the food was very good. The Spa worked well for the non players and a good time was had by all!

Larry – Reviewed 9 Oct 2019

Excellent

The staff were extremely helpful Rooms lovely except water isn't supplied in rooms No air conditioner but a fan instead on a timer which is noisy. Superb welcome with a welcome pack and a full explanation on the course and where everything was situated.

Rosemary – Reviewed 31 Aug 2019

Excellent

Ticked all the boxes for a couple of nights One of the group ordered 2 large brand's asked 'good ' brandy but was only told the price once they were poured, told £50 if it was to be that price should have been warned or given a price list. It wasn't the Ritz!

Brian – Reviewed 18 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

The rooms were ok but the bars had a lack of staff. The breakfast was also disappointing. A lot of us ordered poached eggs with most of them being hard.

Leonard – Reviewed 1 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

Tony – Reviewed 18 Jul 2019

Excellent

James – Reviewed 19 Jun 2019

6.0

Good

Nice hotel.great for golf weekends.not somewhere you would take your wife..

Gary – Reviewed 3 Apr 2019

Excellent

We got upgraded to one of the lodges and WOW they are fantastic. I think we shall be booking them for our future visits Staff, as usual, cannot do enough for you.

David – Reviewed 21 Nov 2018

8.0

Very Good

Great facilities hotel close to needing a refurb otherwise it would be a five star

John – Reviewed 30 Oct 2018

Excellent

Helpful, friendly and efficient staff. Excellent food.

Judith – Reviewed 7 Oct 2018

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8.0

Very Good

Overall Rating for All courses

Condition overall

7.6

Condition of greens

7.6

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Facilities

8.2

Value for money

8.0

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8.0

Very Good

Too many people booked in on the day very slow round!

Patricia – Reviewed 22 Jul 2021

8.0

Very Good

Good course

Patricia – Reviewed 22 Jul 2021

Excellent

Again lovely course, and enjoyed playing it, but favour the Constable a little bit more.

Jenny – Reviewed 1 Jul 2021

Excellent

Absolutely love playing this course.

Jenny – Reviewed 1 Jul 2021

Excellent

Good nice holes good lay out

Denis – Reviewed 28 Jun 2021

Excellent

Good nice greens keep on fairway

Denis – Reviewed 28 Jun 2021

Excellent

Due to a lot of rain and constable being on 14 temporary greens we requested to play Gainsborough bot have days. Staff were very helpful and accommodated. Absolutely beautiful course. Played Green tees which made the course the right side of difficult especially as there was no run on the ball. Greens were very good despite the wet conditions. We do trips like this quite regularly and every one of the group agreed this was one of the best courses we had played and would definitely be coming back in the summer of 2021.

Michael – Reviewed 28 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

Nice course but was very wet underfoot, especially on some of the tee boxes.

Paul – Reviewed 23 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

2 rounds on this course. 1st round was good but 2nd round hadvery slow group in front which had to be reported to on course staff.

Paul – Reviewed 23 Oct 2020

Excellent

Very slow as we were 2 ball in buggy being held up by 3/4 balls walking. The tee boxes in poor condition and very wet. Close to being closed as so wet .

Ann – Reviewed 15 Oct 2020

Excellent

Pamela – Reviewed 13 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

Having pr-booked a buggy was given the only one without a top screen! As it was raining on that day was disappointed particularly that we had to encourage a price reduction on the next day. Everyone knew No. 33 was like that!

Pamela – Reviewed 13 Oct 2020

8.0

Very Good

A better course the the Gainsborough for sure, there were some testing holes and some elevated greens and tees. More water in play too. A stiff walk for those who like to walk but not too bad. Greens were good and true.

Andrew – Reviewed 30 Sep 2020

6.0

Good

The course was ok and there were some challenging holes but nothing overly great. It could be better with some titivating around the edges of bunkers etc as it was a little scruffy in places. The pace of play was the issue, we had to wait for EVERY shot and ended up taking 5.15mins to get round!!!!

Andrew – Reviewed 30 Sep 2020

6.0

Good

Very wet

Kenneth – Reviewed 4 Mar 2020

6.0

Good

Very wet

Kenneth – Reviewed 4 Mar 2020

2.0

Poor

As the above...

Matthew – Reviewed 26 Feb 2020

2.0

Poor

On the first day we had 16 temporary greens...on the second day 18 temporary greens. We asked why the course wasn’t shut and they said so people can’t claim money back. Thanks YGT.

Matthew – Reviewed 26 Feb 2020

8.0

Very Good

The golf was disappointing, the course was too busy and play was slow. Took over 4.5hrs on Sunday and our last groups did not finish their rounds as the lights had gone. We needed to have allowed for at least 5hrs of light. On Monday it took around 2hrs for the first 6 holes. There was no Marshall on the course on Monday.

Sunil – Reviewed 30 Oct 2019

6.0

Good

Too crowded only played 9 holes

Steve – Reviewed 30 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

Lovely around course good enough for all standards of players

John – Reviewed 27 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

Great course

John – Reviewed 27 Oct 2019

Excellent

Of the two courses this was the preferred course by most of the group. There is a great deal of water in play and without a planner it was not easy to work out where best to hit to or layup, until it was too late! However, the scoring on this course was much better for the group than on the Constable.

Larry – Reviewed 9 Oct 2019

8.0

Very Good

The Front nine was particularly arduous, with a severly undulating layout. The back nine was less so, but definately the more difficult of the two courses. A good respite at the halfway encouraged us to play the back 9 despite the impending weather!

Larry – Reviewed 9 Oct 2019

Excellent

No halfway house and hard to find the right colour to tee off

Rosemary – Reviewed 31 Aug 2019

Excellent

The tee boxes are hard to find as the colours are bedded in the grass Direction from the to green not clear No halfway house during week for a big complex was very frustrating with a group.

Rosemary – Reviewed 31 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

In better condition

Brian – Reviewed 18 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

Needed tidying up, greens very average

Brian – Reviewed 18 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

Some found the course difficult especially the higher handicap players. There is also A lot of ducks mess especially around the waters edge and the Ladies teeing area on hole 18.

Leonard – Reviewed 1 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

The pack that we received on arrival was good and the Pro Shop were helpful although there was some confusion with the Price of the pre ordered buggies.The course was good and the halfway house on the first day was very welcoming.

Leonard – Reviewed 1 Aug 2019

8.0

Very Good

Tony – Reviewed 18 Jul 2019

8.0

Very Good

Tony – Reviewed 18 Jul 2019

8.0

Very Good

James – Reviewed 19 Jun 2019

6.0

Good

James – Reviewed 19 Jun 2019

8.0

Very Good

The better of the two..really lovely course.wad up and down a lot .so would recommend buggies

Gary – Reviewed 3 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Lovely course.but greens were being treated so a bit patchy

Gary – Reviewed 3 Apr 2019

8.0

Very Good

Typical resort course greens (long and bumpy) but otherwise the course played well (even if we didn't!) Beautiful views at this time of year too

David – Reviewed 21 Nov 2018

8.0

Very Good

Very good course but greens had been spiked

John – Reviewed 30 Oct 2018

8.0

Very Good

Greens had been spiked

John – Reviewed 30 Oct 2018

8.0

Very Good

Very pleasant - fun 18th

Judith – Reviewed 7 Oct 2018

8.0

Very Good

wide fairways, nice and hilly. Greens hadbeen aerated and so were a bit bumpy but has to be done

Judith – Reviewed 7 Oct 2018

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