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Hotels with electric car charging points in East Anglia
Congham Hall, King's Lynn
Featured Hotels with Special Offers
The Brisley Bell
Norfolk
'Spring Stay 20% Discount Plus Free Bottle of Gusbourne bubbly' Special Offer
Amelia Nicholson and Marcus Seaman have revived the fortunes of this friendly village local gastropub, with its beautiful garden, characterful bedrooms and exceptional food.
The White Horse
Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk
Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer
The superb setting of the Nye family's hotel overlooking salt marshes to the sea and Scolt Head Island is matched by 'exceptional food and service', say readers who go back year after year.
The White Hart Inn
Colchester, Essex
Two Night Spring Special Offer
Cross the causeway to an island renowned for its seafood and tuck into some of its best at this 'lovely dog friendly foodie retreat', left empty and derelict from 2013 until Piers Baker (see The Sun Inn, Dedham), stepped in to revamp it in 2021.
Congham Hall
King's Lynn, Norfolk
'Sleep Soundly Package' Special Offer
Renowned for its herb garden, with some 400 varieties, this Georgian merchant's manor house is set in 30 acres of Norfolk parkland. The country theme is continued throughout – garden herbs are used in the spa, bedrooms are named after plants, and cabins with freestanding tubs on the terrace overlook the orchard.
More Hotels with electric car charging points in East Anglia
The Harper
Holt, Norfolk
You don't have to blow a fortune to stay at this relaxed yet refined hotel in some converted barns, the former home of Langham Glass, and featuring many charming nods to its heritage.
The Rose & Crown
Snettisham, Norfolk
Beechwood Hotel
North Walsham, Norfolk
Agatha Christie memorabilia, murder-mystery weekends and Art Deco touches set the tone at Hugh and Emma Asher's creeper-clad hotel, former home of the author's doctor friends, in a bustling market town.
Sopwell House Hotel
St Albans, Hertfordshire
A favourite hangout of the England football team, the former home of Lord Louis Mountbatten is 'well-run', with contemporary bedrooms, cosseting suites, a good choice of eating and drinking spaces, and a magnificent spa.
Anna's House
Thornham, Norfolk
On the north Norfolk coast, Thornham's saltmarshes and unspoiled beaches are a paradise for birdwatchers and walkers. Every bit as blissful, is this chic bolthole with a garden hot tub near the town's artisan shops, restaurants and pubs.

The Angel Inn
Suffolk
'It's fearsomely expensive but for a treat you're in safe hands' at this Tudor inn, now a restaurant-with-rooms 'in the idyllic landscape of the Stour valley'.

The Crown
Wells-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
On a Georgian square overlooking a green, this former coaching inn and popular local drop-in offers an interesting choice of bedrooms, dog-friendly dining, an enthusiastic host, and a short menu of appetising modern dishes.

Tuddenham Mill
Newmarket, Suffolk
A watermill in meadowland is run as a hotel with rustic-chic and contemporary bedrooms, by chef/patron Lee Bye, whose exciting dishes can be enjoyed in the oak-beamed restaurant among the mill's workings.

The Pier at Harwich
Harwich, Essex
Cranes, container ships, Holland-bound ferries … The views from this quayside Victorian hotel, with its striking iron-lace balcony overlooking the Stour and Orwell estuaries, are ocean-going, stirring, never dull.

The Three Blackbirds
Newmarket, Cambridgeshire
Perfect for a country weekend, this 17th-century thatched pub has contemporary-cum-rustic-chic bedrooms in a 'barn', beams, bar stools, banquettes and bare boards, superior pub grub, and a separate menu for your pooch.

The Bildeston Crown
Bildeston, Suffolk
In a lovely Suffolk village, this wonky, yellow-painted, timber-frame inn is an inviting place, with log fires, appealing, characterful bedrooms, and a mix of pub classics and more adventurous dishes served in the bar, restaurant and alfresco.

Norfolk Mead
Norwich, Norfolk
A superb base for exploring the surrounding Norfolk Broads, this country-house hotel in a 'beautiful Georgian building' has a private lake and gardens on the River Bure.

The Victoria
Holkham, Norfolk
On the Holkham Estate, closed to unspoilt beaches, this Victorian inn is now a hotel and restaurant with individually styled bedrooms, cosy spaces to relax in, and a menu of seasonal, local and estate produce, served in the Orangery.

Gonville Hotel
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
There is a relaxed ambience at this family-owned hotel overlooking Parker's Piece, with smart contemporary bedrooms, relaxed dining, bicycles to borrow, jazz evenings and spa treatments.

Retreat East
Ipswich, Suffolk
Deep in Suffolk fruit-farming country, this retreat hotel centres on the Great Barn, with rooms in barns and shepherds' huts, where eco-chic combines with modern comforts.

The Swan
Southwold, Suffolk
On the market square, this 18th-century inn with onsite brewery has jazzy bedrooms in dolly-mixture colours, Adnams beers in the Tap Room, pub classics and contemporary seasonal fare in the Still Room.

Strattons
Swaffham, Norfolk
There is 'an air of a chic curiosity shop' about this singular hotel with café/deli, centred on a Palladian-style villa, up a narrow lane, where resident cats sun themselves on the front lawn. As the Guide went to press, Stratton's announced it was being sold.