Book the Holiday Inn Colchester hotel for a rural location with easy access to the A12 and Colchester Zoo. The attractive Holiday Inn Colchester welcomes you with landscaped lawns and a clocktower, in the village of Eight Ash Green just 4 miles from Colchester town centre. Enjoy the peaceful grounds from our restaurant patio after a relaxing swim in our indoor pool . We’re less than a mile from the A12 for road links to central London and Ipswich, and 35 miles from London-Stansted Airport. See large mammals and exotic birds at the family-friendly Colchester Zoo , 2.5 miles away....