The Thorn
Mistley
📍 High Street, Mistley, CO11 1HE
🚆 Nearest station: · 0.1 mi
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.8 mi (Open Charge Map)
🌊 Manningtree Beach, Stour Estuary: Good bathing water 0.6 mi · Environment Agency
Photo: Geographer (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Restaurant with rooms in a historic coaching inn built in 1723
- Two minutes' walk from Mistley station with direct London links
- Eighteen individually designed rooms plus self-contained mews cottages
- Seafood-focused menu using local seasonal produce
- Located opposite the River Stour in a historic village
The Mistley Thorn is a restaurant with rooms set in the centre of the historic coastal village of Mistley, Suffolk, opposite the River Stour. Built as a coaching inn around 1723, it offers eighteen individually designed rooms together with two self-contained mews cottages, each furnished with a mix of old and new pieces, original artwork and tea and coffee making facilities. The kitchen puts seafood centre stage, with Mersea oysters and seasonal local produce on the menu. It's just two minutes' walk from Mistley station, handy for Colchester, Harwich and London Liverpool Street, and close to Mistley's Georgian high street and quay. Nearby you'll find Manningtree Museum, the Munnings Art Museum, and the Stour Estuary beach at Manningtree, all within easy reach for a day out.
How far to…
- Station
- two minutes walk
- Beach
- 0.6 miles
- Manningtree Museum
- 0.7 miles
- The Munnings Art Museum
- 3.5 miles
Practical details
- Families
- Some rooms can take additional children's beds
Accommodation on site
- Rooms
- Self contained cottage
- Superior Rooms
- Classic Rooms
Details taken from the operator's own website on 10 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ WiFi
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
- 🚆 Near a Train Station
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