| Pub Name | Address | Last Visit | Beers Available | Food? | Notable Features | Beers Tried (Rating/5) | overall Rating (/5) |
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 The Black Buoy, Wivenhoe | Black Buoy Hill, Wivenhoe | 04/10/2006 | 2? Real Ales | Yes, Good Food + usual snacks | Nice pub but not much of an atmosphere, a bit too restauranty and despite living literally next door for 2 years I was still never sure when exactly it was open (at 16:30 on tuesday 31st of Oct it was shut) | Ridley's Old Bob | 3.2 |
| The Castle | Colchester High Street, Near the Castle | 08/2006 | couple of hand pumps, Greene King IPA and Bombardier, bottled Budweiser Budvar | Yes, Cheap Steak on offer | nothing special really | Budweiser Budvar(B)(4) | 3 |
 The Flag, Wivenhoe | Wivenhoe | 04/10/2006 | not much | usual snacks | has a bad reputation, and I suppose some of the locals dont like students but if you get to speak to them they're alright, saying that on the last visit we were the only people in there | house whisky, Greene King IPA | 2.6 |
 The Fox and Fiddler | up the road from a Wetherspoons | 08/2006 | 4 hand pumps with regularly changing ales | Yes +usual snacks | nice quiet little pub, probably suffers from its closeness to chain pubs, but that only serves to make it better | ? | 4 |
 The Greyhound, Wivenhoe | High Street, Wivenhoe | 04/10/2006 | Greene King IPA | usual snacks | nothing special | Carlsberg, Carlsberg Export, Greene King IPA | 2 |
| The Hole in the Wall | opposite the Mercury Theater | 2005 | nothing special | ? usual snacks | Mitchells and Butlers Alternative Pub situated, literally, in a hole in Colchester's Roman wall | Guinness Draught | 2.8 |
| The Horse and Groom, Wivenhoe | The Cross, Wivenhoe | 04/10/2006 | 3or4 hand pumps | ?usual snacks | typical pub, nice atmosphere | ? | 3.2 |
| The Kings Arms | just out of centre opposite the old MVC+Cash Converters | 06/2004 | couple of hand pumps | yes + usual snacks | Haven't been for a few years but I used to really like this place, they'd have a band on thursday nights, sometimes busy, but still comfy and had a big beer garden too | Guinness Draught, Greene King IPA | 3.8 |
| The Lock and Barrel | Frinton-on-sea | 04/2006 | Shepherd Neame | Yes + usual snacks | Nothing Special, apparently the only pub in the town centre | Spitfire | 2.9 |
| The Odd One Out | Mersea Road | 07/2006 | Several Handpumps, Ales Changed often, Real Ciders/Perrys available, good selection of Spirits and Bottles | Snacks + Sandwiches | Old School, no Mobiles or Swearing, nice quiet pub atmosphere, small enclosed beer garden. only open from 4pm | too many to list | 5 |
| The Park Hotel, Wivenhoe | Wivenhoe | 04/10/2006 | Misleading Murphy's sign at the front | ? | a bit of a dump | ? | 2 |
| The Peldon Rose | Between Colchester and Mersea Island(Mersea Rd?) | 09/2005 | couple of hand pumps, Budweiser Budvar on tap | Yes, full restaurant + usual snacks | Nice fairly isolated roadside pub, lovely summer beer garden | Budweiser Budvar | 4 |
| The Playhouse | near Fox and Fiddler | 07/2006 | couple of hand pumps | Yes + usual snacks | JD Wetherspoons, really busy in the evening | ? | 3 |
| The Railway Tavern | Station Road, Brightlingsea | 07/2006 | Lots of Real ale | ? usual snacks | Small pub near the centre of town with a good selection of ales; houses its own 'Famous Railway Tavern Brewery' at the back of the pub | Crab & Winkle Mild, Bladderwrack | 4.1 |
| The Robin Hood | down the road from Wilkinsons | 06/2004 | ? | ? + usual snacks | Small pub, nothing special | Guinness Draught | 2.8 |
 The Rose and Crown, Wivenhoe | Wivenhoe Quay | 31/10/2006 | 4/5? Real Ales, Adnams + Greene King + 1 Guest | Full menu + usual snacks | Spirit Group. Nice atmosphere outside by the river, often too busy though and a bit chain-y | Abbot Ale, Adnams Bitter, Adnams Broadside, Bombardier | 3.8 |
| The Rose and Crown Hotel? | East Street (near the level crossing) | 01/2006 | couple of Real Ales | Yes, Restaurant attatched | Best Western Hotel attatched to the pub/restaurant. Oldest hotel in Colchester apparently. Tudor bar | ? | 2.6 |
 The Station, Wivenhoe | Station Rd, Wivenhoe | 04/10/2006 | nothing special | usual snacks | nothing special | Magners, Greene King IPA | 2.2 |
| The Stockwell Arms | Stockwell Street, town centre | 06/2004 | Fullers | ? | small traditional, out of the way pub in the town centre | London Pride | 3.8 |
| SU Bar | University of Essex | 10/2006 | 1 pump, rarely on, supposedly Adnams Bitter though I have it on good authority that the casks they do recieve are actually Fullers London Pride, they just sell it as Adnams cause they dont have the right sign and they don't expect any one to notice | yes + usual snacks | Full of snakebite-and-black-drinking low-life student scum, in fact there are so many that people just ask for a snakebite (1/2 carling and 1/2stongbow) and they get a snakebite-and-black (snakebite with blackcurrent cordial) - I wish I could say that people who drink this are beneath contempt but I seem to expend a lot of energy on being contemptful of them. This is - or at least was - also 2nd home to a few despairing people with taste who, being lazy students, can't be bothered to go all the way to a decent pub especially when having friends and girlfriends who work behind the bar means there are significant cost incentives to stay. | Guinness Draught, Adnams Bitter, London Pride, Newcastle Brown Ale | 2.9 |
| Top Bar | University of Essex | 10/10/2006 | Adnams Bitter (rarely on) | Weekdays only(nothing special) + usual snacks | Full of Students, can be nice if you like that kind of thing, the managers are also really cool. I regret not spending more time here instead of the SU | Guinness Draught, Adnams Bitter | 3.2 |
| The Whalebone | Fingringhoe, Essex | 09/2005 | couple of guest beers | Yes + usual snacks | Nice Village pub with a large beer garden | ? | 3.8 |