Getting there: Colchester
Driving from Cambridge/Ipswich using A12
Proceed towards Colchester, past the turning for Dedham, where the Shell garage is on your left.
Take the first exit after the Shell garage, signed Gnome Magic.
Turn right at the T-Junction at the end of the slip road and proceed approximately 350 yards until you come to the first right hand turn, which takes you under the A12 bridge, signed Ipswich.
Proceed to the T-Junction and turn left.
Proceed approximately 200 yards to Lodge Lane which is a secluded turning on the right-hand side.
Proceed along Lodge Lane for 500 yards and The Gatehouse is the first significant building on your right-hand side signed Lodge Park.
Driving from London/Chelmsford using A 12
Take the exit off the A12 signed for A1232 Colchester & A120 Clacton/Harwich (which is exit 29).
On the slip road take the immediate left slip road signed A1232 Colchester to the roundabout.
Go straight over the roundabout taking the 2nd exit signed A120 Clacton/ Harwich.
On the slip road take the immediate left slip road (Old Ipswich Road) signed for Hotel and Gnome Magic.
Continue on Old Ipswich Road past the Ramada Hotel on the left until you reach the T-Junction by the Crown pub, on your right.
Turn right at the T-Junction and proceed 350 yards until you come to the first left hand turn which takes you under the A12 bridge, signed Ipswich.
Proceed to the T-Junction and turn left.
Proceed approximately 200 yards to Lodge Lane which is a secluded turning on the right-hand side. Proceed along Lodge Lane for 500 yards and The Gatehouse is the first significant building on your right-hand side, signed Lodge Park.
Please proceed to The Gatehouse North entrance – on your right as you drive through the archway.
Visitors’ parking is on the right of the North entrance door.
Proceed through the North entrance door. Our reception is on the right-hand side.
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