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Experience Fully Inclusive Freedom at Five Lakes, Essex

Set in 320 acres of Essex countryside, Potters Resorts Five Lakes is five star, fully inclusive destination, exclusively for adults, whether travelling as a couple, with friends, or in a group.

Unique Fully Inclusive Value

As standard, Potters include comfy accommodation, four meals each full day, a host of sports and leisure facilities, daytime quizzes, entertainment, activities, crafts, West End-quality stage productions, plus a plentiful choice of hot beverages and drinks, including beers, wines and spirits. With everything included in one simple price, that makes Five Lakes the UK's only fully inclusive resort offering breaks for adults only, all year round.

An Award-Winning Experience

Potters Resorts' multi-million pound transition of Five Lakes to a vibrant resort in 2022 saw it secure 5-Stars from VisitEngland in 2023. It scooped ‘New Tourism Business of the Year’ at the East of England Tourism Awards in 2024, plus Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice Award, putting it in the top 10% of all destinations on the platform. Potters Resorts has also topped a Which? independent survey between 2022 and 2024, for the UK’s Best Holiday Resorts, beating all those other household names.

Stunning Location

A short drive from Colchester and a stone’s throw from the Blackwater Estuary National Nature Reserve, Five Lakes is peacefully positioned away from life’s hustle and bustle, with activities and entertainment that make the most of its relaxing surroundings.

The Warmest of Welcomes

While we are proud to offer a uniquely inclusive break designed for adults to have fun, relax, and enjoy quality time together, it would mean little without a friendly team taking care of everything for you. Delivering hospitality in the truest sense of the word, here at Five Lakes, you can be assured of that same warm welcome and camaraderie that guests have enjoyed at Potters since 1920.

A Break for Every Season

With Fully Inclusive 3-Night Weekend and 4-Night Midweek Breaks available all year round, Potters Resorts Five Lakes is the perfect place to gather your friends and loved ones. Whether you're seeking a spring in your step, a glorious summer, autumnal delights, winter warmers, or a fabulous festive getaway, every break at Potters is an experience to remember.

Additional Facilities

Five Lakes also offers upgrades for guests and fantastic facilities for locals, in the shape of our outstanding 18-Hole Lakes Course, and The Spa which offers a range of treatments, packages and products in which to indulge and unwind.