We asked you to nominate your favourite spot for a roast dinner in and around Colchester.

From pubs to restaurants dozens of you contacted us to tell us why your favourite should make the list.

Whether you are eating out or getting a takeaway these are the best roasts as suggested by you - and why you love them.

Berechurch Arms, Shrub End Road

Our readers praised the fantastic value and said it was "always on point".

The Eat Inn Diner, Grange Way

The roast menu is homemade and boasts "massive Yorkies and lashings of gravy."

The Lexden Crown

The Lexden Crown was a popular choice with customers enjoying delivery and eating in. Readers said it "does beautiful roasts."

Customers can enjoy pork belly, roast beef, lamb, chicken, a trio of meats or a vegan nut roast.

The Old Siege House

Diners can enjoy slow cooked sirloin of beef served pink, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, vegetables on the Sunday menu.

The Wooden Fender, Ardleigh

The Wooden Fender was another popular choice. Our readers described it as "the best".

Beef, gammon, turkey, pork, lamb and a nut roast feature on the menu.

The Live and Let Live, in Millers Lane

The restaurant is offering a takeaway Sunday roast with three meat options and a vegetarian nut roast.

Other suggestions by our readers included:

  • The Black Buoy, Wivenhoe
  • The Brewers Arms Brightlingsea
  • The Ship, Tiptree
  • Milsoms
  • The Artilleryman, New Town
  • The Yachtsman, Brightlingsea
  • The Foresters Arms
  • The Anchor, Towhedge
  • Timbers, Trinity Street
  • Jubilee Cafe
  • Cricketers, Eight Ash Green
  • Anchor, Nayland