
Dovercourt Holiday Park - Essex
Holiday Homes - Caravans & Lodges at Dovercourt Holiday Park
Overview
Dovercourt is the ideal park if you like beach holidays - it sits on the fringes of Dovercourt Bay's Blue Flag beach in the Tendring district of Essex.

The onsite facilities are extensive, with a heated outdoor swimming pool, soft play and an adventure play area for children, plus an all-weather sports court where you can play tennis or football.
Along with a new arcade, there's also a clubhouse bar with super-size TV screens, a restaurant, a mini-supermarket and much more. During the evenings, there is live entertainment in the newly refurbished clubhouse.
Eco-Friendly
Dovercourt Holiday Park is proud to have achieved gold award status from both David Bellamy and Green Tourism which means it ticks all the boxes for managing their park as a haven for wildlife, reducing energy and water usage and aiming to reduce, reuse and recycle the waste the park produces.
Park News
Park Holidays UK continues to invest in its parks and Dovercourt is no exception. For 2020, there has been investment in improving the infrastructure and facilities including...
- Redevelopment of the entertainments centre incorporating a beautiful terraced area for food and drinks
- Upgrade to the reception area
- Redevelopment of the shop
- New holiday home sales enquiry office
- New caravan sales showground
Holiday Accommodation
As well as static caravans and lodges to book for your holiday, Dovercourt also offers a range of pitches for touring and motorhomes. New this year is the introduction of camping pods - trendyl glamping accommodation.
Holiday Home Ownership
Dovercourt Holiday Park has a fabulous range of holiday homes for sale incl;uding new and used caravans and lodges from leading manufacxturers such as Willerby and ABI.
Local Amenities
The local town of Dovercourt has several shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants if you want to venture out of the park and experience the local seaside resort. Further afield (just a few miles up the road) in Harwich, you will find a more extensive range of amenities and evening entertainment.
Things to see and do
For things to see and do whilst on holiday at Dovercourt, there are plenty of options in the local area which is rich in history and culture. Harwich is a traditional historic maritime town sitting on the mouth of the Stour/Orwell estuary. It has a fascinating history and is probably best known for being the home of Christopher Jones, Captain of the Mayflower, who in 1620 took the first pilgrims to America. Some historical sites to see are...
- Low Lighthouse Maritime Museum built in 1818
- Lifeboat Museum,
- Treadwheel Crane, built in 1667, a kind of colossal hamster wheel based on a Roman design
If you are looking to venture out further, some interesting things to see and do in Essex are....
Location
Dovercourt is located on the coast near Harwich and is just 19 miles from Colchester via the A12.If you are travelling from London, the journey time is just under 2 hours by car to cover the 85 miles.