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Camping and touring Arrive: 3 p.m. – 10 p.m. Depart by: 1 p.m. Read more

Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park

9.1 235 reviews

Outdoor heated swimming pool (added by manager 16 Jan 2018)

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Family-friendly site on Mersea Island with beach access
Plenty of activities in the park and nearby area
Heated swimming pool, fishing lake and restaurant on site

Hurrah, it's Mersea Island! A perennially popular spot on the south-east coast, Mersea and its oysters have been known for centuries and the place has been a favourite with visitors since pre-Roman times. And hurrah, it's Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park, a fantastic family option for Mersea Island holidays. There's heaps to do here for when you're not out exploring the island: a heated outdoor pool, clubhouse with licensed bar, family games room, playground and sports area are just for starters – and best of all, the park has access to its own private sandy beach... Park characters Sammy Seagull and Bonnie Boxer are on hand along with the human members of the Waldegraves team to entertain guests, with other entertainment on site coming in the form of a coarse fishing lake, all-weather sports court, crazy golf, foot golf, pitch and putt and a driving range. The Granary restaurant and The Wheatgrain shop will sort foodie supplies.

Site type

100

Tourist board rating

Languages spoken

English

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on site

Bar or club house

Cycle hire

Evening entertainment

Fishing

Fitness centre

Games room

Indoor swimming pool

Kids' club

On-site restaurant/cafe

Outdoor swimming pool

Play area

TV room

Take away

Tennis

Watersports

Amenities on site

Bath available

Car parking by pitch/unit

Composting toilet

Disabled facilities

Dog park

Drying room

Food shop

Free wifi

Ice pack freezing

Internet access

Launderette

Parent & baby washroom

Pick-up from public transport

Portable toilet

Pub toilets

Public telephone

Shower available

Toilet block

Washing-up area

Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly

Motorcycle friendly

Rallies welcome

Single-sex groups welcome

Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue provided

Barbecues allowed

Campfires allowed

Commercial vehicles allowed

Dogs allowed

Dogs allowed all year

Themes

Remote location

Spectacular scenery

Walkers' paradise

Wildlife haven

Utilities

Charging facilities

Chemical disposal

Electric car charging point(s)

Gas cylinders available

Recycling available

Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby

Dog walk nearby

Public transport nearby

Shop nearby

Type

Large (51-200 pitches)

Nearby leisure

Canoeing/kayaking nearby

Cycle hire nearby

Cycling nearby

Fishing nearby

Golf nearby

Horse riding nearby

Indoor pool nearby

Leisure/theme park nearby

Outdoor pool nearby

Restaurant nearby

Sailing nearby

Tennis nearby

Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Seasonal pitches

Tourer storage facilities

Water hook-up points for tourers

Location

Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park

Mersea Island

Colchester

Essex

England

CO5 8SE

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London BST (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.77794°N
0.94871°W

Route directions

Join the B1025 to Mersea Island. Cross the Strood Channel via ‘The Causeway’ and then take the left fork to East Mersea. Take the second turning to the right and follow the brown and cream Tourist Board signs to Waldegraves.

Nearest transport

Coach

5.6 mi Brightlingsea Road

5.7 mi Colchester Road

Rail

5.4 mi Wivenhoe Rail Station

5.7 mi Alresford (Essex) Rail Station

7.1 mi Great Bentley Rail Station

Ferry

3.6 mi Point Clear Ferry Landing

3.7 mi Brightlingsea Ferry Landing

12 mi Burnham on Crouch Ferry Landing

Airport

17.9 mi London Southend Airport

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Local attractions

Mersea is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK and although it's only about seven square miles has quite a bit to do among its unspoiled landscape. Exploring the local village from Waldegraves Holiday Leisure Park and sitting with a picnic taking in the fab views over the Blackwater Estuary should see you sorted to start with, then we'd suggest a bit of crabbing, wandering among the native wildlife of Cudmore Grove Country Park to the island's east, and a meal in one of the many eateries overlooking the harbour Mersea Hard. The foot ferry across to nearby Brightlingsea and Point Clear near St Osyth is on the island's east side. Off the island, the excellent town of Colchester is only nine miles away – zoo and castle a must – or you could trek around other nearby parks like Colchester's Highwoods Country Park and Hadleigh Castle Country Park in Suffolk.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
West Mersea	0.9 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	N/A	N/A
Brightlingsea	3.3 mi	Estuary	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Jaywick	7 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Clacton Beach Martello Tower	8.2 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Clacton	9.6 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

Colchester Zoo 7.6 mi

firstsite 7.9 mi

Colchester Castle Museum 8 mi

East Anglian Railway Museum 13 mi

RHS Garden Hyde Hall 17.8 mi

National Trust

Bourne Mill 7 mi

Coggeshall Grange Barn 12.8 mi

Flatford: Bridge Cottage 12.8 mi

Paycocke's 13.1 mi

Thorington Hall 14 mi

Cycle routes

Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.

Other

West Mersea 0.8 mi

Mersea Island Circular 2.1 mi

Cudmore Country Park - East and West Mersea - Cudmore 2.5 mi

Bradwell St Peter - River Blackwater - Bradwell Waterside 3.2 mi

Bradwell-on-Sea - Roman Fort - St Peter's Way - Bradwell 3.2 mi

Please note: All distances on this page are calculated "as the crow flies" - please check actual distance depending on your mode of travel using the Get directions button above.

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Always very friendly and helpfull staff,close to beach,restaurant,playground,pub,shop,all you need in one…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

WOJCIECH S. Nov 2023

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Always very friendly and helpfull staff,close to beach,restaurant,playground,pub,shop,all you need in one place

Recommend to friends Visit again

Ok site in dry weather in wet weather book the hard standing pitchs

Overall	6/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Oct 2023

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Close to toilets and friendly staff

Disliked: Due to rain most of the pitches were water logged but all of the pitches in second field thats weren't used were fine.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great experience

Overall	10/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	6

Adam B. Oct 2023

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Great pitch! Flat and no bumps.. no issues with electricity and water on each pitch. Was muddy but can't be helped as was raining so much!

Disliked: Charged for wifi

Recommend to friends Visit again

Staff where friendly. Access to the beach and a quiet site…

Overall	6/10
Location	10
Value for money	6
Accommodation	4
Facilities / Activities	4
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

paul k. Oct 2023

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Staff where friendly. Access to the beach and a quiet site

Disliked: No WiFi. Not dog friendly. Lack of walkways. And very muddy. And the fishing lakes where closed. Couldn't even walk round.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean site great facilities and great staff

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	8

Kerry L. Oct 2023

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Very clean site, great facilities plenty to do and close to the beach, something for everyone to enjoy and a great kids park!

Disliked: Nothing to dislike

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great welcome after a long drive. Great facilities and on site activities.…

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	10
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	6

Anonymous Oct 2023

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Great welcome after a long drive. Great facilities and on site activities. Love that it was close to the beach.

Disliked: Poorly maintained pitch, could partly be down to heavy down pour before arrival.

Recommend to friends Visit again

excellent site and great facilities

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

danielle s. Oct 2023

Electric grass pitch

Liked: loved it all, even with coming out of season what was open was still a pleasure, will defo come back

Recommend to friends Visit again

Lovely pitches well maintained. Friendly staff . Food was lovely in the…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	10

Deborah F. Oct 2023

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Lovely pitches well maintained. Friendly staff . Food was lovely in the restaurant 5*deff 😋. Toilets nice and clean

Disliked: Sadly fishing lakes are closed 😪 but pleased to see this as it shows te fish are well looked after and staff care about the lakes to get on top of the problem in the water

Recommend to friends Visit again

Would definitely come again without any hesitation

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	4

Anonymous Oct 2023

Electric grass pitch

Liked: Brilliant site!. So child friendly, we couldn't arrive till late but the help we had was truly amazing.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Great location, really good pitch and plenty to see and do.…

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	2

Anonymous Oct 2023

Electric grass and gravel touring pitch

Liked: Great location, really good pitch and plenty to see and do.

Disliked: Our water had been taken by other guests but wasn’t a huge deal as the pitch next to us was empty all weekend so we just used the neighbouring tap. Wifi at the pitch was non existent and is advertised as wifi good.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Does Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park have a swimming pool? Yes View all features
Is Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park? Mersea is the most easterly inhabited island in the UK and although it's only about seven square miles has quite a bit to do among its unspoiled landscape. Exploring the local village … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Waldegraves Holiday and Leisure Park?

Camping and touring

Arrive: 3 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Depart by: 1 p.m.

Read more