Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site
Mersea Island, Colchester, Essex
Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site is ideal for people looking for a quiet family retreat. It's situated by the sea with lovely sea views and is close to a country park in a small village on Mersea Island. Offering plenty of room for tourers, tents or motorhomes of any size, there's a pub within a short stroll and you can also walk to the beach (just 5 mins away). Creeks nearby are ideal for crabbing and paddling.
A quiet family retreat with beautiful sea views from your pitch
Winner of the David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award, with great birdwatching onsite
Just a five minute walk to the beach, the perfect place to relax and unwind
About Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site
Fen Farm has been owned by the Lord family since 1918 and the first tents were pitched in 1923, so the park has grown rather than been developed. There are spacious pitches for tourers, tents and motorhomes of any size with electric available. Space for RVs too! Fen Farm has been awarded the David Bellamy Gold Conservation Award and is popular with birdwatchers, with Marsh Harriers and Peregrine Falcons a familiar sight and Broad-billed Sandpipers, Bluethroats, Penduline tits and Glossy Ibis all being seen too. Dogs are welcome and there are dog walks, with bins, all around the park. There are also many footpath walks nearby as well as a dog friendly beach. There are 90 fully serviced static owner-occupied caravans on the park too.
Open from 19 March to 31 October
The toilet block was designed with conservation in mind with solar powered water heating (backed up with gas when necessary) and sun pipes providing light in the daytime. An important part of the block is the wheelchair accessible toilet and shower, as well as the family toilet and shower room. There is also a laundry room with coin operated washing machines, tumble driers and iron along with a freezer for ice blocks and sinks for washing up. A play area offers swings, seesaws and climbing frames for the kids.
The Dog and Pheasant pub is a few minutes' walk, and serves food. Dogs are welcome.
If you don't fancy cooking and want to stay in, some local takeaways will deliver to the site including Chinese, Indian and pizza. Mersea Barns shop and restaurant is nearby, serving food and offering home made goodies. If you travel to West Mersea, just a few miles away, there are various eateries and shops.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Internet access
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilets
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
There are 65 accommodation options on-site
65 x Grass Pitches
Max 6 people
Pitches are not marked out and optional electric hook up is available.
Site tariff
Interested in staying at Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site?
Call 01206 383275 to book.
9am to 5pm everyday in peak season, 9am to 1pm weekdays in off peak season.
Unfortunately Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
Things to do on site and in the Colchester area
Fen Farm is in East Mersea, a village on Mersea Island off the coast of Essex and a short drive from Colchester.
The campsite is ideal for people with an interest in wildlife as Cudmore Grove Country Park is very close by and is one of the best nature reserves in Essex. If you are lucky enough to meet the ranger, Dougal, and he has some time to spare, he can point out the geese, flocks of golden plovers and widgeons that regularly graze on the fields behind. Abberton and Fingringhoe nature reserves are also within easy reach.
At the highest cliffs on the island, a mere fifteen feet, fallen oaks litter the beach below, signifying their retreat by a metre a year. The river gravel in the low cliffs is 300,000 years old and is the site where bones of elephant tusk, narrow-nosed rhino, bears and giant deer were discovered early last century.
Mersea is famous for oysters and no trip would be complete without a visit to either the famous Company Shed or The Oyster Bar to sample this local delight.
Mersea Island vineyard with its Courtyard cafe is within a few miles, where you can sample wine and beer made on the Island along with lunch or a piece of cake.
For the Geocachers amongst you, there are nearly 20 caches on the island itself and over 500 within 10 miles of the site.
Interested in staying at Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site?
Call 01206 383275 to book.
9am to 5pm everyday in peak season, 9am to 1pm weekdays in off peak season.
Unfortunately Fen Farm Caravan and Camping Site doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
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