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Camping La Licorne
1005 Boulevard De L Europe
Dunkerque
Hauts de France (Browse area)
59240
Tel: +33 03 28 69 26 68
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Pitches: 247
Open: 27/04/2024 to 03/11/2024
27/04/2025 to 03/11/2025
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 No Glamping Units |
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 No Statics for Sale |
 No Seasonal Pitches |
 Electric Hookups |
 No Hardstandings |
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 No Rallies |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
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| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 Baby Changing Facilities |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
 No Gas Exchange |
 Recycling Facilities |
 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 Motorhome Point |
 Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar On Site |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway On Site |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 Games Room |
 Evening Entertainment |
 Fishing On Site |
 Wild Swimming On Site |
 Indoor Pool <1 mile |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 No Golf |
 Tennis On Site |
 Beach On Site |
 Watersports On Site |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <1 mile |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Coastside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 No Dog Walk |
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| Date of Visit: September 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: BOYOBAKER |
9 reviews from this member |
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 Toilet block, cleaned regularly and free plentiful hot water at showers. Water and waste disposal 25m. 16A hookup was about 10m. Pitch looked very tired after a busy summer - although was of a good size. Sparse grass beaten down. Hedge around pitch about 4 ft high. Bar was closed in early September. Supermarket about 1 to 2 miles away. We walked out every day for drinks and meals. Restaurant along Dunkirk Promenade quite dear. Very good location for DFDS ferry - 15/20 minutes away. Weather was dry and windy. Overall we would recommend this as a good DFDS ferry stopover. 
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Bartle |
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I have to disagree with the comments from the previous review. We arrived at La Licorne for six nights after spending 3 weeks in Holland at first sight we were dubious and apprehensive about the site but that soon changed. They cut the grass the next day and it did look a lot better for it. Very clean toilet/shower block private washrooms with hairdrier socket great, the cleaners must work round the clock to keep them as clean. The pitch was large plenty of room for caravan, awning, car and still lots of space for sitting out. Our electric and water were next to the pitch. Very quite in the evening everyone was considerate about other people and keeping the noise down. Our dog loved it - sands dunes and beach so close and easy to get too. We never felt uneasy everyone very friendly French, German, Dutch a few English - mixed age groups everyone said hello met some really nice people. Lots of bars/restaurants on prom waiters/waitresses all very friendly. Cannot fault this site other than maybe a little shop would be an advantage, we are intending to go back there next year before and after we have been to Holland.
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Cheryl.mark |
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I have to disagree with the previous reviews of this site. We used it as a one night stop over on the way back to the uk and to be quite honest we should have just parked up on the Port car park as it would have felt safer! This site is rougher than rough, from the entrance it looks quite pleasing, when you get inside the site you realise that this site is used for people living on it! There is security on the site and it looks like you need it! A barrier code to access the beach with signs saying 'do not let anyone enter the site' the site is surrounded by what looks like The Berlin Wall! full of graffiti, sawdust on the toilet floors. We paid for elec hook up and the pitch they put us on was miles away from the hook up point and would not reach, we couldn't find the water and realised we had to go to the shower block, it was full of gangs of kids messing with the taps so we struggled to fill the aquaroll. We felt intimidated on this site and we stuck out like a sore thumb. It cost us 32 euros for 2 adults and 2 young kids and we got nothing for it. Take my adivce and look at other sites in Dunkerque before you go here. I don't know where the other people were staying that wrote the previous reviews?
There is access to a sandy beach and promenade but it looked scruffy and unkempt, it wasn't our sort of place and next year we wll just park on the Port carpark as there's security on there.
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| Date of Visit: July 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Lydia1 |
9 reviews from this member |
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I'd highly recommend this site, particularly for a short stopover.
It's about a 40 min drive from Eurotunnel and easy to get to from the motorway. It is well run, with informative staff, and the toilets/wash block were very clean.
The pitches weren't perhaps the largest but perfectly adequate. At 22 Euros a night this was one of the better value sites we stayed at.
However, it's the location of the site which is really great. There's a gate that takes you directly onto the beach and beachside path. A 15 min walk takes you to a range of restaurants and bars (keep going - there are some which are reasonably priced!). Moules et frites are the local speciality.
Dunkerque is a really clean and safe place with a good atmosphere and attractive buildings.
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| Date of Visit: July 2012 |
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| Reviewer: P.quinn27@ntlworld. |
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Arrive here after a long drive from Glasgow to Dunkerque - and were very relieved to get there to be honest! we had booked it as part of a tour of France, and we stayed on the first night we arrived off the boat, and the last night before the boat - would recommend this, although dunkerque is quite far north, (which is perfect if you are going to belgium or germany) the fare was cheaper.
The security guy was really helpful, as we arrived at about 830pm. Pitch was a bit rough, but the hook up was reachable with one 10 metre cable - had to use the european connection adapter I think. The shower/toilet block was really good.
When we stayed the second night at the end of our holiday we discovered the dunkerque beach front. This consisted mainly of quite posh restaurants - but we managed to find a good wee bar and a good wee snack place which didn't stretch our budget and also had friendly staff - you will find them if you look hard enough!
Check out the local supermarket! we had bikes and cycled (turn right out of the campsite and go for about 1k and you will find a supermarket/fruit shop/bistro with internet access!
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| Date of Visit: June 2012 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Noosner |
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This is an efficient site with great access to miles of sandy beach at Dunkirk. It has a bar, where you can buy bread in the mornings, or breakfast (for just under 4 Euros), the showers are excellent, and there is privacy: the pitches are spacious and have little hedges (in varying states of growth) around them. It is an easy walk into Dunkirk, 3km along the promenade. The staff are friendly. Dunkirk is an interesting town.
On the negative side, it is a very big site and some of the pitches are therefore quite a long way from any of the 3 toilet blocks. The beach, incidentally, is quite bleak and windy (not the campsite's fault, obviously!)
The site feels very safe, and I think is probably great for children. When we were there, a young man with learning difficulties was cycling round and round and we felt it was a great environment for him. However, for us (2 adults in our fifties) it would be fair to say we found the site a little lacking in charm and as such it was our least favourite out of the four sites we stayed on during our trip. At 22 Euros a night it was also by far the most expensive.
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
Unit: Motorhome |
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| Reviewer: Pamcel |
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Our first time abroad in our van, and we took everyone's advice and headed off to Eperleques. But, being the end of the season, the bar, restaurant and pool were shut, and, having heard of a spate of thefts on the site, we didn't feel very secure at night, so we decided to head off to Dunkirk. We went to the municipal site, La Licorne, and had a wonderful time. The site is very clean, with large pitches, and is protected by a barrier, and a security guard (not sure why this was necessary, as the site is bordered by a nice residential area, and the beach), and also a coded gate leading to the beach. We never worried once about security at night. The toilets were spacious, and the showers, especially in the newer block, powerful and spotless.
We chose a pitch right beside the gate to the beach, and spent 5 days there. The beach was wonderful, albeit atmospheric, with a wide promenade and very good restaurants along it. There is a bus stop right outside the main gate, with a very reasonable fare into the town for further exploring.
There are goats and geese in roomy enclosures at the entrance, a bar, children's playground, and the site is next to a leisure centre, so plenty to do on site.
The security guards and the site wardens were lovely, going out of their way to help when needed. We especially liked the mix of people on the site, with relatively few British folk, unlike Eperleques, which was a bit too 'Little England' for us, although everyone we met there were very nice, but when in France.
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| Date of Visit: May 2011 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Wendy52 |
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First time to France with the caravan, booked site for 2 caravans (my brothers 1st time also)and what a find this site was, lovely large pitches, good clean toilet/shower block, plenty of hot water and very friendly staff. The site was quiet all week, weekends a few French families arrived for the week-end but still very peaceful. Will definitely use again.
Thanks to UKcampsite.Co.Uk for helping us to find this gem.
Found Belgium a lovely and easy trip from the site and visited all the local war memorials from here.
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| Date of Visit: September 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Netters |
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Four of us each aged sixty; 2 males and 2 females from England went camping for the very first time as adults in September 2010. We stayed in a basic tent at La Licorne campsite in Dunkerque for 5 nights.
We were all very apprehensive as it had been so long since we had been in a tent; but the challenge made it a very different break from the norm.
We reached the site by car which is a 24 mile journey from Calais; although it is possible to arrive directly at Dunkerque via the ferry from Dover. We arrived at the site after many requests for directions; the fact that none of us spoke even basic French did not help.
It was after 7 p.M.; the time when the barrier comes down at the entrance to the site. However the owners house is there and they quickly made us feel welcome and told us to select any pitch we desired and call back the next morning to discuss fees etc.
Our first very big mistake was not erecting the tent back at home after we recently purchased it. The next four hours were were proverbial murder; but by a little moonlight and a lot of headlights we got there in the end and earned our tent pitching badges. We enjoyed snacks and wine before surprising ourselves and enjoying a thoroughly good nights sleep.
Next morning we discovered there was 2 large shower blocks with endless hot water,plus lots of toilets and wash basins. They were all very clean and we were certainly impressed; although you do have to take your own toilet paper which luckily we had.
We went to meet the owner who is instantly likeable and she explained about the rates and security gates. The cost to each camper was only 6 Euros per night. It is a simple 4 number code and single letter for the both the front and rear entrances. While the front gives you access to the open road the rear entrance is accessible by foot only.
The rear entrance is a real delight as it leads along a pleasant path surrounded by bushes and plants directly to the seafront. There are no cars running along the front; but there is a bicycle path which is well used by families. The beach is very large at low tide and stretches as far as the eye could see probably to Belgium.
There are a few cafes along the front and quite a lot of flats overlooking the sea though not high rise. Although it was September it was still very mild and we were all in short sleeves and shorts even though we were by the sea.
Dunkerque itself seems a very friendly town with a very busy large market on Saturday. Selling all types of food and goods it spreads from street to street throughout the town. There are no drinking bars as such; in fact the only one we seen and went in to is on the campsite itself.
There are lots of supermarkets however selling good quality cheap priced wine and lager which was ideal for us. They are within easy distance of the front entrance and you can buy almost anything else also.
Belgium is within reasonable driving distance and we travelled the 27 mile to Ostend. Ostend is a very clean busy coastal resort with lots of shops and outdoor cafes and bars. The seafront is a very pleasant walk with stalls selling lots of instantly eatable sea food very cheap.
I would say the campsite played a huge part in the enjoyment of our trip to Dunkerque which incidentally is twinned with our home town of Middlesbrough North East England. It certainly allayed our fears about camping and we are certainly going back.
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Susie69 |
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We booked this as an over nighter to catch the ferry early morning.
What a find!
The pitches are not huge admittedly but the site was in a fantastic location on the beach with a gate leading to the beach which had a security password to prevent unauthorised access to the site, therefore very safe.
It is a lovely stroll along the prom or beach to the center of Dunkerque where lovely restaurants and bars are situated.
There is security on the site and my son went for a walk, on his return he was asked his name and pitch number to ensure security before they would allow him entrance to the site. They couldn't be more helpful as we wanted an early get away before the barrier was opened, that was no problem and they gave us a security number to lift the barrier up.
There is on site entertainment in a 'club house' which was ever so cheesy (wedding type disco)Fantastic - we really enjoyed it, and an excellent way to wind down the kids prior to going to bed.
There was on site tennis courts which we didn't use but they looked nice!
Shower/toilet block very clean with lovely hot water.
Not the cheapest site but I will certainly visit again
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