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Colchester Country Park Touring And Camping
Cymbeline Way
Colchester
Essex (Browse area)
CO3 4AG
Tel: 01206 545551
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Pitches: 90
Open: 01/01/2025 to 31/12/2025
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
 Not Members Only |
 Rallies Welcome |
 Not Naturist Site |
 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
 Toilet Facilities |
 Hot Showers |
 Washing Up |
 No Bathroom |
 No Baby Changing |
 Laundry On Site |
 Drinking Water |
 Disabled Friendly |
 Chemical Disposal |
 No Battery Charging |
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 No Kitchen Facilities |
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 No Wifi Access |
 Shop <1 mile |
 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <10 miles |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 Indoor Pool <1 mile |
 Outdoor Pool <1 mile |
 Horse Riding <5 miles |
 Cycle Hire <1 mile |
 Golf <1 mile |
 Tennis <1 mile |
 Beach <10 miles |
 Watersports <10 miles |
 Boat Launch / Mooring <10 miles |
| Other Features |
 No Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
 Open All Year |
 No Waterside Pitches |
 Public Transport <1 mile |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
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| Date of Visit: August 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Up-in-20-minutes |
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 We turned up for a long weekend with a small dog and were put right down the bottom end of the site nearest the A12. The dog exercise area was a good 10-minute walk back to the Reception area so bear this in mind. Great open park opposite the site entrance though.
Facilities clean and ok. 'hot' water unpredictable (mostly warm) in showers. Water and EHU readily available.
Nothing much within walking distance of the site in the way of food and drink.
Let's cut to the chase. That A12 is very, very noisy - take your earplugs because you really will need them. If we got any nearer we'd have been camping on the hard shoulder - in fact it sounded as if we were!
Well kept site - a bit 'health and safety' crazy but we're new to all this and at least you felt secure. 
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| Date of Visit: July 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Yellowmatress |
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This was our first camping expedition - 2 children aged 8 & 11 and one adult.
We booked one night by telephone a few days before with no problems and paid extra to turn up at 9:30.Total cost £22.
The site felt secure and safe with plenty of loos, showers and washing up areas. There is a small shop too.
We had a nice pitch although we told to park our car in front of our tent. Naturally, I would want to park my car next to the tent as I want to have a view out of the front of my tent and not look at my car!
A major problem though, which we should have spotted prior to booking, was the close proximity to the A12 and its slip road. On the upside - it was easy to find and signposted with brown signs. On the down side we were continually woken throughout the night by tremendous noise and were glad to leave the following morning. The A12 is a link route for international lorries so the noise continued through the night. I imagine being in a caravan it would not be so problematical but in a tent it was nearly unbearable.
We have learnt our lesson to research sites more closely.
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| Date of Visit: May 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Addlestones |
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We stayed here for a few nights with our children. When we booked, we found that the owners were friendly, but they were not overly welcoming or very helpful when we arrived.
The site itself is immaculate - the loo blocks do appear worn but were fairly clean. There is a nice play area for the children, a little dog walk, a shop and a nice info & phone area. It appeared that the site was mostly a stopover, as there seemed to be a lot of motorhomes and not that many people actually staying.
The big problem that we encountered through was that the pitch was literally a few metres from an extremely busy main road. We did ask to move pitch, but the owners were not helpful at all, despite the site being fairly empty.
There is a line of trees/hedging in between, but the noise was quite horrendous at times and we were all woken throughout the night by lorries rumbling past. The noise level does lessen throughout the park however, as the distance to the road increases.
The park is quite near to Colchester itself and there is lots to do in the area.
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| Date of Visit: February 2010 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Smart152 |
8 reviews from this member |
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The toilet block was not to a caravan club standard and was in a well worn state, but clean. The site has storage facilities, which come recommended by the few we spoke to. There is a children's allocated play area. The receptionist was very polite & helpful. The shop had the essentials, tea, sugar, milk (long life). I found the pitches quite small. If we had a neighbour, our porch awning would almost touch another caravan. Bring a long electrics lead too, as some pitches you have to trail around your neighbour to get to the hook up point. Ok for a 1 or 2 night stop off point. I found the price was quite high even though we went in February. 1 Night with porch awning no pets with extra time for departure extended for £29. The close proximity to the A12 can be a little noisy at first if the wind is blowing in the wrong direction, but we soon got used to it! Clean site.
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| Date of Visit: February 2010 |
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| Reviewer: Klunked |
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I stayed at this site this last weekend, Friday and Saturday night. It might be close to the slip road for the A12 but it was not even noticeable. I admit that if I had been in a tent it might have been different. The lady who took my booking was extremely helpful, checking the length of my van, that I was on my own etc. And then arranging for me to telephone when near so that the owner could come and see me onto the site.
Very nice people, nice little shop, toilets clean with several blocks and showers - no issues there. Admittedly its out of season and there were only half a dozen people there, if it had been busy it would have been too close for me especially with kids and dogs but out of season brilliant. Walked up through the lanes to the main road and got bus straight into Colchester, didn't want to walk all the way. Brilliant telephone room with lots of books and magazines you could borrow, any churchgoers beautiful local C of E.
Only possible drawback, my T mobile would not work at all so no telephone or internet access and don't have expensive satellite for TV so only three channels. But for the £12 a night it cost me it was a bargain.
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| Date of Visit: July 2009 |
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| Reviewer: Nicola Gillham |
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We have just returned from a 4 night visit to this site. We were very impressed with the quality of the grounds and the facilities were good. The children's play area was a hit with my 6 year old as were the badminton and basketball nets.
The only downside was the proximity to the A12 slip road. The noise was pretty bad all night to the extent that my husband slept in the car in an attempt to escape it. Probably fine for caravan / motorhome users but not too good for tents - unless you pack industrial earplugs!
Unfortunately, the noise problem has affected my overall rating which is a shame as it is otherwise a lovely site.
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| Date of Visit: August 2008 |
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| Reviewer: DogChops |
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Wanting to just get away for the weekend locally rather than find a site further afield like usual, we tried our luck at Colchester Camping & Caravan Park having never visited before.
The owners were very helpful, and having a non-hookup tent they originally placed us on a small tent pitch away from the play area, but on asking them if we could move closer to it, they kindly obliged without question and allowed us to rock up onto a van hardstanding pitch right next to the play area, where we instead parked the car on gravel and pitched up just to the back of. Brilliantly helpful, perfect in fact, right between the lavs and the play area.
The play area is better than it looks on Google maps, it isn't just a log built selection anymore and our 2 boys (3 & 5) really enjoyed themselves.
The toilets were always clean and warm.
Across from the site is a park where we could let the dog run about off lead which was great too.
The pitch itself didn't suffer at all under a slight downpour and the lawn was well tended to.
The site is pretty big and there is a lot of tent pitches and open space, so I should imagine anyone looking for a site to go with a few families or small groups, you could probably pitch together.
The only detraction and I do really mean, the only bad point was the fact that you are right next to the A12.
In all honesty it isn't as bad as some make out, the traffic in general doesn't disturb, it's the 18 wheelers making their mileage at night that wake you up when you hear and feel the rumble. But if you are someone that is generally comatose when asleep, you'll be fine.
It's a good enough site apart, and a short drive out will take you to a number of places, shops, zoos, historic sites.
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: AliHo |
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We stayed at this site, as it's local to where we live. Having just got a new full size awning, we thought that we ought to try it out first before going away. The site itself is fine, well kept, showers were clean and tidy, as was the washing up area. As others have stated, the road that runs parallel to the site, is very noisy, however, after a while you do get used to it.
Our children loved the play area, which has been 'done up', and they spent considerable time on it. Staying for one night only, I did feel that the cost is quite high, in comparison with others.
For those who are wanting to go to places like Colchester Zoo, it's ideal. Colchester Town, is a good walk away, but has many great shops and cafes, and a fabulous castle.
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| Date of Visit: June 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Yellow_is_best |
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We stayed at this camp site for 3 nights. Arriving on a Thursday we were the only people camping - was mostly motor homes but by the Saturday we had 2 others camping near us. If you are camping the pitches would be very cosy if it had been busy as the pitches are marked out very close.
We found this place quiet expensive for us as we are currently not members of the camping and caravan club, so for 3 nights it cost us over £50 for a tent pitch. You should also be aware that there is a £10 deposit for a barrier key, unless you want to leave your car in the car park.
This is a very well maintained, organised and clean site however the road noise is very noisy and does take a while to get used too. At night the park is very well lit everywhere which is a big plus. There are 3 toilet blocks, 2 having been made more modern which seemed to be well cleaned daily.
Overall I think this is a lovely site but not for us due to noise level, we live in a noisy road so try to go camping for peace and quiet - I would say it's a good place for 1 night max - pit stop.
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| Date of Visit: April 2008 |
Unit: Tent |
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| Reviewer: Malwhite |
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Spent two nights here in April with our lads (13 & 11). The site is well kept, toilets very clean, no litter and grass well mowed. We did visit in a fairly quiet time of year so can't comment on what it would be like in summer. There is a children's playground which seemed ok for young kids.
There is a quiet after 11 or 11:30pm rule and the barrier to the campsite closes at 11:30pm but there were so few people there I can't tell how well this rule is enforced. There is quite a bit of noise from the A12 nearby but this fades into the background after a while and didn't bother us at all.
There is a pub about 5 minutes walk away and chipshops and the like within 5 minutes drive. If I have a gripe, and it is only a small one, we only had two 2 person tents and were allocated and paid for two caravan sized pitches but H&S grounds may have come into play there. I would recommend this site to anyone else.
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