When can I check in and check out of Brightlingsea Touring Park?

RV, travel trailer and tent sites Arrive: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m. Depart by: 11 a.m. Read more

How much does it cost to stay at Brightlingsea Touring Park?

From $33.53 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.

Brightlingsea Touring Park

View prices & book Last booked 10 hours ago 9 563 reviews

Visitor image of the view to the boating lake

Well-maintained site in Brightlingsea, on the Essex Sunshine Coast
Howlands Marsh 25 minutes’ drive; Colchester Castle half an hour
Electric and water hookups and launderette; well-behaved dogs welcome

The family-oriented attractions of the Essex Sunshine Coast are easily within your grasp at Brightlingsea Touring Park, a well-maintained lakeside site on the outskirts of the town of the same name. At this dog-friendly site, spacious hardstanding pitches come with electric and water hookups, and guests also benefit from a toilet/shower block and a launderette. Brightlingsea’s high street, with its traditional pubs and global restaurants, is a five-minute walk from the site, as are the colourful huts of sandy Brightlingsea beach, overlooked by the late 19th-century Batemans Tower. Here you can have a swim and try out all sorts of watersports, from canoeing to jet-skiing. If you’d rather stay dry, you might want to take a leisurely stroll along the promenade and join the nature trail that follows the River Colne all the way to Alresford Creek. A 10-minute walk in the opposite direction leads to Brightlingsea Harbour, where you can board a barge for a sailing tour among the moored pleasure boats and around Cindery Island. Don’t forget your binoculars: this area is a birdwatcher’s paradise. Those who want to explore more of the local landscape (and delve deeper into the local birdlife) can head to Howlands Marsh (25 minutes’ drive), an area of wetlands inhabited by geese, skylarks and curlews – not to mention the occasional raptor. Faced with a day of inclement weather and the kids getting restless? No problem: the Brightlingsea Museum, in town, has lots of interactive exhibits and kids' activities.

Campground type

Open now

Please note

Group bookings of 5 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.
At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.
If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.

Languages spoken

English

Open from Sat, Mar 1 to Fri, Oct 31 2025

This campground is a member of Countrywide Park Homes group.

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Campsite types & availability

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

5 people maximum

Ground type: Cement/asphalt and grass

Pitch size: Max 11m width × 4.5m depth

Calculated area: 49.5m²

5 people maximum

One Travel Trailer or Class B motorhome or RV or Tent allowed per site

Additional units require additional sites - quick book via 'Make another booking like this' after making your booking.

Site size

Max 11m width × 4.5m depth

Calculated area: 49.5m²

Ground type

Cement/asphalt and grass

Twin-axle vehicles accepted

Suitable for

Travel Trailer, Class B motorhome, RV, Tent, (Trailer tent not allowed)

Features

Electric: 10 amp included

Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.

Car 1 included, 2 max.

Car parking by site/unit

Water hook-up

Extras

Bring a gazebo (1 max)		£3 (£3) per stay
Bring a pup tent (1 max)		£3 (£3) per night
Bring an awning Free (1 max)		£0 (£0) per stay
Dog (2 max)		£2 (£2) per night
Extra car (1 max)		£5 (£5) per night

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Arrival days

From £25 (£25) 1 night, 2 adults

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Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

5 people maximum

Ground type: Cement/asphalt and grass

Pitch size: Min 11m width × 4.5m depth

Calculated area: 49.5m²

5 people maximum

One Travel Trailer or Class B motorhome or RV or Tent or Trailer tent allowed per site

Additional units require additional sites - quick book via 'Make another booking like this' after making your booking.

Site size

Min 11m width × 4.5m depth

Calculated area: 49.5m²

Ground type

Cement/asphalt and grass

Twin-axle vehicles accepted

Suitable for

Travel Trailer, Class B motorhome, RV, Tent, Trailer tent

Features

Electric: 10 amp included

Bring an awning 1 included, 1 max.

Car 1 included, 2 max.

Car parking by site/unit

Dump station

Extras

Bring a gazebo (1 max)		£3 (£3) per stay
Bring a pup tent (1 max)		£3 (£3) per night
Bring an awning Free (1 max)		£0 (£0) per stay
Dog (2 max)		£2 (£2) per night
Extra car (1 max)		£5 (£5) per night

You will be able to choose extras on the booking page.

Arrival days

From £30 (£30) 1 night, 2 adults

View prices & book

Reviews

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Only showing reviews for the last 30 months.

Lovely town and site.

Overall	9/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	5
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	7

Jo W. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked: Great site, great position. Lovely town.

Disliked: Our pitch was close to the road. Had another motorhome pull up behind with a motorboat revving. Can't be helped and not the fault of the site. Didn't ruin our stay, just annoying.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Perfect for our event at the sailing club, but facilities not great.

Overall	7/10
Location	10
Value for money	8
Accommodation	7
Facilities / Activities	3
Customer service	9
Child friendliness	8
Cleanliness	8
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

Liked: Great location for seafront and sailing club. Quiet and relaxed atmosphere. Nicky was friendly on arrival. Electric and water tap on each pitch.

Disliked: Facilities weren’t good. They were clean but the plumbing was shocking. The showers and taps were either boiling (dangerously so) or freezing, and half the taps didn’t work at all. There was one hand soap for all of the sinks and no soap in the disabled loo. Also the hard standing appears to be a mixture of gravel with broken pottery and lots of broken glass. Dangerous for the dog and children. It wasn’t just a broken bottle, it was as though it formed the aggregate that has been used, as it was everywhere.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Nice owner but the toilets and showers 🤢

Overall	5/10
Location	7
Value for money	5
Accommodation	5
Facilities / Activities	2
Customer service	7
Child friendliness	5
Cleanliness	3
Wifi	1

Sarah R. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked: Owner was friendly to me, pitch very basic but the toilets were disgusting. I did see them being cleaned but they were absolutely grim, no ventilation really and very basic (even though we paid standard pitch prices that you would find on another campsite).

Disliked: Toilets! They need an urgent upgrade, one soap between a whole toilet block is pretty revolting.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Friendly staff very helpful.

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

Helen G. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked: Nice camping site, We had a lovely time,stayed for the weekend, we will definitely come back this year.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Clean & lovely location by the lake, fantastic promenade walks…

Overall	9/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	1
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	6

Marcia J. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

Liked: Clean & lovely location by the lake, fantastic promenade walks

Disliked: Noisy road occasionally, either motorbikes or cars revving up

Recommend to friends Visit again

Small and clean site

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

Peter F. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

Liked: Nice quiet site next to boating lake,short walk to pubs and shops and beach

Recommend to friends Visit again

Overall a nice place to stay

Overall	8/10
Location	8
Value for money	8
Accommodation	8
Facilities / Activities	8
Customer service	8
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	7
Wifi	No rating

Steve M. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

Liked: Really good pitch nice and quiet

Disliked: Showers could do with a little bit of a revamp

Recommend to friends Visit again

Definitely will book again.

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

Lynette L. Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

Liked: Site was nice and clean, facilities good, great view off the lake.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Excellent

Overall	10/10
Location	10
Value for money	10
Accommodation	10
Facilities / Activities	10
Customer service	10
Child friendliness	10
Cleanliness	10
Wifi	1

Anonymous Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite

Liked: Quite sone

Recommend to friends Visit again

Not for us. Wouldn't return

Overall	7/10
Location	7
Value for money	7
Accommodation	No rating
Facilities / Activities	5
Customer service	No rating
Child friendliness	No rating
Cleanliness	7
Wifi	No rating

Anonymous Jun 2025

Powered cement/asphalt and grass campsite (lake view)

Liked: Convenient for walk into town or along the river and not far to drive to Flatford (if you are interested in Constable) or other seaside towns. Water at pitch is always a plus and pitches were clean and well cut.

Disliked: We had a lakeside pitch but as you back into pitch with caravan our windows looked over campsite so a bit wasted tbh. Very regimented pitches but luckily wasn't full during our visit or would have felt very hemmed in. Not much security at all and between the pitch and lake is a busy public footpath with just a small wire fence to separate. Not sure what was going on every evening but seemed to be a lot of noisy cars and motorbikes driving up and down the promenade road past the entrance presumably meeting at the car park near the beach.

Recommend to friends Visit again

Features

Dogs allowed

Leisure on park

Bar or club house Cycle hire Evening entertainment Fishing Fitness centre Indoor swimming pool Kids' club On-site restaurant/cafe Outdoor swimming pool Playground Recreation room/arcade TV room Takeout Tennis Watersports

Amenities on park

Bath available Car parking by site/unit Composting toilet Dog park Drying room Free wifi Grocery store Ice pack freezing Internet access Laundromat Parent & baby washroom Payphone Pick-up from public transport Portable toilet Pub toilets Restrooms Shower available Washing-up area Wifi

Groups welcome

Family friendly Motorcycle friendly Single-sex groups welcome Student groups welcome

Rules

Barbecue grills allowed Barbecue provided Campfires allowed Commercial vehicles allowed Dogs allowed Dogs allowed all year

Utilities

Charging facilities Dump station Electric car charging point(s) Propane/gas cylinders available Recycling available Renewable energy

Nearby amenities

Bar nearby Convenience store nearby Dog walk nearby Public transportation nearby

Type

Large (51-200 sites)

Nearby leisure

Cycling nearby Mountain biking nearby Restaurant nearby Sailing nearby Watersports nearby

Touring and motorhomes

Water hook-up points for caravans

Location

Brightlingsea Touring Park

Promenade Way

Brightlingsea

Colchester

Essex

England

CO7 0LW

Directions

Timezone

Europe/London +0100 (GMT+01:00)

GPS

51.80848°N
1.01934°W

Nearest transport

Bus

2.4 mi Brightlingsea Road

2.4 mi Oaklands

Rail

3.3 mi Alresford (Essex) Rail Station

3.6 mi Great Bentley Rail Station

4.3 mi Wivenhoe Rail Station

Ferry

0.3 mi Brightlingsea Ferry Landing

0.4 mi Point Clear Ferry Landing

13.9 mi Harwich International Ferry Terminal

Airport

21.4 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

Created in the 1960s, Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens (15 minutes’ drive) is based on a simple but oft-ignored principle: right plant, right place. One of the highlights here is the Gravel Garden, famously never watered and home to drought-tolerant plants and shrubs. In contrast, the Water Garden spreads around a series of ponds and is dotted with colourful flowers. Reward your offspring for following you patiently around the gardens with a trip to Hasty’s Adventure Farm (20 minutes). In addition to a giant sandpit for younger children, there are oversized Lego constructions, an adventure course and grass slides. Not forgetting resident animals like Pipsqueak the pygmy goat and Mac the alpaca… Built in the 11th century over the ruins of an ancient Roman temple, the Norman Colchester Castle (half an hour) now houses a modern museum displaying items unearthed locally, such as the Fenwick Hoard, a collection of delicate jewellery and coins, and a vase decorated with images of fighting gladiators.

Water quality at nearby bathing waters

Name	Distance	Type	2020	2019	2018	2017
Brightlingsea	0.4 mi	Estuary	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
West Mersea	4.6 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	N/A	N/A
Jaywick	4.7 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Clacton Beach Martello Tower	5.5 mi	Sea	N/A	Good	Good	Good
Clacton	6.6 mi	Sea	N/A	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent

Data source: European Environment Agency

Must see

firstsite 7.5 mi

Colchester Castle Museum 7.6 mi

Colchester Zoo 8.7 mi

East Anglian Railway Museum 13.8 mi

Christchurch Mansion 18.4 mi

National Trust

Bourne Mill 6.6 mi

Flatford: Bridge Cottage 10.4 mi

Thorington Hall 12.5 mi

Coggeshall Grange Barn 14.9 mi

Paycocke's 15.1 mi

Cycle routes

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

Other

Brightlingsea 0.1 mi

Cudmore Country Park - East and West Mersea - Cudmore 1.2 mi

Brightlingsea - Colne Estuary - Crab and Winkle Path 1.4 mi

ST OSYTH'S PRIORY 2.3 mi

Hollybush Hill - Brightlingsea - River Colne - Hollybush 2.4 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.

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Booking terms and conditions

Changes to your holiday

Bookings cannot be amended within 14 day(s) of arrival.
Modifications are subject to a £15.00 ($19.37) fee.

Admission

Admission is only permitted after registering at reception.
At least one of the party members must be aged 21 or over.

Arrivals and departures

No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.

Dogs

Dogs must be kept on leashes and supervised at all times.

General

Bookings are nominative and non-transferable.
In the event of a complaint, please speak to reception immediately. Complaints which are not brought to the management's attention during your stay cannot be dealt with once you have left the site.
Public areas are non-smoking.
Quiet hours must be respected between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m..
Radio, music and TV players must be kept at a low volume. Car doors and trunks must be closed quietly.
The management reserves the right to deny access or terminate the stay of those guests whose behavior is deemed unsuitable. No refunds will be offered.
The park is not liable for any refund in the event of force majeure.

Occupancy

Group bookings of 5 or more units (e.g. tent, caravan, RV or accommodation hire) traveling together are not permitted via Pitchup.com.
No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
The park caters for families (immediate members) and couples only - bookings from all other forms of groups are not accepted.

Reception

If reception is closed on arrival: please contact the number provided on your booking confirmation.
Reception is open from 9 a.m. to midnight and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. between 03/01 and 10/31.

Safety

Barbecues are permitted but must be raised off the ground and attended by an adult at all times.
Firearms are not permitted.
Guests are advised to bring a good quality flashlight with them as parts of the park are unlit.

Vehicles

Only one car is to be parked at the site. Extra vehicles must be parked in the designated area.

Visitors

Visitors’ cars are not permitted on site.
Visitors must leave the premises by 9 p.m..
Visitors must register at reception and pay their fee.

Payment terms

Offers

Conditions apply - see campsite type section for details

Nearest campgrounds

Unfortunately, we have no nearby bookable campgrounds.

Frequently asked questions

Does Brightlingsea Touring Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
Is Brightlingsea Touring Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
What attractions are near Brightlingsea Touring Park? Created in the 1960s, Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens (15 minutes’ drive) is based on a simple but oft-ignored principle: right plant, right place. One of the highlights here is the Gravel … Read more
When can I check in and check out of Brightlingsea Touring Park?

RV, travel trailer and tent sites

Arrive: 1 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Depart by: 11 a.m.

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How much does it cost to stay at Brightlingsea Touring Park? From $33.53 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party.