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Fen Farm Caravan Site
Moore Lane
East Mersea
Essex (Browse area)
CO5 8FE
Tel: 01206 383275
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Open: 20/03/2026 to 01/11/2026
19/03/2027 to 31/10/2027
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| Who's it for |
 Families Welcome |
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 No Rallies |
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 Dogs Welcome |
 No Dogs Allowed |
 Groups Welcome |
 Motorbikers Welcome |
| Facilities |
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 No Bathroom |
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 Disabled Friendly |
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 No Battery Charging |
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 No Kitchen Facilities |
 No Freezer / Fridge |
 No Motorhome Point |
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 Bar <1 mile |
 Restaurant or Cafe or Takeaway <1 mile |
| Activities |
 Kids Playground |
 No TV Room |
 No Games Room |
 No Evening Ents |
 Fishing <1 mile |
 Wild Swimming <1 mile |
 No Indoor Pool |
 No Outdoor Pool |
 No Horse Riding |
 No Cycle Hire |
 Golf <5 miles |
 No Tennis |
 Beach <1 mile |
 Watersports <5 miles |
 No Boat Launch |
| Other Features |
 Sea Views |
 Not Working Farm |
 No Campfires Allowed |
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 Public Transport <5 miles |
 Offroad Dog Walk On Site or Direct Access |
 Electric Car Charging Point |
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: JTURNE |
2 reviews from this member |
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 Very friendly/helpful staff and well kept site. Only down side we arrived on friday evening and struggled to find electric hook up as pitches not marked out so free for all which could have really spoilt our stay here.
We would like see speed ramps added in the main driveway as people sped down to the reception especially those staying on the static caravan site horrified at the total ignornance, this is camp site with kids playing, on their bikes and walking to the shop on the next door site.
On a plus side great location for beach. Toilets/showers, dishwahing and general site were fab and very clean espcecially as site fully booked. I marked this down on child friendliness only due to vehicles speeding on to the site which other parents wouldn't be aware of so be a warned if they walk to the shop on cosways site! 
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Mwain001 |
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An excellent little site. Stayed for a week in August and have only just left the place today. Superb for families and very well run.
Not a site to go to if you want all the facilities provided (club, pool etc), but if you are looking for a quiet place to stay, with plenty of room for the kids to run around this place will definitely fit the bill.
The site is not crowded and the owners are keen to not pack in as many tents and caravans as possible so as to make sure it's comfortable for those staying there.
The toilets and showers were always kept clean and I don't think we ever found it in anything other than clean and presentable condition. Will definitely be going again.
If the owners read this, thanks for a great holiday! Very impressed, a fantastic find!
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| Date of Visit: August 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Duffer247 |
4 reviews from this member |
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I have just returned from a two night stay with a group of friends.
There were 8 adults and 5 kids in total but we had no problem pitching together.
Blessed with great weather the kids had great fun in the park and on the beach. The facilities are brilliant with the cleanest and best showers I have ever used on a campsite.
The fields are all level with good drainage and the booking in procedure was easy and the staff helpful.
Lovely little shop just off site and all in all a brilliant site.
Granted the cost is more than other sites but it is worth every penny.
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| Date of Visit: July 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Pjproby123 |
17 reviews from this member |
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We visited this site and took advantage of their stay 7 nights pay for six. This was our first visit to Fen farm but definitely won`t be the last.
From my Initial enquiry the staff were excellent friendly and helpful, on arrival the receptionist was really nice, and advised us if we wanted peace and quiet choose one of the fields away from the children's playground,
We chose Berry field and it was great, well kept and pick your own pitch, there are so many nice walks around, and the dog loved it, 2 mins and your on the beach,
The facilities won Loo of the year 2011, it didn't matter what time you went in they were spotless with radio two playing softly they were heated and lovely hot showers, only downside is that they are push button.
Visit here and you really need to visit the Dog & Pheasant just a short walk outside of the site. Excellent food and realistic prices.
The only downside to this site is the mobile signal is rubbish, you can purchase wi fi but this was expensive £7 aday.
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| Date of Visit: July 2012 |
Unit: Touring Caravan |
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| Reviewer: Darthillcat |
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Stayed here for a week at the beginning of July, The site is a mixture of Statics well segregated from the touring fields and 3 fields all grass for touring with lots of electric hook ups.
A very clean and one well appointed modern shower block serves the whole touring site, a Reception office but no shop but you can use the shop a very short walk away on the adjoining camp site.
I found the reception staff very friendly and help full after booking in we where invited to look around and choose our own pitch but to observe a 3 metre gap between units, the hook ups are 16 amp and there are stand pipes dotted around the area.
We arrived on the Sunday on a very quiet after noon and had the field we choose to ourselves the pitches are virtually flat so did not require levelling ramps and the field drained fairly quickly only showing signs of water logging on the day we left after 'torrential summer rain' No extra charge for Awnings or dogs.
The field nearest the shower block has a fenced off children's play area.
The Beach is a pleasant walk away through the camp site but is mostly shingle until the tide goes out.
The site only got busy on the Friday afternoon when loads of Hardy tenters arrived in droves.
We would visit this one again but do check tide times as the approach road to the Island can be covered by a high tide. I can see this site being crowded and noisy in the Holiday season
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| Date of Visit: July 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Phoggy |
5 reviews from this member |
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We enjoyed our stay here. Well-kept, flat fields with excellent facilities. The nearby beach is an estuary one with a mix of banks, sand, shingle and mud but nice enough all the same. Not much else nearby. There is a pub, Dog and Pheasant, through an opening in the hedge although I can't vouch for it as ours was a short stay.
You can walk into West Mersea along the coastline but you'd need to allow getting on for two hours to do it comfortably. There's no buses and a taxi is about £10. If you like seafood you must get to The Company Shed - a great experience.
I recommend Fen Farm but would have some concerns over staying there at peak periods. It was wonderfully quiet when we were there in midweek but is a large site and I fear that the facilities, while excellent, could be overrun at busier periods.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: HermioneBay |
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We stayed here previously in April 2010 (see my previous review), so we knew what to expect of Fen Farm.
Having previously been in our Campervan, this time we were in a tent and had two families of friends with us also in tents; we were not let down by the site and our friends were very happy. Granted, the weather helped, we had two scorching days and a great time wandering down to the beach; the bottom line with Fen Farm is that it’s a great site and reasonably priced.
There are four good size fields allocated to camp in, with EHU/water in most areas. There are a number of what appear to be semi-permanent plots for caravans but for the most part, you can park where you want provided that you stick to sensible distances.
Facilities wise, there is a children’s play area fenced off in the corner of one field. There is also a second play area down the beach path, near to the separate static caravan section of the site. The central toilet / shower block is excellent, very clean and well equipped. There is a small shop in the adjacent camp site which is a short walk through the hedge to and facilities on the Island further afield are more than sufficient, with a Tesco Local, a CoOp, a number of small local shops and a few good pubs and restaurants.
Mersea Island can be a bit windswept and the site certainly suffers from this on occasion and it is worth bearing this in mind if the weather is looking indifferent and you’re in a tent. As a destination for a weekend, Fen Farm is great; for a longer period, it’s quiet and could be quite bleak in some weathers.
Mersea Island is a few miles out of Colchester and whereas the Island itself offers limited shopping and opportunity to explore (unless you’re in a boat) Colchester is a town that offers a wealth of opportunity to explore historical sites, a good nightlife, cinema, a fantastic zoo and good range of shops. Further afield, the coastal towns up the coast from Clacton to Dovercourt offer a variety of different experiences for the summer.
Will we be returning to Fen Farm? I very much expect so and so will our friends!
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| Date of Visit: June 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Jade_Amber |
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Booking in was fine. Told we could pitch our tent on any field. We choose the one with the play park in it so we could keep an eye on our children. Nice flat site.
The weather was bad the weekend we stayed here - very windy and torrential rain. We didn't let this spoil our trip though.
Toilets and showers wonderful - liked Radio 2 playing in them. Washing up facilities were fine - only 2 sinks so on occasions there was a wait. No payment to freeze freezer blocks - just take them in and out of the freezer as you please.
The country park nearby is a great place to explore. West Mersea is a 10 minute drive away - Tesco, Boots and takeaways there.
The only thing we hated was the site was extremely noisy. The 'No noise after 11pm' rule was broken all over the place. Loud music till 12:30pm, drunken people arguing and shouting till the early hours etc. The Warden must have heard most of this as they were based nearby and presumably let it continue. Very disappointing. Apart from that a good site.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: STEANDEMM |
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We have been visiting fen farm for seven years every year. Very nice site very relaxed when you're there, very very clean shower blocks and toilets and plenty of them. Pub across the road is nice. Crabbing off the jetty in east mersea great fun for the family. Walk to the beach and have a BBQ is great whilst the sun goes down. Country park is just up the road and is great to take dogs for a walk and have a picnic and see the boats.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: CasparBone |
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First trip camping as a family, we chose Fen Farm to meet up with two other families for what turned out to be a cold and wet bank holiday weekend (3 nights). Total 6 adults, 8 kids from 3-10.
Fast check in, we were told that we could go pretty much anywhere in a choice of 2 fields but one field had better drainage (things were quite wet) and this was pointed out to us by staff. Electric hook ups placed all around the outside of the fields with water points at each hookup so no walking for ages with heavy water containers. Mixture of caravans and tents.
Great play area for the kids, we just left them to it. Awesome shower / loo block - warm, clean and even had a radio playing. I could have sworn that the showers had underfloor heating but can't guarantee it.
Staff - thank you so much. One of our kids left their coat in the play area the day we came home. After contacting the site, they found the coat (now soaking wet), dried it out and sent it through the post back to us - couldn't ask for more.
Nearby pub (Dog & Pheasant I think), friendly local pub, seated and fed the 14 of us having just walked in off the street. Good food, nice ale and friendly barman.
Sea 5 mins walk away or 10 minute drive to West Mersea to the harbour. Spent a few quid in nearby chandlery and ended up on the jetty crabbing. Great fun for a few hours. We caught 53 crabs in that time. A visit to the lifeboat station (we ended up going on all three days). Again, friendly staff answering all the kid's questions and showing us around.
This camp site is in a great location - the causeway over to the island gets flooded at high tide. We were stuck for about half an hour trying to leave but that was our fault for not checking. The kids want to go back there and we would be more than happy to do so. I highly recommend Fen Farm. Thank you for a good start to our family camping.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: The greens 1969 |
7 reviews from this member |
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Just spent 2 nights here just to find out if what everyone has told me is true, and it was its a fantastic campsite with everything you need right on your doorstep.
1. facilities, excellent the best showers/toilets and wash rooms I've seen.
2. fields great, soft ground, plenty of room, your not bothered by staff unless you ask for help, then they're helpful.
3. surrounding area, Mersea is a lovely place, clean and plenty to look at. lovely beach and plenty of shops for provisions.
Near the campsite is a lovely pub, we only had a drink but the food looked good.
We had good weather, so all in all were happy campers,
Will defo come back.
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| Date of Visit: May 2012 |
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| Reviewer: Rosieleigh |
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Our second visit to this great site. Lots of space so you never feel that you are on top of other campers. Lovely toilet and shower block which was spotless at all times even though the fields were quite soggy and muddy due to the non stop rain of recent weeks.
We had a nice welcome and the staff were really helpful when we realised we had forgotten to pack our gas cylinder. They were also helpful when we called the day before our trip to check the condition of the site following the flooding that the surrounding area had experienced.
Our kids love coming here because of the play park. They spent every spare second playing there and socialising with the other children. The fact that we could pitch our tent in the play park field meant the kids could enjoy a little freedom while we watched them from our tent.
The beach is great for beach combing and we enjoyed a good hour and a half exploring it one afternoon.
Only negative is the wifi service. We paid to use it but the reception was so poor that is was hopeless. We are hoping to get a refund from the wifi providers as it really was a waste of money.
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| Date of Visit: April 2012 |
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| Reviewer: The Byroms |
5 reviews from this member |
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Friendly reception on arrival. Liked that the fee was a flat rate per night, no extra for each child / electric etc. We were given the choice of which field we wanted to camp in and chose the one with the playground as we have a 10 year old, 7 year old and 1 year old.
We arrived on the afternoon of Easter Monday and the site was fairly quiet. There was very little road noise which is a big bonus as we often find campsites noisier than being at home!
Toilet and showers very clean. Liked the sun-tube lighting and solar panels. Radio in the loo block was entertaining - nice to hear what was happening in the outside world!
The showers I had did run a bit hot and cold but my husband had no such problem. Liked that we could just put our freezer blocks in the freezer whenever we wanted for no charge. There are only two indoor and one outdoor sink for washing up, so I think this may cause a problem at a busier time.
West Mersea is a busy little place with plenty of shops -eg: butcher, bakers, green grocer and a Tesco and Co-op.
Beach near the site sand and shingle with lots of shells. Walked along to Cudmore Grove country park which was very pleasant with toilet and ice cream facilities!
The shop on the neighbouring campsite was very close and useful to be able to use.
Only a 20 minute drive into Colchester for more shopping. Castle Park playground is massive with loads of play equipment.
Just the sort of relaxed campsite we like and will definitely return.
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
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| Reviewer: Carlosthecaravan |
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Stayed for a week at Fen Farm for October half term 2011. It was lovely and we will be going back this coming weekend.
We had stayed at another site which was much more commercial on Mersea island before, and are fairly local to Mersea so we know what to expect of the local area. Fen Farm was recommended to us as being a good place to relax AWAY from the arcades and kids clubs - and on reading reviews on here and visiting ourselves I can confirm it is totally true.
The site is well kept & the loo/shower block has won awards. Basically other than award-winning toilet block (and washing up station/ launderette etc) the site has very little in the way of facilities. THIS IS A PLUS as far as we are concerned as we can appreciate the area more by going off site!
Pitches are first come first served, no problem last time but have yet to see if we will struggle to get adjacent pitches for us & camping friends on a busier weekend- we last went at a really quiet time (despite the weather being glorious for October).
On site there is a playpark and a reception with a few buckets and spades for sale. Directly adjacent to the site is the shop belonging to the adjacent Static Caravan park (usual groceries & papers etc). Down the footpath is direct access to the beach. Less than a mile away is an extensive coastal Country park. At the far end of that is a foot ferry to Brightlingsea. All good ;)
Please note that the river Blackwater is tidal and low tide exposes vast stretches of mud - it's lots of fun, and there is also a facility to hose your kids/ dog down outside toilet block! Don't be expecting the golden sand you get at Clacton. Here you can watch the kite surfers, catch crabs, make mud pies, search for pearls in oysters etc. We found a starfish!
Everything else you need is on the Island - and considering it's only a few miles long it isn't exactly a problem - it's called supporting the local economy! It's what the locals do as occasionally you can't get off the island at high tide. (if that's set you in a panic read on - & there are Vets and Health centre on island!)
1) Groceries - largish Coop supermarket, Spar, & Tesco express in E Mersea village.
2)Veg - excellent farm shop on other side of causeway / Strood
3)Fish - Mersea Fresh Catch & other renowned fishmongers landing fish daily - including Mersea Oysters and the famous Company Shed where you can eat in taking your own wine!
4)Meat and Bread - traditional butcher and baker in E Mersea village
5) Wine & beer - well other than the lovely pubs especially the Victory, and the usual off-licence sales in supermarkets there is a VINEYARD and a BREWERY - what more can you ask?
6) Camping supplies eg Gas - large selection of camping accessories at shop on Waldegraves site.
I think I've sold you on Mersea Island and Fen Farm? If not then you'll be wanting the bright lights and amusement arcades - try Clacton.
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| Date of Visit: October 2011 |
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| Reviewer: BEDFORD |
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Returned from a lovely 2 night break at this site. It is close to the sea so great for walks or water sports. WE had fun with my son beach combing. We arrived late so had to find our own space, reception had advised me on how to access the pitches. They are well sheltered and plenty of space as end of season.
There are two play areas for the children, equipment could do with a paint but the children do not mind.
There is plenty of space for them to play on and paths to cycle on.
Toilets are wonderful and worth their award. Large shower in both ladies and mens so if you have children you have space for them to dress and undress without getting clothes wet. There is also a family toilet and disabled facility card on request for a deposit.
Four Washing up areas are under cover and one outside. Always plenty of hot water.
You have use of the shop on the ajoining site which stocked food and drinks no camping equipment but the neighbouring site shop approx 5 minutes drive which you can also use stocks these items.
Staff on site were friendly and helpful. We will be returning to this site again next year.
Pub close by which does good food
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