8 Berth Holiday Home at St Osyth Holiday Park

The accommodation was good for our needs and I expect in the summer it would be excellent, the site appeared very clean and tidy and was near to the beach. You would need a car for getting out and about. St Osthy is very close and has a couple shops and food outlets if required. Overall the caravan was clean and comfortable. The owner was very good and was always very prompt in responding to any of our enquiries.

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The size - it was the largest bathroom I’ve seen in a mobile home. Nice to have an additional toilet too

It’s not suitable for winter breaks at the moment. We arrived and the caravan was absolutely freezing. We had to open the gas outside and then turn the boiler on. The boiler didn’t do the usual clicking you would expect with a gas boiler and felt very old. The gas cooker had to be lit with a light but the worst part was the gas heater in the lounge didn’t work at all. It was absolutely freezing. The owner did try and help over the phone but the heater was most likely broken. They suggested we use the tiny oil heater which was under the couch. That heater did absolutely nothing and us and our five kids were absolutely freezing. Luckily the heaters in the bedroom were electric. Caravan also rattles in the wind making it very difficult to sleep.

the bed was a bit noisy and the bed covers weren't very clean

The caravan was clean and tidy and had teabags etc there. We were very close to the park facilities, which were great, and had easy access to buses which we used to travel to Clacton. The beach was lovely and very close as well as other arcades outside of the site. All the park staff were lovely and helpful and the on site swimming pool is amazing and far superior to any other site we have visited.

A bulb in one of the caravan toilets wasn't working which was a minor inconvenience. We struggled to use the oven as the writing was gone off the oven controls so we had to guess the temperature when we used it. The on site shop didn't have the widest range of products available and was super expensive, as were the drinks and food but this is true for every site we have visited.