~ A Brief History of Dovercourt Bay Caravan Camp in Essex ~

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In 1950 Mr C. J. Vidler opened the Dovercourt Caravan Site with just seven caravans. By 1954 facilities had been improved considerably with the number of caravans rising to 250. This eventually rose to over 550 caravans.
In 1959 Hammerton Leisure Limited was set up as a business, part of which was to trade in 2nd hand Caravans, eventually the owner Stephen Hammerton took over the business alongside Hammerton Caravan Group Limited.
The caravan camp was later renamed as “The Haven Caravan Park” which was owned and run by “Hammerton Leisure Limited” until January 2020 when it was then taken over by “Park Holidays”.
Much of the land that was not built on, but also belonged to Hammerton Leisure and now belonging to Park Holidays Facilities, has continued to be improved.
There is also a much smaller caravan camp close by called “Greenacres”.

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~ 01 ~ Caravan Camp, Dovercourt Bay, Essex (1954) H&D ~

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~ 02 ~ Caravan Camp, Dovercourt Bay, Essex (1954) H&D ~

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~ 03 ~ Twin Bike 03  - The Dovercourt Caravan Site (1960) H&D ~

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~ 04 ~ Twin Bike 03 II - The Dovercourt Caravan Site (1960) H&D ~

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~ 05 ~ Dovercourt Caravan Site CC1 (1966) Coastal Cards H&D ~

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~ 06 ~ Dovercourt Caravan Site CC2 (1961) Coastal Cards H&D ~

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~ 07 ~ Dovercourt Caravan Site CC5, Essex (1967) Coastal Cards H&D ~

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~ 08 ~ Dovercourt Caravan Site (1962) Moore Coastal Cards H&D ~

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 ~ 09 ~ Dovercourt Caravan Site (1962) Moore Coastal Cards H&D ~

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 ~ 10 ~ K.528 Dovercourt Caravan Site (1968) Coastal Cards Ltd H&D ~

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 ~ 11 ~ ES9 Dovercourt Caravan Park (1973) Sapphire H&D ~

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 ~ 12 ~ ES11 Two Spanking Views from Dovercourt Caravan Park (1973) Sapphire H&D ~

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 ~ 13 ~ ES14 Greetings from Dovercourt Caravan Camp (1973) Sapphire H&D ~

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~ 14 ~ S107 Holiday Caravans, Dovercourt Holiday Park, Essex (1976) Supercard H&D ~

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 ~ 15 ~ S108 The Shopping Centre, Dovercourt Holiday Park, Essex (1976) Supercard H&D ~

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~ 16 ~ S109 Dovercourt Caravan Park, Dovercourt Holiday Park (1980) Supercard H&D ~

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~ 17 ~ S110 Best Of Luck From Dovercourt Caravan Park (1980) Supercard H&D ~

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~ 18 ~ S111 Bingo a Full of Veiws From Dovercourt Caravan Park (1980) Supercard H&D ~

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~ 19 ~ Penguin Club Badge (1980 & 1990) Front H&D ~

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~ 20 ~ Dovercourt Bay Holiday Park, Essex (2024) H&D ~
~ Click the image below, to take you to the Dovercourt Bay Holiday Park ~

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