The Orchards Holiday Park

, Essex
4 star
St Osyth CO16 8LJ, Essex, United Kingdom
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Brilliant Holiday!!
10 / 10
Aug 2011, TraceyH
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3 readers found this review helpful

After reading the reviews just before we went, we were not really looking forward to our week away with the kids (5, 9 and 13) but... it was brilliant:) We had booked a week in a Superior Caravan which has a normal check-in time of 4pm. We got there at 2.30pm and went in to... more

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Worst haven site so far
1 / 10
Aug 2011, Honest reviewer!

Sorry but can not understand how anyone is giving this camp site good reviews!! We have been to several Haven sites in general large pools slides, go karts, places to eat etc.... this site was terrible the indoor pool is tiny no slides to highlight how big it is there is... more

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great experience
10 / 10
Jun 2011, lily of the valley

1 reader found this review helpful

just came back and we loved it. it was my hubby , i and two kids under 4. after reading all the bad reiews i was a bit scared to go , but as soon as we opened the caravan door, we realised that it was not a mistake. everything was clean and it looked better than the pic on... more

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Definately No
1 / 10
May 2011, allison

1 reader found this review helpful

Arrived at the Orchards with 3 young children, 4, 5 and 6. Overall impression looked very big with lots of things to do, how wrong we was! We found no entainment going on in the day for the children , most facilities closed, ice cream, hot dogs, and bouncy castle. Crazy... more

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Maybe we were lucky!
8 / 10
Apr 2011, tafkas

4 readers found this review helpful

After reading some of the horror stories on here, it was with some trepidation that we collected our keys and went to our caravan (Superior plus) It was absolutely fine. It had been vacuumed and the sheets were fine, the toilet was clean and the only real fault we found was... more

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Terrible
2 / 10
Apr 2011, disappointedguest

1 reader found this review helpful

I went to The Orchards last August and stayed on the touring field with my friend. Although it was a bit shabby the kids loved it and we had a good time. HOWEVER, I have just returned from a 4 day break and it was absolutely awful. I stayed in a Prestige caravan and to be... more

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Another Amazing Holiday
10 / 10
Mar 2011, miss-gothic

2 readers found this review helpful

I had been here before with my family when I was roughly 15 (Aug 2004) and I loved it, went in Peak sesson too, lots of things to for adults and children, we stayed in a standard caravan with a park right on our door step plus a massive field to play on, I have since had a... more

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The Orchards
9 / 10
Sep 2010, Mr SA Carr

2 readers found this review helpful

Before booking our holiday at the Orchards, my Partner and I were surprised at the largely negative reviews posted here. Nevertheless we decided to give it a go, considering it was a Sun holiday, and a cheap getaway for a few days (we booked for mid-September, after the... more

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never again
2 / 10
Sep 2010, ewa

The caravan was dirty, and it was definately how it looked like in the cataloge.

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Terrible Experience
1 / 10
Sep 2010, MrsLikesThingsClean

1 reader found this review helpful

Went to The Orchards in Clacton in June 2007 with 2 adults & 4 children. Arrived at the park, picked up keys. Walked into the caravan we was given and noticed faeces on the curtains and round the toilet seat and a strong smell of urine. Unfortunatly had to clean this up as... more

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dont waste your money
2 / 10
Sep 2010, dolly

Our first family holiday in 5 years and it was terrible.Arrived and waited in check in area...the toilets stank no toilet roll,ripped chairs need i go on. After we got to the van we realised we had no bedding so rang reception at 5pm and was told to wait as they were... more

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The Week from Hell
1 / 10
Aug 2010, shaz

We came back from the Orchards a week Today and all i can say is that im so Happy to be home. When i booked this Holiday we were all so excited,as i have heard good things about other parks, and i didnt really think about what this park was like, as the call center advisors... more

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For the kids but good location from lea27_9
First of all should let you know that we went here as part of a Sun newspaper holiday so we didnt pay over £60 for the caravan and we knew we would get a standard caravan (although we could have upgraded for the extra cost) but still we expected a basic level of cleanliness, the floor had quite obviously not been hoovered throughout and so I had to sweep it myself and it was full of dog hairs, not a good start and seeing as the previous people had to get out at the usual time of 10am and we were told our caravan, due to cleaning, would not be ready til 4pm this is ridiculous!! As a warning the standard caravan is very small at the bedroom end and anyone broad would find it hard to walk through the bedroom doors or sit on the toilet. Also the shower room was separate which is always good but if over 6 foot you may struggle to stand up in it. The Mash and Barrel is very expensive for what you get, four onion rings with a sour cream dip for over £3.50! It was empty and we wondered why, it was due to the cost and the quality of food. Shop has all you need on site although the papers run out really quickly. Fish and Chips takeaway adequate if you dont want to do much cooking. Had planned to go into the pool but it was too small and was packed when we took a look through the window one day so decided against. The beach is really close at the edge of the park so worth a walk around. Also enjoyed the pitch and putt although mind the swans! I would say this park is great for kids with lots of activites but if you want a quiet weekend away for two as we did find some place else. Park was busy all the time, kids playing outside and running up and down in caravans that echoes around surrounding area! You must visit Colchester zoo if ever in the area its fantastic for all!
Worst Holiday of my life from Artist37
This site according to Haven adverts is wonderful the accommodation has various grades from Prestige down to Bronze. You get a similar impression of their sites when you watch Haven TV ads. We booked a 'Superior Plus, which was supposed to be luxurious and 'new'. The first one we were allocated was old, dirty and smelt damp, on returning to reception we were allocated another, which although it was newer, it was still dirty and we had to clean all the surfaces and crockery before we could use it. We were also told that there was no other units available. The site was uncared for, edges of roads around the site had been filled in with anything the owners could get hold of. After suffering one night (we had booked for a week) we handed the keys back informing reception that the site was disgusting and we could not stay there. On returning home we wrote to Haven who are part of Bourne Leisure Ltd. Customer service did not accept the problem and in a letter back stated that as we had 'suffered in silence' they would not accept any responsiblity and were not prepared to offer any refund. Since our experience, we have heard from a couple of families who have had similar experiences at Haven sites. We would not recommend their sites to our worst enemy.
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