Find self-catering cottages and holiday lets for your visit to Harwich, Essex, England. Harwich, a large passenger port with ferries to Europe across the North Sea. The town has a long maritime history. Drake, Hawkins and Frobisher sailed on their expeditions from here in Elizabethan times. Queen Elizabeth the first, visited the town and pronounced it 'a pretty place'. Samuel Pepys frequented the town in his duties as MP of Harwich. A lengthy list of important and famous people is associated with Harwich; historians, and anyone with an interest in shipping, will find plenty of items to research and may wish to follow the Harwich Maritime Heritage Trail. Dovercourt is the southern peninsula and residential area that was mentioned in the Domesday book, and offers a sandy beach, pier, and leisure pool.
What Harwich, Essex offers for Self-Catering Holidays
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Whether you choose to book a holiday cottage in Harwich, an apartment, a lodge or another type of self-catering holiday accommodation, we hope you have your best holiday yet in Essex.
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