Cosy Camping Suffolk
🏖️ 2.98 miles from River Deben Estuary, Waldringfield (Good water quality)
Suffolk
The Pretty Thing
St Osyth
Camping pitches
Touring caravans
Motorhomes
Glamping
Lodges
📍 Heath Road, St Osyth, CO16 9BP
🚆 Nearest station: · 2.1 mi
- Plenty of space between pitches with electric hook ups
- Landscaped garden with sundecks and BBQ areas for lodges
- On-site cafe for teas, coffees and snacks
- Dog-friendly glamping and touring pitches available
The Pretty Thing is a camping, touring and glamping park in St Osyth, Suffolk, offering touring pitches with electric hook ups, glamping bell tents and lodges set around a landscaped garden with sundecks and BBQ areas. Each pitch has its own picnic bench, and luxury showers and toilets are a short walk away. Dogs are welcome throughout, and an on-site cafe serves teas, coffees and snacks for those who'd rather not travel for refreshments. Local shops, pubs and restaurants are around 2.5 miles off, so bikes or transport are handy if you're not moving your motorhome. Weeley station is 2.1 miles away, while Clacton's Martello Tower beach lies 3.4 miles off, with St Osyth Museum and the Pavilion attractions all within a few miles for days out.
How far to…
- Shops, pubs & restaurants
- 2.5 miles
- Station
- 2.1 miles
- Beach
- 3.4 miles
Practical details
- Pets
- Dog friendly, XL Bully dogs not allowed
- Parking
- One car per pitch
Accommodation on site
- Touring pitches
- Glamping Bell Tents
- Glamping Lodges
- Motorhome pitches
Details taken from the operator's own website on 27 Sep 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Cafe
- ✓ Toilets
- ✓ Picnic Area
- ✓ Pet Friendly
- ✓ Parking
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