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Dovercourt
Town in Essex, England

Dovercourt

Dovercourt is a town and an area of Harwich in the Tendring district of Essex, England.

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Dovercourt has been administered as part of Harwich since at least the 17th century and forms part of the Harwich built up area. It is sometimes described as a suburb of Harwich and sometimes as a separate town. The area around Dovercourt High Street now serves as the main town centre of the Harwich built up area; there are few retail facilities in the old town of Harwich. Dovercourt is also a seaside resort, with beaches onto Dovercourt Bay on its southern side. It is served by Dovercourt railway station.

How locals move

Getting around Dovercourt the local way

  • Get inTo join (): Use and North Circular Road within London Exit London Orbital (/) at Exit (/) at from The Midlands, Huntingdon, Cambridge and Ipswich Follow from London Stansted Airport, Great Dunmow and Braintree The Harwich Harbour Ferry operates between Shotley, Harwich and Felixstowe.
  • Get inThe foot and bicycle ferry operates daily during spring, summer and autumn.
  • Get inFrom , Stena Line operates daytime and overnight ferries from Hook of Holland, near The Hague and Rotterdam.
  • Get inFerries carry motor vehicles across the North Sea, along with cyclists and passengers without vehicles.
  • Get inFrom Felixstowe, use the Harwich Harbour Ferry to cross into Harwich.
  • Get inWithin the UK, EV2 connects the Port of Holyhead (ferries from Dublin), Bangor, Hay-on-Wye, Bristol, Bath, Reading, London, Harlow, Chelmsford, Colchester and Harwich International Port (ferries from Hook of Holland).
  • Get aroundFirst Bus runs two urban bus routes, the most useful of which is route 20 or 20A which run every 30 minutes between Old Harwich and Parkeston International Ferry Terminal and also serves the Parkeston Retail Park.
  • Go nextNorth to Felixstowe via harbour foot ferry South to Frinton-on-Sea and Clacton Ipswich West to Colchester

From Wikivoyage: Harwich (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Harwich & Dovercourt from Dovercourt, United Kingdom (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.