Chesil Holiday Park

Chesil Beach Holiday Park is perched at Wyke Regis, on the strip of Dorset coast where Weymouth runs out towards the Isle of Portland. Everyone stays in a static caravan or a lodge, taken by the week, the short break or bought outright, and tents, tourers and motorhomes are not catered for. The selling point is the outlook across Chesil Beach, the 18 mile shingle bar that shelters the Fleet lagoon, with Portland filling the horizon to the south and Weymouth town beach five minutes north by car. On site there is a heated pool with a flume, a games arcade, an indoor soft-play barn, a gym, a children's playground, and The Venue for cabaret and live acts in high summer. Food and drink come from the on-park grill. Expect a lively resort feel rather than a hushed rural field, which is exactly what most families here are looking for. A number of the caravans accept dogs. Chesil Beach belongs to the Waterside group and shares its five-star coastal style. There is no published nightly rate, so dates and grades are priced inside the online checkout, where a modest deposit holds a booking.