Peninsula by Taylor Wimpey

Description

Peninsula features all the best aspects of town living whilst being a short journey away from Harwich. The location of Peninsula allows you to enjoy the local faclities that Harwich has to offer but also enables you to be a short journey away from other areas of Essex and East Anglia such as Colchester, Manningtree, and Ipswich. Dovercourt is close to the A120 which leads directly to Colchester where Chelmsford, Ipswich and London are within commutable distance on the A12.  

About the area
Dovercourt is a small seaside town benefiting from a Blue Flag beach neighbouring Harwich in Essex. This historical town is full of civil war history and was featured in the Domesday book of 1086. As a traditional seaside town Dovercourt has a selection of shops and cafes for residents and visitors to enjoy the quieter pace of life of seaside living. For those who want to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life Dovercourt would suit your needs. The seafront at Dovercourt provides great views and walkways for you to enjoy with leisure facilities such as an indoor swimming pool, a boating lake, yachting pond, skating rink, crazy golf, tennis courts, skate park, car parks, cafes and shops. Colchester and Ipswich are both under 25 miles away and offer a wealth of leisure and shopping opportunities.

Specification

The seaside town of Dovercourt, just a few miles from the port of Harwich, is home to Peninsula, a development of 2 bedroom apartments. Whether you are a first-time buyer or looking for an investment opportunity, the great value properties available at Peninsula are suitable for every eventuality. The location of Peninsula allows you to enjoy the local facilities but also enables you to be a short journey away from the larger towns such as Colchester, and Ipswich. Dovercourt is close to the A120 which leads directly to Colchester; Chelmsford, Ipswich and London are within commutable distance on the A12. 

Selected plots of our new release of apartments have beautiful estuary views. Come & see for yourself today!

Leisure facilities

Dovercourt has its own Leisure Centre with swimming pool and fitness suite. There is also a tennis club, a cricket club, boating lake and crazy golf. The nearby Harwich and Dovercourt Golf Club offers the real thing! There are many opportunities for yacht and dinghy sailing, fishing and other water sports. There are walking trails along the Stour Estuary. The Harwich Maritime Heritage Trail starting at the Maritime Museum offers the opportunity to visit many of the historic landmarks in the area.The Harwich Electric Palace Cinema is a popular venue for cinemagoers and also hosts other events - its Patron is the actor Clive Owen who sometimes holds fundraising evenings there.

Local shopping

Dovercourt is a stone’s throw away from Parkeston and Harwich. Harwich has a great selection of shops and supermarkets, offering occupants of Peninsula a great choice of shopping. Chains such as Asda, Morrisons, and Somerfield are all close by within a short distance of the Peninsula development so you won’t have to travel far to get your everyday essentials and weekly shopping. 

Schools and education

Peninsula has Chase Lane Primary School and Nursery and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School both located within a short distance for 3-11 year olds. In terms of secondary schools for ages between 11-18 Peninsula has Orwell High School and Deben High School both with sixth forms and within a short distance of the development.

Nearest schools:

• The Mayflower Primary School (0.1 miles) 
• St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) 
• The Harwich School - Secondary (0.7 miles) 

Transport links

Whether your transport preference is by road, train or bus Peninsula is ideally located for either. Trains to London run every hour from Harwich station and take an hour and a half to get to London Liverpool Street. As well as great rail links Peninsula offers convenient ease of access to the A12. The town of Colchester is just 20 miles and Stansted Airport 50 miles away.There are regular bus services into Colchester.

Health facilities

With many doctors surgeries, medical centres, hospitals and dentists on your doorstep, at Peninsula you are just a moment away from any of these facilities.  

Driving directions

Leave the A12 at junction 29 for the A120 to Colchester North and Harwich.
Continue on the A120 to Harwich and at The Ramsey Junction roundabout
take the third exit onto the B1352 to Dovercourt. Follow the B1352 for 2.5 miles and Peninsula is on the left shortly after Mayflower Primary School  behind the supermarket.

Opening hours

Monday	13:30 - 17:00
Tuesday	10:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	10:00 - 17:00
Thursday	10:00 - 17:00
Friday	10:00 - 17:00
Saturday	10:00 - 17:00
Sunday	10:00 - 17:00

Book an appointment to visit this development online at www.taylorwimpey.co.uk

Call directly

Tel: 01255 408560  Local call rate

Taylor Wimpey Plc

Taylor Wimpey develops land into places that people want to call home by creating new and sustainable communities and enhancing local and existing neighbourhoods. We work hard to provide our customers with a stress-free, high quality service whilst focusing on design and build quality. We create places where people aspire to live, work and play.

Our 23 regional businesses in the UK give our operations significant scale and truly national geographic coverage. Each business builds a range of products, from one bedroom apartments and starter homes to large detached family homes.

Help to Buy : equity loan

Help to Buy is a Government scheme designed to help people buy a brand new home with a 5% deposit.

Through the scheme the Government provide an equity loan of 20% of the purchase price, the loan is interest free for the first 5 years.

• Equity loan 20%
• Mortgage 75%
• Deposit 5%

If you would like to read further details on the scheme visit our Help to Buy page