I don't know about you but I'm desperate for some beach hut time!!! Aren't you?
Those Lockdowns have been TOUGH!!
However easy it would be to rush into opening up our books for 2021 and let future plans comments, we've taken the winter to think long and hard and ensure we learn from 2020.
Yep, it would be super simple to just say we'd refund if government restrictions are in place by the time your booking comes around... but both you and I know that we'll both be more than disappointed if we have to make that call to cancel. And for us, that is part of the whole beach hut experience. Booking and pre-arrival are just as important as the day itself.
Last year we saw milestone birthdays impacted by tier changes where families were no longer allowed to get together. Children's birthdays were spoiled as lockdowns stopped all non-essential travel. And each and every cancellation felt personal and heart-breaking for us.
We often couldn't then rebook cancellations due to our diary being full .. double heartbreak!
So for now, we are keeping our books firmly closed until we have absolute certainty over dates that we will be able to open.
Have a nosy around our site, get to know us and our beach huts, read our FAQs (below) nd make sure you join our email list to get access to those dates as soon as they go on sale.
BUT don't forget, while we may be trying to be as patient as possible - we really CANNOT wait to see you back on the beach and our huts full of new memories!
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Oh, and while you are dreaming of seaside trips and fish and chips on the beach, you'll get our exclusively designed colouring-in sheet that may come in handy for those home-schooling days.
I have a funny feeling you'll know someone who will enjoy colouring in their own beach huts before your next booking.
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Beach Hut Hire - What Is It and How Much Does It Cost?
If you have just discovered beach huts or that you actually hire them - then you might be wondering what on earth it is!
Our Prices
Whenever I’m looking at ideas for a day out, the total cost of the day is always one of the first questions I have. I shouldn't be surprised that the cost of a beach hut hire is, therefore, one of the first questions you ask too!
We are just confirming our pricing structure with all beach hut owners for the year ahead.
We have held our prices for over 4 years, and several huts have had major renovations. We have also had substantial cost increases during this time and thus will definitely be implementing a price rise for the year ahead, though individual hut prices may now vary rather than one flat rate for all.
Beach Hut Hire - Where To Find Us
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex

A peaceful and quintessentially traditional British seaside resort, Walton is great for a family day out with a beautiful Blue Flag Award beach. Walton is one of my own favourite fine sandy beaches, perfect consistency for building sandcastles, and wonderfully soft thanks to the sea which reaches the sea walls during high tide.
With great stretches of sand in both directions from the second longest pier in Great Britain, Walton is a great family beach. The gently shelving sand provides safe bathing and there is a seasonal lifeguard service.
Walton-on-the-Naze’s beach is also nice and easy to get to. There is plenty of parking nearby and the town’s train station is practically on the beach, just 90 minutes from London Liverpool Street. You can always extend your trip and book a nearby B&B.
There are two distinctly separate beach hut developments in Walton-on-the-Naze, both of which we have beach huts for hire:
EASTCLIFF and SOUTHCLIFF.
SOUTHCLIFF BEACH HUTS
EASTCLIFF BEACH HUTS
Beach Hut Hire - FAQs
However, in light of the current roadmap, we had errr'd on the side of caution and had already reached out to anyone with a booking in the diary to offer a full refund or change in dates.
If you still have an April date in the diary and not yet responded - please do pop us an email (vicky@milliesbeachhuts.co.uk) to confirm your preferences and we'll confirm our opening dates asap.
I'm afraid we no longer hire out any beach huts in Felixstowe.
In prior years, we have allowed 8 people to hire each front row beach hut with 6 allowed in our second-row beach huts (Mic, both in and out of the hut which includes babies and children.
However, until the government guidance is updated we will not be confirming our approach to this year. We know there may be some limits on groups socialising indoors again and thus will ensure our own hire terms and conditions take this into account.
This will also impact whether we allow any double hut bookings for our side by side beach huts Mickey and Minnie.
The reason we purchased our very first beach hut was due to the fact that the Southcliff beach between the Pier and Frinton-on-Sea is dog friendly all year round -WHOOP!!
This means that all of our huts in Southcliff are perfect for our furry furiends.
There is a small stretch of beach on the other side of the pier that is restricted from 1st May to 30th September and similarly, there are stretches of beach in Eastcliff that have similar restrictions. If you are booking Loopy Lou, Mickey or Minnie please bare this in mind!
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Oh, and while you are dreaming of seaside trips and fish and chips on the beach, you'll get our exclusively designed colouring-in sheet.
I have a funny feeling you'll know someone who will enjoy colouring in their own beach huts, and Millie herself, before your next booking.
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