The Mercury has been described as one of the best repertory theatres in the country. It is home to the Mercury Theatre Company, which performs...

The Headgate Theatre is the home of amateur theatre in Colchester. Events include concerts, comedy, plays, musical workshops and much more, with performers including the...

Colchester Arts Centre offers an astonishing choice of entertainment, ranging from films to farmers markets. The Centre also hosts club nights, poetry, salsa, theatre, world...

Timperleys is a 15th Century timber-framed house, a garden and a fascinating clock museum. The house and garden that were once home to William Gilberd,...

St Bodolph's Church is squeezed into a narrow back street right next to the atmospheric ruin of St Bodolph's Priory. In fact, the original Saxon...

In the 1500s Flemish Protestant refugees arrived in Colchester, their weaving skills helping to make it one of the richest wool towns in England. Although...

These are the ruins of England's first Augustinian monastery. Founded in 1103, the Priory of St Julian and St Bodolph is now hidden in the...

Interestingly housed in what was All Saints Church, this museum is dedicated to the rich natural heritage of North East Essex. Dominated by the marine...

Colchester is the oldest recorded town in the country, and therefore has a long and interesting history. Unlike many museums that are concerned with...

A beautiful park based near Colchester town centre, which is situated near a leisure facility, a ten-pin bowling lane, restaurants and shops. It has...

This Norman castle is laid on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius, destroyed in AD60 by Queen Boudica when she razed Colchester. The...

Firstsite is one of the leading contemporary visual arts organisations in East England. Currently based at the Minories Art Gallery we programme exhibitions, projects and...

The Roman Emporer Claudius famously rode into Colchester on an elephant in AD43. The Romans soon turned Colchester – or Camulodunum as they called it...

An award winning museum which presents the history of the building and Colchester in a light and amusing fashion, making it ideal for family visits....

Colchester's grandest building, the Town Hall, is a 90-roomed baroque masterpiece with a 162ft Victorian tower. Grade I listed, it was designed by John Belcher...