 | Located in the county of Essex is the south east of England, Colchester is the oldest recorded town in Britain and dates back to pre-Roman times. The Roman town was attacked by Queen Boadicea in AD60 but the Romans managed to hang on to it and build a wall around the town, part of which survives today.
If you would like to learn more about the history of Colchester and the surrounding areas then why not pay a visit to one of the town's interesting museums, such as the Colchester Castle Museum, Hollytrees Museum, Natural History Museum, Tymperleys Clock Museum, and the East Anglian Railway Museum. You could also head to the railway station as the remains of the 12th century St Botolph's Priory are located close by.
Colchester has been home to many legendary figures including Witchfinder General, Matthew Hopkins, and William Gilberd, a trailblazer in the fields of electricity and electro-magnestism.
The town also makes a great place for a spot of shopping, with its arcades of well-known high street stores and street of small specialist shops, where you can pick up unique gifts.
Postcodes for Colchester begin with the letters CO and as well as Colchester itself the CO postcode includes Clacton-On-Sea, Sudbury, Halstead, Bures, Frinton-On-Sea, Walton On The Naze, Harwich, and Manningtree.
Back in Colchester itself you'll find lively entertainments almost every turn, with an array of theatres, restaurants, pubs, live music venues, cultural events, and sporting locations to visit. Among the most popular sporting venues here are Leisure World, which has swimming pools, flume rides, a spa pool, restaurant and bar, and Rollerworld, which has a roller-skating rink, bowling alleys, laser games and a café.
If you're an animal lover then you might like to visit Colchester Zoo, which is home to sea lions, orang-utans, komodo dragons, tigers, penguins, cheetahs, and tortoises, to name but a few. |
