Places to visit in Colchester

A short list of notable parks, markets, museums and landmarks in Colchester.

• Albert Hall · Culture

  building in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Berechurch (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic

  Berechurch as Samian Ware discovery site

• Berechurch Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Bull Meadow · Parks

  1.4 hectare Local Nature Reserve in Colchester in Essex

• Camulodunum · Historic

  Camulodunum, the Ancient Roman name for what is now Colchester in Essex, was an important castrum and city in Roman Britain, and the first capital of the province. A temporary "strapline" in the 1960s identifying it as the "oldest recorded town in Britain" has become popular with residents and is still used on heritage roadsigns on trunk road approaches. Originally the site of the Brythonic-Celtic oppidum of Camulodunon, capital of the Trinovantes and later the Catuvellauni tribes, it was first mentioned by name on coinage minted by the chieftain Tasciovanus some time between 20 and 10 BC.

• Camulodunum (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic

  Camulodunum as Samian Ware discovery site

• Colchester (Samian Ware Discovery Site) · Historic

  Colchester as Samian Ware discovery site

• Colchester (Samian Ware Productioncentre) · Historic

  Colchester as Samian Ware production centre

• Essex County Hospital · Culture

  hospital in Colchester, Essex, England, UK, closed in 2018

• Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site · Historic

  archaeological site in Stanway, Colchester, England, UK

• Gryme's Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Hilly Fields, Colchester · Parks

  local nature reserve in Colchester, England

• Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Lexden Park · Parks

  park in United Kingdom

• Moat Farm Dyke: a northern extension of Lexden Dyke; part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulod · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Natural History Museum, Colchester · Culture

  natural history museum in Colchester

• Remains of an apsidal Roman building at Butt Road and Southway · Historic

  structure in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Roman barrow known as Lexden Mount: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Roman town of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• SE corner of Roman town in Easthill House Gardens · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Site of pre-Roman settlement · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Spring Lane Meadows · Parks

  park in United Kingdom

• Temple of Claudius in Colchester · Historic

  The Temple of Claudius or Temple of the Deified Claudius was a large octastyle temple built in Camulodunum, the modern Colchester in Essex. The main building was constructed between 49 and 60 AD, although additions were built throughout the Roman-era. Today, it forms the base of the Norman Colchester Castle. It is one of at least eight Roman-era pagan temples in Colchester, and was the largest temple of its kind in Roman Britain; its current remains potentially represent the earliest existing Roman stonework in the country.

• The Minories · Culture

  The Minories is a Grade II listed building and gardens situated at the east end of High Street in Colchester, Essex, England, near Hollytrees, Gate House and Colchester Castle. It currently houses The Minories Galleries.

• The Triple Dyke: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Town ditch · Historic

  archaeological site in Colchester, Essex, England, UK

• Beacon · Historic monument

  A beacon is an intentionally conspicuous device designed to attract attention to a specific location. A common example is the lighthouse, which draws attention to a fixed point that can be used to navigate around obstacles or into port. More modern examples include a variety of radio beacons that can be read on radio direction finders in all weather, and radar transponders that appear on radar displays.

• Colchester Gallery · Landmark
• MP Gallery · Landmark
• North Bridge · Attraction

  North Bridge is first recorded in 1189. It is likely that the Romans crossed the river at this location a thousand years earlier. The current bridge was built in 1843 and later widened in 1903 by the Colchester Borough Engineer Herbert Goodyear.

• Original Art Shop · Landmark
• Scheregate · Historic city gate
• Westlands Country Park Childrens Play Area · Parks
• Zip Wire · Parks