Colchester
What to see
You’ll find accounts of Colchester’s tourist attractions and additional information on shopping, eating out etc at Visit Colchester. Links to Colchester attractions include:
● Balkerne Gate
● Colchester Castle
● Colchester Mystery Treasure Trail
● Colchester Natural History Museum
● Colchester Zoo
● East Anglian Railway Museum
● Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve
● Gosbecks Archaeological Park
● Hollytrees Museum
● Lexden Earthworks
● The Recreation
Towns of Two Halves extracts:
● “When the Romans invaded they headed more or less straight there. They gave Camulodunum a Latin ending and made it a provincial capital. If Boudicca had not burnt it down, might it have become the national capital?”
● “The Colchester manager in those days [1976] used to complain that it was difficult to attract players, Colchester being seen as an end-of-the-line town. This was an odd expression to use; anyone who has ever fallen asleep on a late train from Liverpool Street will know that Colchester is far from the end of the line.”
● “Colchester Castle… squats sulkily at the entrance to Castle Park. Rather military and featureless from the outside, it’s the Roman equivalent of Aladdin’s Cave inside.”
These are taken from the Colchester chapter of Towns of Two Halves, published in 2018. To order a copy (for £8 plus p&p), email info@townsof2halves.co.uk.