Colchester in General Reviews

I thought I would give you a brief tour of Colchester Town, as this is somewhere I have been visiting for over 20 years. Sadly it is not somewhere I choose to go to as often as I used to as with the last few years it has suffered a downward decline. This used to be a very busy bubbly town with a great atmosphere, but today it is a sad ...  Read the complete review

Colchester some facts first Oldest recorded town in Britain Roman Garrison town Currently an active garrison town and army prison Colchester has a castle Colchester has a zoo Population approx 160,000 In the county of Essex The Zoo is a must to visit, take the kids as an excuse to go and have a ...  Read the complete review

I moved to Colchester from London three years ago and it's one of the best things I've ever done. I absolutely love Colchester and love almost everything about it too. It's got something for everyone and is a really vibrant town with loads going on, yet laid back at the same time. Right, this is what I love and what Colchester has to ...  Read the complete review

Colchester has something to offer everyone I am sure! There are fantastic shops, both in the town centre and in the many industrial units around the town that sell pretty much anything i can think of from food and groceries to clothing to DIY to home furnishings.... the list goes on! As well as fantastic eateries catering for all tastes ...  Read the complete review

Colchester - well what can I say ? I have lived here for just over 3 years, and what a mixed bag the place is. It is a safe enough place to live for the kids growing up, but the adult population leave a bit to be desired. I find them childish, sneakey, and a bit fearful of outsiders (like me a Londoner). The only people I really get on ...  Read the complete review

Colchester can be lovely, or the worst chav-hole you can imagine. I'm in my 3rd year of living here now, and am seriously torn over whether I should stay or move back to London.. In many respects, I'm disappointed. Colchester is far from a bad place to live: it has incredibly interesting history; is full of monuments; has some really pretty ...  Read the complete review

Colchester well well Its the Oldest Recorded Town in Britain, so maybe your thinking well it has history it maybe a nice place? Nothing really looks in places or should be built there but ends up being built there. I have a learning difficulty - Dyspraxia which with me has autism tendencies. So the world when growing up was very lonely ...  Read the complete review

Great review, I spent most of my formative years in an around Colchester and still hold it in very high regard as a place to live. It is a great mix of history & a modern vibrant town, with lots of attractive countryside and coast in it's surrounding (I like mud flats). The only big minuses I have noticed on my last few visits there, are ...  Read the complete review

I came to live Britain?s oldest recorded town more by chance than design. I?d planned to go to India after six months working for a local charity but never got any further than Essex. I did get a wife a mortgage and two cats though hence never making it any further. There is archaeological evidence of a settlement here 3000 years ago and ...  Read the complete review

I thought i would write a review on one of the artists that has recently exhibited at The Minories Art Gallery in Colchester. For those of you who dont know it is situated right next door to the bus station opposite greyfriars college. It is always well worth a look. Here is a report on MArion Coutts:- Marion Coutts ...  Read the complete review

Colchester’s greatest claim to fame is being Britain’s oldest recorded town. It’s also home to a Second Division football team (formerly including Charlton’s Mark Kinsella and Newcastle’s Lomano Lua Lua) and the Colchester area is home to bands like Blur and the Prodigy. Not to mention it’s where I’ve ...  Read the complete review

I may only be 14 but yes I am supposedly an essex girl! I was born in Essex and I was also born in my home town of Colchester, if you live in Colchester you may know the hospital that I was born in~ Colchester Maternity Hospital which has now unfortunately closed, it closed last year but was along Lexden Rd. I'm not a complete Essex girl ...  Read the complete review

Colchester is Englands oldest Town and is home to Colchester Castle which is one of Englands oldest intact castles. Colchester sports a good nightlife with several nightclubs (Kings, Chicago Rock Cafe), a Gala Bingo centre, a 6 screen Cinema with a new multiplex being built, numerous bars and clubs, a leisure complex including ice rink and Ten Pin ...  Read the complete review

I am writing this op from the point of view of one who was born in this historic town. In doing this I am hoping to present a side of Colchester that might be of some interest to any would-be tourists who might be browsing this site right now. However if you are a tourist why on earth are you sat indoors on a wonderful day like this? You should be ...  Read the complete review

Having lived in Colchester for over 10 years now I like to think I've experienced enough of it to give a reasonably balanced opinion on the old place. Maybe it's because I've now moved on, being a student and all, and perhaps it's perfectly natural to think of your home town as a bit crap, but it seems to get worse every time I go ...  Read the complete review

I lived in Colchester for 19 years before i started University last year and moved further North. The town centre itself is pretty small. There are most of the regular high street stores as well as some ncie individual stores too. There are a few decent resterants and cafes and one cinema. There a numerous pubs, although some of these ...  Read the complete review

Colchester..... my home for over 10 years. I miss the place. But that's not what you want to know if you're reading this, so I'll give you the run-down on the main attractions, pubs etc. Colchester is a Roman town, called Camoladuneum (sp.?) back then and was the Roman capital of England, before Queen Boadecia ...  Read the complete review

Britain's oldest recorded town loses some of the charm that boast might have afforded it for the simple reason that it is located in Essex. Essex, as we know is populated entirely by people called Kev and Sharon, so why on earth would anyone in their right mind like any town situated there? In all seriousness it is only really on Friday and ...  Read the complete review