Shopping Areas in Colchester

Having lived in Clacton for 18 years and Colchester for two years of my life, I feel I have gained a fairly accurate representation of Colchester Town Centre as a shopping venue. Clacton shops are very disappointing, always have been, so I've always visited Colchester town to spend my pennies as there is a much wider variety. The thing I always loved about Colchester is that there is a nice amount of each type of shop: music, film, clothes, department/homelife stores, DIY stores, etc. Unfortunately in the past year, due to the "credit crunch"/economic downturn, quite a few of these handy shops have closed down, such as Woolworths and ...  Read the complete review

I must agree with this. There is always something for everyone's taste in Colchester. The shops suit all budgets, from bargain shops to designer shops (such as Turner's on Crouch Street and Williams & Griffin on the High Street). I can't help but feel that there could be more in Colchester as it still feels quite empty! I also would have thought that there would be more shops as Colchester attracts a lot of tourists as it is Britain's Oldest Recorded Town. Shops you can find in Colchester are: Bay Trading, West Wear, Co-Op, JJB, Zanzibar, BHS, Miss Selfridge, Topshop, Topman, Accessorize, Eisenegger, Barrats, All:Sports, New Look, Boots, ...  Read the complete review

I live in Clacton and it hasn't got the best selection of shops and so I tend to go up the road to Colchester to go shopping, especially clothes shopping. It has such a good range of stores with new ones opening up all the time and on a saturday you can always get some great stuff at the market. The Colchester town station and bus station is about a minutes walk before you get to any shops. There is such a good selection and are always offering bargains. The streets are very clean and well laid out and its easy to find your way around. They have shops ranging from Boots to Next and Virgin Megastore to a new Gap store which is soon to open (and I'm ...  Read the complete review