Visit Colchester Official Tourist Information Website
Visit Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town situated in Essex. But it's not just its heritage and history that more than 4.5m visitors love every year. Colchester today is a thriving, modern town with more than 50 visitor attractions, including the children's favourite Colchester zoo, making the place just right for a day trip, short-break or family holiday.
So whether you like culture, things to do with the kids, exploring nearby countryside (including the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Mersea Island, where you can enjoy local oysters), shopping in quiet streets lined with small specialist shops or savouring cosmopolitan cuisine for all tastes and pockets, discovering interesting public art in unexpected places and historical treasures in award-winning museums around the town then why not put Colchester on your 'must visit' list?
We look forward to welcoming you to Colchester: more than Britain's oldest recorded town.