Now in its 10th Year!

Here you can discover some of the history and attractions of the town of

Colchester,

Essex, England.

  Camulos is the name of a Celtic war god, from whose name is derived Camulodunum, the pre-history name for Colchester, the oldest recorded town in Great Britain. This site will tell you of Colchester's history; it will give you a virtual guided tour of the town/castle/town walls/town hall, etc; it will tell you about its Inns, Taverns and Pubs; you can find out who is inscribed on our war memorials; some who are buried in our cemeteries; it has an extensive collection of old postcards of the town; as well as many other things, too numerous to mention.

A quick index of some of this site's contents follows:

VISITOR INTEREST	HISTORY INTEREST	GENERAL INTEREST	LOCAL GROUPS
A Virtual Tour of Colchester	Colchester in Old Postcards	Colchester's Town Crier	Friends of Colchester Museums
Colchester Castle	Colchester Men at Trafalgar	Colchester's Archer of the Fayre	Colchester Archaeological Group
Colchester's Town Hall	Colchester's Oyster Feast	Queen Boadicea in Colchester	The Colchester Town Watch
Colchester's Town Wall	Colchester's War Memorials	Colchester - Local Information	Colchester Recalled - oral history project
Colchester's Roman Circus	The Inns, Taverns and Pubs of Colchester	Colchester's Politics	Colchester Sea Cadets
Colchester - the Outer Town	Colchester's Heroes - Rolls of the Fallen	Colchester's T Shirt	Colchester Roman Society - Roman re-enactors
Colchester's Cemetery - Who Is Buried There?	Colchester's Heritage - A Cause for Concern?	Colchester's Witches	The Colchester Festival Association
Colchester's Famous Ghost Tour	Siege of Colchester - Starvation and Surrender	Colchester and Motorcycling	Saebert's Folc - Viking Re-enactors
Colchester's Pubs - Where to go.	Colchester and Arthur	History Re-enactment in Colchester	GOLD (pubs)
Colchester Tours - general and links	Colchester's Archaeology and History - general & links	Britannia Cars - Made in Colchester	French Language Lessons in Colchester
		Suffolk Punch Horses	Local Links

Or you can search here for specific words contained within this website.

 

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A TOUR OF COLCHESTER (The most visited site at Camulos) incorporating, Walk the Town Centre Our Norman Castle Walking the Walls Visit the Town Hall	Old Pictures of the Town in the form of old postcards and some earlier images (The second most visited site at Camulos)
Colchester's pubs, ancient and modern. With access to the book The Inns, Taverns and Pubs of Colchester	'Who holds the power in Colchester?', 'How to contact them?'
A Cause for Concern?	Those men and women who lost their lives during the two world wars.
What heritage sites do we have and which have been destroyed or are threatened?	The only Roman circus known in Britain.
Woad Rage began here in Colchester!	Local Information Official, Places to Stay, Attractions, Associations, etc
Some history of Colchester's famous oyster feast.	The Colchester Festival Official Website
Something of our archaeological and recent history.	and other burial sites in Colchester
	The T Shirt
Cars made in Colchester	WITCHES IN COLCHESTER
Motorcycling in Colchester	Colchester's Sea Cadets
The Colchester Roman Society (re-enactors of our Roman heritage)	Colchester North District Scouts and 2nd Lexden Scout Group
Saebert's Folc (a Colchester based Anglo-Saxon re-enactment group)	FEEDBACK What have people said about this site? The positive comments only!

English Longbow Competition in the Castle Park

Colchester Men who fought at Trafalgar

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since 5th February 1999

when this site was first launched

 last updated 24th August 2009

A WARNING! As you have probably already discovered, this site makes noises and has animations. That should be a clear indication that this is a fun site. We just thought that we would mention this as some folks don't appreciate that sort of thing; they hate the design of the site; they want to offer their services to redesign it; etc. So, if you are at work, turn the volume down now. We accept no responsibility for the contents of this site, nor are we looking for any awards. The people who are responsible are those that lived their lives many years ago and gave us our history. We simply record it here for the edification of others. For those without a sense of humour, or the pea-brained with politically correctness syndrome, we can recommend this.