Tours of Colchester: Explore Britain’s First City with a Recognized Guide

Explore Colchester, Britain’s first city, with a recognized guide. Choose from 6 engaging tours and discover 2000 years of history, including exclusive access to city landmarks.

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Colchester - Britain’s first City comes its newest, another milestone of in the 2000 year history of Colchester.\n\nDiscover how the industrial revolution changed the face of Colchester.\n\nFrom the opportunity and wealth it gave to some, and the abject poverty it gave to others.\nSee \’Jumbo\’ the largest water tower in Britain, the Town Hall in…
What's Included
  • Entertaining and informative guided tours
What's Not Included
  • Parking fees
Additional Information

Choose from 4 tours.
It’s your City Tour
Ghost and Witches Tour
Roman Tour
Victorian Tour
Once booked you will be contacted to confirm which tour and what time you would like the tour.
Colchester, Britain’s first City and now its newest.
Discover 2000 years of history and see the legacy the Romans, Saxons, Norman’s and others left on this city.
Led by a…

Location
Colchester War Memorial
High Street
The War Memorial is situated at the Main Gates to Castle Park. The nearest Car Park is All Saints Car park and a larger Car park at Greyfriars hotel behind it, both are pay and display. exit to the main road and walk up 100 meters to the Memorial
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Tracey_o
Apr 21, 2025
Ray is very knowledgeable... - Ray is very knowledgeable but makes it fun aswell. I would recommend this tour. I learnt a lot more about colchester.
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Louisems8344ju
Apr 20, 2025
Top Rated Ghost & Witches Tour - What a wonderful tour we had with Ray last night. It was a private ‘Ghosts & Witches’ tour but it was so much morel. The history that came with it and the way it was given was masterful storytelling which the cold couldn’t diminish. Thank you so much, we all thoroughly enjoyed it. Best wishes, Louise & Co
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Jennie
Mar 28, 2025
Highly recommended tour - Our first time of doing a walking tour. Both of us have lived in the area for years & never really paid attention to what we have around us. We opted for the Friday night Ghost & Witches Tour. Ray was a fantastic, enthusiastic, and engaging tour guide. We learnt so much about the history of Colchester and its surrounding area. Lots of spooky tales and interesting links to key points in British history. Most definitely recommended for an evening out. We had a great time.
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O6702mnpaulh
Mar 26, 2025
Educational, spooky and absolutely eye opening. - Where to start, ray was absolutely brilliant as he showed all the spooky places of Colchester town, a lot of information that i never knew before, was very much a brilliant spooky and eye opening experienced, paired with it being a lovely birthday surprise from my fiance. Could not stop myself from recommending to others to take this tour. Thank you Ray!!!
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Lauramx1295qp
Mar 10, 2025
Not to be missed - Wow, Ray’s knowledge is so fantastic. You will not regret booking this tour, he brings Colchester and it’s history back to life
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Trailblazer706634
Mar 3, 2025
Victorian Colchester Tour - Ray was an interesting and entertaining guide who brought to life the buildings and associated stories. It was an enjoyable experience for both visiting relative and self who has lived in the area for decades and would recommend.
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Richard
Feb 19, 2025
Brilliant Tour of Colchester - Attended a wonderful walking tour with Ray on Monday with about 30 friends and had a wonderful evening. Everyone had a great time and enthralled by a captivate talk with many wonderful stories leaving us wanting more!! thank you Ray!!
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Kevinba7630ei
Feb 18, 2025
February Ghost Walk - We did the Ghost Tour last night as an organised group, what a fantastic night Ray was brilliant if I could give it 20 stars I would We will definitely do another one of his tours
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Navigate563444
Feb 6, 2025
Walking history tour of Colchester - Informative and totally absorbing, Ray’s tour was engaging, fun and very interesting. We will never more walk past an old building without looking up at it properly! Well worth it, we highly recommend. Thank you Ray, an excellent guide and a true asset to Colchester.
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Jw17155
Jan 10, 2025
Brilliant walking tour of Colchester - Brilliant! From initial contact to finale ! A walk in winter with just 2 people , might not have been possible , but Ray made it so easy . Communication through and able to work with our timings . Courteous , knowledgable and entertaining , definitely recommend !
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From $27
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).