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.
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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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Suew911186
Nov 19, 2024
The best way to visit Colchester - I would thoroughly recommend the tours as they are a wonderful way to hear about all the history in Colchester and Ray is a fantastic guide. I mainly went for the Ghosts and Witches tour (I think there were about 15 or 20 ghosts!) but the most informative was the Victorian tour as it hadn't occurred to me how much they still influence our lives today. Two special highlights were going inside a haunted hotel on the Ghost and Witches tour and seeing the excavation of a Roman amphitheatre on the city tour.
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Richardmo9400nr
Nov 14, 2024
You will not be disappointed! - An immensely enjoyable tour. Ray was not only very informative but made it all the more interesting by being just plain old fashioned good fun!
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Julie_s
Nov 13, 2024
Great walking tour - Ray knows his stuff. Made it all Very interesting and entertaining. I would definitely recommend this tour
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Andrewh529
Nov 3, 2024
Rays oh so spooky ghost and witches tour of Colchester. - Ray led an outstanding ghost and witches tour of Colchester! His deep knowledge and captivating storytelling brought the city’s eerie history to life. His insights were both informative and spine-chilling, adding a perfect spooky touch. Ray’s passion for Colchester’s haunted past made this tour unforgettable—an absolute must for anyone wanting a thrilling glimpse into the city’s darker side!
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Sailscubasurf
Sep 11, 2024
An exceptional walking tour with an extremely knowledgeable guide - What a great walking tour!! Ray, our guide, blended history, local knowledge and humor in a tapestry tying the past to the present as he guided us through the historic streets of Colchester. His knowledge of the local history is encyclopedic and his interest in his subject shines through his wonderful presentation. I highly recommend Ray as a tour guide and we will definitely be taking more of his tours when we return to Colchester.
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Marksa1287xl
Sep 7, 2024
Spooktacular ghost tour of the city - A great way to spend an evening. Easy to find, ends in a hotel with a bar, informative and fun with great access to some of the spookiest spots in the City. It's quite history heavy, but we absolutely saw this as a positive as it adds a lot more colour to the stories.
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N2259xpdonnas
Aug 30, 2024
Go book - I went with my friend absolutely amazing and fun!! Learnt so much would definitely recommend.. spooky and the history too.
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Nomad54930039232
Aug 19, 2024
Making history fun - A fun and entertaining evening that gets you out the house and learning a new perspective on Colchester as you learn all about the history from Ray, a very knowledgeable host.
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Amw1959
Aug 18, 2024
Uniquely interesting tour. - Ray was very knowledgeable of all aspects of the history of Colchester and showed us areas of the city we, as residents were unaware of.
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Trip30910794691
Aug 17, 2024
A mountain of facts, delivered in an interesting, humorous way - fantastic! - If you like history, you'll love the Colchester History Tour. Our tour guide Ray, was fantastic, he's the best tour guide I have ever had. His knowledge of Colchester is just amazing! He delivers his mountain of facts in an interesting and humorous way, as he takes you back in time. I will definitely, be booking another one of Ray's tours in the future.
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