Reviewed on Aug 20, 2025
Feed elephants and giraffes, watch a falconry display and meet the fearsome Komodo dragons at one of the U.K.’s best zoos.
Come and see an event at Colchester’s most diverse entertainment venue, housed in a 13th-century church.
Enjoy a play, a musical performance or some hilarious comedy at Colchester’s premier performing arts venue, which also has a children’s program.
Take pictures of this Victorian structure and admire the 19th-century engineering on what was once the second-largest water tower in the country.
Colchester’s Baroque town hall, a heritage-listed building with Victorian tower and antique organ, has been the focus of civil duties for over 800 years.
Learn about the mammoths, hippos and crocodiles that used to live in the Colchester area and examine a wealth of natural specimens at this excellent, free museum.
