University of Essex Tours and Activities

Discover a museum within a 300-year-old house, which displays handmade toys, authentic costumes and charming clocks from the Georgian era.

See artists at work, browse exhibitions of local and national artists and take in the Georgian architecture of this popular art gallery.

Discover the fascinating natural domain of Colchester's surrounds as you browse exhibits of prehistoric minerals, insects and preserved mammals.

Bring family or friends to this picturesque parkland, where play areas, lakes and a musical bandstand sit in the shadow of the impressive Colchester Castle.

As one of the U.K.’s premier modern art galleries, this is a great place to see temporary exhibitions, attend art classes and listen to expert talks.

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.