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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Chris1purse
Sep 22, 2025
Tour of Roman Colchester - Excellent tour of Colchester. So much history and beautiful buildings. Ray led very interesting tour with lots of history
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687glynm
Sep 11, 2025
Very interesting and we all learned a lot - Fantastic tour with Ray, we are local but wanted to know a bit more about the city so booked Ray to take us round with a group of friends, very interesting and we all learned a lot, Thanks Ray we had a great time Recommended, Thank you !
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Jeanette_a
Sep 8, 2025
Highly recommended! - Thoroughly enjoyed our historical tour of Colchester today with Ray. Interesting, knowledgeable and entertaining. Highly recommend!
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Charlest345
Aug 20, 2025
A very knowledgeable person with a skill to pass it on - Ray is was excellent , the tour was very informative and you kept it interesting with a light touch. We learnt so much. Thanks
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Resort38956317613
Aug 16, 2025
Colchester history Tour - Amazing tour, not really a history enthusiast but ray brought colchester history it to life and related it to so much of what we know today ! Learnt so much and will never see the city in the same way again. Highly recommend.
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Karenninnin
Aug 11, 2025
More to Colchester than I realised! - Ray was an entertaining guide, very knowledgeable and made the 2 hours fly by! Colchester is well worth a visit with a rich tapestry of historical events.
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N1305aelucyr
Jul 29, 2025
Tours of Colchester, not to be missed - Ray was an excellent guide, we only rang him up in the morning and was booked in for a 1pm tour that day. We learnt so much which we wouldnt have found just by walking around the town ourselves. Highly recommend this tour if you want a more in depth history tour.
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671susanm671
Jul 18, 2025
Great Tour - I throughly enjoyed the tour! My tour guide Ray was engaging and so informative. He brought the history of Colchester alive. I would highly recommend - great tour!
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Thehappyxstitcher
Jun 30, 2025
Walking tour of Colchester - Thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour of Colchester with Ray. He was so knowledgeable and kept it light and fun. Learned a great deal of new facts about the city.
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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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From $27
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).