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.

Customer Ratings
5.0
(263 Ratings)
5 stars
4 stars
3 stars
2 stars
1 star
947ivetaj
Nov 16, 2025
Excellent City Tour of Colchester - I highly recommend anyone who would like to visit Cholchester and learn more about its history to book a tour with Ray. His professionalism and historical knowledge made a great impression on all of us and left us with a lot of new knowledge. Thank you for your time and for a great experience!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Minty1971
Oct 30, 2025
Informative and Fun tour! - Thoroughly enjoyed the evening tour with Ray. He makes the tour so much fun. His knowledge, deliverance and enthusiasm are infectious. My 80 year old mother joined us on the tour and the pace was no issue for her. You don’t walk miles, it’s walk, then stop throughout with a couple of stops with seating. The tour ended in a building which had approximately 15 steps. We loved the tour and will definitely book with Ray for more of his tours.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Charlil514
Oct 30, 2025
Ghost tour - Had an amazing time, we learnt so much, thank you! Defiantly recommend! Ray was great and very knowledgeable. Was a great experience
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Laurac9278
Oct 12, 2025
Walking History Tour of Colchester - A great few hours learning the history of Colchester right through Roman times up til the present day! Ray was so knowledgeable & fun! Throughly recommended!
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Laura_c
Oct 11, 2025
A walking tour around... - A walking tour around Colchester learning the origins of the city from Roman times right up to the Victorian era! Ray was so knowledgable & made the experience SO much fun too! I actually learnt so much from the tour & thoroughly enjoyed it!
Review provided by Viator
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
Review provided by Tripadvisor
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 !
Review provided by Tripadvisor
Jeanette_a
Sep 8, 2025
Highly recommended! - Thoroughly enjoyed our historical tour of Colchester today with Ray. Interesting, knowledgeable and entertaining. Highly recommend!
Review provided by Viator
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
Review provided by Tripadvisor
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.
Review provided by Tripadvisor
From $27
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).