Colchester Walking Tours

29/09/2026

Ooh what a TREAT!

The Church Street Tavern Taste of Autumn tasting menu was 👌✨ The food tasted really amazing - so many different flavours and considered pairings. The restaurant gives a very grown-up vibe with tasteful decor and candle light.

It really felt like a special meal 🥰 At a time when costs are rising everywhere, this was excellent value for something so well thought out, carefully curated and delicious. £50 for 6 courses (plus a bread course) and you can add a w**e flight for £40.

The restaurant offers tasting menus of their seasonal menu throughout the year so lookout for the Winter one in December! This would make a lovely gift for someone - or just enjoy it yourself.

PS The staff were all BRILLIANT - really helpful talking about the w**es and food and just added to an already great experience.

17/08/2026

✨Much sparkle has been added to my Summer with ice cream this year! ✨

🍦Granted, I haven’t tried them all (still got some Summer left to try though!) but these have been my top pics so far ⭐️

In no particular order:

Claydons, Colchester - a very generous two scoops cost me £4.50 of Kelly's of Cornwall ice cream. I went for mint choc chip + chocolate and wasn’t disappointed. Big chunks of chocolate in both flavours!

Ice Cream on the Quay, Harwich - this was GREAT! £4 bought me a smarties sundae 😍 In that I got Mr Whippy, chocolate sauce, smarties and a little branded wafer too. Eating this by Harwich waterfront was really lovely. Mr Walking Tours had an Oreo sundae which was equally great if not better.

Hotel Chocolat - £3.72 for their Ice Cream of the Gods (soft serve ice cream which has been infused with cocoa), a chocolate shard and hazelnut sauce. This was so good! A real treat but more spenny. I got this price by using my Hotel Chocolat membership card which gets you a decent discount in their cafe!

28/06/2026

Loved this day!

04/06/2026

Proof - if we needed any - that Colchester loves to dress up! As Romans, stormtroopers, super heroes, knights…Whether it’s the Colchester Pageant or 1909 or the Roman and Medieval Festival of 2026, it’s somehow become part of who we are 🏛️❤️

01/04/2026

Who’s excited about this?! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Primetime! 🤩 Make sure you're watching BBC One tonight at 7pm for an incredible Colchester-related reveal, exclusively on The One Show!

We would say more but we're sworn to secrecy. 🤐

📺 Tune in tonight to find out more! 🙌

31/03/2026

Finally... that afternoon chat you always wanted!
MICK THE HIPPY IN CONVERSATON
SATURDAY 4 APRIL, 12.30PM
A light hearted discussion with local musician, Colchester Arts Centre Box Office Manager and general local legend Mick “The Hippy” Newman, AKA Carpet Bag Mick. Expect Top 5 gigs, tales from his cooking for superstar indie bands and jamming with Blur.

🎟️ https://ow.ly/PGvl50YB9XA..

03/02/2026

📣Cool free event klaxon! 📣

⁉Did you know that every month, FREE lunchtime organ recitals take place in Colchester Town Hall? You can hear the magnificent Moot Hall Organ (which is over 120 years old!!) in the elegant backdrop of (the recently re-opened after major restoration work) ✨ Moot Hall ✨

Each recital has a different guest organist from other cities across the UK📍and is a unique opportunity to hear this impressive instrument in a stunning and historic location 🤩

🕰 Time: 1pm
⏳Duration: 1hour
👛Price: Free! Retiring Collection in aid of the Friends of the Moot Hall Organ

💻Check out the dates at at www.moothallorgan.co.uk (link in comments)🎶👇

📸Image Credits: Friends of the Moot Hall Organ

18/01/2026

❄️ Happy World Snow Day ❄️ to all those who celebrate! Here’s a snapshot of some lovely snowy memories I have walking through Colchester over the years 🥰

11/01/2026

A public information post to say that is perhaps the BEST location for catching the winter rays of sunshine from the comfort of being inside 😎🧣

In fact, I’ll just say that it’s probably the cosiest place to be this Winter. Here me out:

✅ It’s FREE to visit!‼️

✅ Art exhibitions from world class artists 🧑‍🎨

✅ An incredibly reasonably priced and exceptionally tasty food menu!! See the delicious Firstsite Fishfinger Sandwich pictured which cost £3.75 😯

✅ It has huge windows to catch the whatever golden pools of sunshine we can get 🌞

✅ It’s home to a huge Roman mosaic covered in glass so you can walk over it and check it out in DETAIL! 🏛️

✅ It has toilets! 🚻

✅ Good quality colouring pencils on hand for anyone wanting to draw! ✏️

✅ Great location - visit the planted Meanwhile Garden after or take a trip to another fantastic art gallery, or the brilliant vegan cafe .cafe which is a stone’s throw from Firstsite 😌