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Colchester

The Berryfield Mosaic

The Colchester War Memorial

St John's Abbey Gate

Colchester Castle

Temple of Claudius 

The Obelisk

The Roman Church / Mithraeum

Jumbo Water Tower

Mercury Theatre

The Balkerne Gate is the largest surviving Roman gateway in Britain, built into Colchester's town wall around the first century, when this was the Roman capital of the province. You can still walk through the pedestrian arch the Romans used. The pub built against it has an unusually good view.

The Balkerne Gate

Balkerne Gate

West Mersea War Memorial

The Mersea Island Museum

Boudica's Legacy: Women of Colchester

St Botolph's Priory

The Riddling Rambler

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<div>Welcome to Colchester, Britain’s first city!<br><br>Walk the streets through the eyes of its infamous destroyer Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, who burnt the city down. She’s back to see what the women of Colchester have achieved since her death.<br><br>On this tour you’ll meet some of Colchester’s exceptional women, solving my fiendish riddles along the way. Discover suffragettes, an eccentric 16th-century philosopher, Colchester’s first female mayor and even another Queen.<br><br>But are any of them a match for Boudica?</div>

Colchester War Memorial

St Botolph's Priory, Colchester, Visitor Guide & Things to Do Nearby

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