Boudica's Legacy: Women of Colchester
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.
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.
But are any of them a match for Boudica?
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Highlights
Go underground to find some spectacular public art
Find out why there’s a layer of red debris under Colchester
Visit the birthplace of one of the worst spellers of her time
Discover the author of a book written from the point of view of a pin
Find out how one woman got herself invited to the male-only Colchester Oyster Feast
Storyline
Now, almost 2,000 years later, you've returned to check on your legacy. Have Colchester's women responded to your battle cry? Is the world now run by women? Not entirely, but over the years, Colchester has racked up a fair few female pioneers.
Experience's route
Starting point Colchester War Memorial
66 High St, Colchester CO1 1DN, UKFinish point The Minories
74 High St, Colchester CO1 1UE, UKPlaces you will visit
10
It will take you
90-120 mins
You will walk
3680 steps
Total distance
2.8 km
Places to visit
You will discover interesting places along the route of the experience.
St Botolph's Priory
The Colchester War Memorial
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Can be played on
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Whole dayLanguages
English