A couple of proud looking parents taking the kids out for a swim by North Bridge here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
May 26, 2026 at 7:35 AM
A couple of proud looking parents taking the kids out for a swim by North Bridge here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
If you think you know everything there is to know about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, then here's a little test for you.
Here's today's weekly #WhereAndWhatIsIt teaser.
We don't normally give clues but we're feeling generous.
It's a window.
But where?
Here's today's weekly #WhereAndWhatIsIt teaser.
We don't normally give clues but we're feeling generous.
It's a window.
But where?
September 22, 2026 at 11:12 AM
If you think you know everything there is to know about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, then here's a little test for you.
Here's today's weekly #WhereAndWhatIsIt teaser.
We don't normally give clues but we're feeling generous.
It's a window.
But where?
Here's today's weekly #WhereAndWhatIsIt teaser.
We don't normally give clues but we're feeling generous.
It's a window.
But where?
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For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
December 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this ancient door at the church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe.
Patches in the timbers show where holes from which muskets could be fired were cut during the 11 week long #SiegeOfColchester in 1648.
We'd love it if the folk #Colchester City Council and #EssexCountyCouncil would launch a tree sponsorship here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
To mark the anniversary of his wife's passing, Deryck sponsored a street tree.
He told us: “Walking past Dorothy’s trees offers me the opportunity to spend a moment remembering special and happy times.”
Find out how you can sponsor a remembrance tree: sponsor.treesforstreets.org/start
He told us: “Walking past Dorothy’s trees offers me the opportunity to spend a moment remembering special and happy times.”
Find out how you can sponsor a remembrance tree: sponsor.treesforstreets.org/start
March 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We'd love it if the folk #Colchester City Council and #EssexCountyCouncil would launch a tree sponsorship here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
There are countless wonders to wonder about here in #Colchester #BritainsFirstCity.
March 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
There are countless wonders to wonder about here in #Colchester #BritainsFirstCity.
For our first #AdventDoor of 2025 from here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, we bring you this fantastic aged and textured door from the grade ll listed, 14th century, Rose & Crown Hotel.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc339
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc339
November 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
For our first #AdventDoor of 2025 from here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, we bring you this fantastic aged and textured door from the grade ll listed, 14th century, Rose & Crown Hotel.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc339
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc339
A big thank you to those of our followers who are 'liking' and reposting our posts.
Great stuff - you're helping us to spread the word about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity and we're really, really grateful!
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Great stuff - you're helping us to spread the word about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity and we're really, really grateful!
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January 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A big thank you to those of our followers who are 'liking' and reposting our posts.
Great stuff - you're helping us to spread the word about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity and we're really, really grateful!
☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
Great stuff - you're helping us to spread the word about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity and we're really, really grateful!
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For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester #BritainsFirstCity, we bring you #StBotolphsPriory.
OK we grant you there's no actual "door" there anymore but, frankly, that doesn't detract from the magnificence of this Grade l listed #historic gem.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc425
OK we grant you there's no actual "door" there anymore but, frankly, that doesn't detract from the magnificence of this Grade l listed #historic gem.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc425
December 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester #BritainsFirstCity, we bring you #StBotolphsPriory.
OK we grant you there's no actual "door" there anymore but, frankly, that doesn't detract from the magnificence of this Grade l listed #historic gem.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc425
OK we grant you there's no actual "door" there anymore but, frankly, that doesn't detract from the magnificence of this Grade l listed #historic gem.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc425
Here at Colchester Civic Society, we're decidedly chuffed to have been recognised for our work in 'Making A Difference' here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
We were presented with a certificate at the Mayor's Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday.
More:
www.new.colchester.gov.uk/news/2026/pe...
We were presented with a certificate at the Mayor's Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday.
More:
www.new.colchester.gov.uk/news/2026/pe...
May 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Here at Colchester Civic Society, we're decidedly chuffed to have been recognised for our work in 'Making A Difference' here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
We were presented with a certificate at the Mayor's Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday.
More:
www.new.colchester.gov.uk/news/2026/pe...
We were presented with a certificate at the Mayor's Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday.
More:
www.new.colchester.gov.uk/news/2026/pe...
Congratulations if you recognised these 19th century ornamental "Bargeboards' on the front of the 18th Century, Grade ll listed Brewers Arms Public House (currently closed), here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
More:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
More:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
April 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Congratulations if you recognised these 19th century ornamental "Bargeboards' on the front of the 18th Century, Grade ll listed Brewers Arms Public House (currently closed), here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
More:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
More:
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
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This Christmas morning, our final #AdventWindow for 2024 can be found at the redundant Grade ll* listed church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
This Christmas morning, our final #AdventWindow for 2024 can be found at the redundant Grade ll* listed church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
December 25, 2024 at 5:22 AM
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This Christmas morning, our final #AdventWindow for 2024 can be found at the redundant Grade ll* listed church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
This Christmas morning, our final #AdventWindow for 2024 can be found at the redundant Grade ll* listed church of #StLeonardAtTheHythe here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
#OnThisDay - the Ides of March, way back in 44BC., Julius Caesar was assasinated. More recently, on 15 March 1679, #JohnWinnock set up a charity and Almshouses at Golden Noble Hill in St Giles Parish here in #Colchester.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
March 15, 2026 at 8:47 AM
#OnThisDay - the Ides of March, way back in 44BC., Julius Caesar was assasinated. More recently, on 15 March 1679, #JohnWinnock set up a charity and Almshouses at Golden Noble Hill in St Giles Parish here in #Colchester.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
If you think you know everything there is to know and see about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, then on Tuesday we'll have a little test for you.
Every Tuesday we post our #WhereAndWhatIsIt #ColchesterConundrum.
We post the answer to put folk out of their misery on the Friday
Every Tuesday we post our #WhereAndWhatIsIt #ColchesterConundrum.
We post the answer to put folk out of their misery on the Friday
June 28, 2026 at 5:38 PM
If you think you know everything there is to know and see about #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, then on Tuesday we'll have a little test for you.
Every Tuesday we post our #WhereAndWhatIsIt #ColchesterConundrum.
We post the answer to put folk out of their misery on the Friday
Every Tuesday we post our #WhereAndWhatIsIt #ColchesterConundrum.
We post the answer to put folk out of their misery on the Friday
Happy #WorldOysterDay 2026.
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity has been associated with oysters since at least #RomanTimes.
There's even a type of oyster - the #ColchesterNative - named after the City.
More:
www.visitcolchester.com/food-and-dri...
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity has been associated with oysters since at least #RomanTimes.
There's even a type of oyster - the #ColchesterNative - named after the City.
More:
www.visitcolchester.com/food-and-dri...
August 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Happy #WorldOysterDay 2026.
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity has been associated with oysters since at least #RomanTimes.
There's even a type of oyster - the #ColchesterNative - named after the City.
More:
www.visitcolchester.com/food-and-dri...
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity has been associated with oysters since at least #RomanTimes.
There's even a type of oyster - the #ColchesterNative - named after the City.
More:
www.visitcolchester.com/food-and-dri...
#OnThisDay - the Ides of March, way back in 44BC., Julius Caesar was assasinated. More recently, on 15 March 1679, #JohnWinnock set up a charity and Almshouses at Golden Noble Hill in St Giles Parish here in #Colchester.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
March 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#OnThisDay - the Ides of March, way back in 44BC., Julius Caesar was assasinated. More recently, on 15 March 1679, #JohnWinnock set up a charity and Almshouses at Golden Noble Hill in St Giles Parish here in #Colchester.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
#BritainsFirstCity. A City with a proud #RomanHeritage.
#Conservation is important.
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity needs to protect its #heritage as well as facilitating good, sympathetic development and new builds.
#CivicPride
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity needs to protect its #heritage as well as facilitating good, sympathetic development and new builds.
#CivicPride
Griff in @thetimes 'Good historic buildings should be at the heart of policy. You get the sense that Keir Starmer and Rayner have this idea that they need to outlaw nimbyism. Its actually because of a lot of nimbyism that London is such a successful place.' bit.ly/3BCWTKj
#SaveLiverpoolStreetStation
#SaveLiverpoolStreetStation
Griff Rhys Jones: ‘It’s depressing Keir Starmer is so ill-informed about heritage’
The comedian on what the government has got wrong about building, why he’s campaigning to save Liverpool Street station — and building a bat hotel
bit.ly
December 20, 2024 at 2:14 PM
#Conservation is important.
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity needs to protect its #heritage as well as facilitating good, sympathetic development and new builds.
#CivicPride
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity needs to protect its #heritage as well as facilitating good, sympathetic development and new builds.
#CivicPride
Our clockand watch making heritage hasn't quite vanished.
There are, for instance, some splendid examples in the #HollytreesMuseum
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
#BritainsFirstCity
@colmuseums
There are, for instance, some splendid examples in the #HollytreesMuseum
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
#BritainsFirstCity
@colmuseums
Colchester had a thriving clock making industry at one time, but like so many of our gems, this industry vanished into eternity.
January 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Our clockand watch making heritage hasn't quite vanished.
There are, for instance, some splendid examples in the #HollytreesMuseum
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
#BritainsFirstCity
@colmuseums
There are, for instance, some splendid examples in the #HollytreesMuseum
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
#BritainsFirstCity
@colmuseums
Congratulations!
#History and #Heritage ooze from every stone, brick and timber here in #BritainsFirstCity.
Nowhere else more so perhaps, than at #Colchester Castle
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
#History and #Heritage ooze from every stone, brick and timber here in #BritainsFirstCity.
Nowhere else more so perhaps, than at #Colchester Castle
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
July 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Congratulations!
#History and #Heritage ooze from every stone, brick and timber here in #BritainsFirstCity.
Nowhere else more so perhaps, than at #Colchester Castle
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
#History and #Heritage ooze from every stone, brick and timber here in #BritainsFirstCity.
Nowhere else more so perhaps, than at #Colchester Castle
#CivicPride
#PositiveAboutColchester
Those interested in the future of #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, as well as those interested in its #History and #Heritage, you might also like to consider joining us here @ColCivicSociety
Join here. Join Now:
colchestercivicsociety.co.uk/join-us/
Join here. Join Now:
colchestercivicsociety.co.uk/join-us/
Join Us | Colchester Civic Society
colchestercivicsociety.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Those interested in the future of #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, as well as those interested in its #History and #Heritage, you might also like to consider joining us here @ColCivicSociety
Join here. Join Now:
colchestercivicsociety.co.uk/join-us/
Join here. Join Now:
colchestercivicsociety.co.uk/join-us/
Today, on #ChristmasEve, we bring you our last 2025 #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
This absolutely splendid and ancient #AngloSaxon gem from Holy Trinity Church dates from c1000 AD & is the #OldestDoorway 'within the walls'.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc412
This absolutely splendid and ancient #AngloSaxon gem from Holy Trinity Church dates from c1000 AD & is the #OldestDoorway 'within the walls'.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc412
December 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Today, on #ChristmasEve, we bring you our last 2025 #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity.
This absolutely splendid and ancient #AngloSaxon gem from Holy Trinity Church dates from c1000 AD & is the #OldestDoorway 'within the walls'.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc412
This absolutely splendid and ancient #AngloSaxon gem from Holy Trinity Church dates from c1000 AD & is the #OldestDoorway 'within the walls'.
More:
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monument/mcc412
OK we're in the new year. 2025 and all that
If you made one, you might already have failed your New Years Resolution.
If you didn't. How about resolving to be actively #PositiveAboutColchester this year?
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity
Needs people -you- to have #CivicPride.
If you made one, you might already have failed your New Years Resolution.
If you didn't. How about resolving to be actively #PositiveAboutColchester this year?
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity
Needs people -you- to have #CivicPride.
January 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
OK we're in the new year. 2025 and all that
If you made one, you might already have failed your New Years Resolution.
If you didn't. How about resolving to be actively #PositiveAboutColchester this year?
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity
Needs people -you- to have #CivicPride.
If you made one, you might already have failed your New Years Resolution.
If you didn't. How about resolving to be actively #PositiveAboutColchester this year?
#Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity
Needs people -you- to have #CivicPride.
It was a lot cooler early this morning as the sun rose early this morning over High Woods Country Park here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity and began to burn away the low lying mist...
August 13, 2026 at 12:29 PM
It was a lot cooler early this morning as the sun rose early this morning over High Woods Country Park here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity and began to burn away the low lying mist...
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this rather distinctive and unusual door from the former Allen and Sons butchers shop on St Botolph's Street.
What a gem...
What a gem...
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity we bring you this rather distinctive and unusual door from the former Allen and Sons butchers shop on St Botolph's Street.
What a gem...
What a gem...
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, we bring you this rather splendid art deco style door and window shop front from the independent Jes lifestyle store on St Johns Street.
December 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
For today's #AdventDoor from #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity, we bring you this rather splendid art deco style door and window shop front from the independent Jes lifestyle store on St Johns Street.
Work by @EssexHighways at the Albert Roundabout here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity looks to be almost finished.
It seems strange though that the Highways Authority seems to think Colne Bank Avenue is now called North Station Road!!!
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It seems strange though that the Highways Authority seems to think Colne Bank Avenue is now called North Station Road!!!
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February 19, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Work by @EssexHighways at the Albert Roundabout here in #Colchester, #BritainsFirstCity looks to be almost finished.
It seems strange though that the Highways Authority seems to think Colne Bank Avenue is now called North Station Road!!!
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It seems strange though that the Highways Authority seems to think Colne Bank Avenue is now called North Station Road!!!
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