The Knowhere Guide

Other Stuff in Colchester, Essex*

Colchester, Essex Stuff You Don't Get Anywhere Else

The Stuff We Can't Fit In Somewhere Else

• the best place for calenders with subjects such as women is the callender club down red lion walk{it comes out opposit the berlin wall}
• Severals Rise Housing Estate should be called ASDA view, a lovely sculptured piece of architechture (not) to have slapped at the end of your garden.
• The Colchester ghost tour is not to be missed.....very very entertaining, and more than a little offbeat.....find out more from Derek@colchester-tours.freeserve.co.uk. A good alternative to the usual night down the pub....lots of drinking time included, and a lot of local history of the sort not found in your average tour of the town.
• FIRE BRIGADE. Colchester Fire Station is 60 years old this year. SAD BAST... fact, however the fact that we are on strike for the second year running to protect OUR/YOUR service from the politicians aint no bad thing. Messages of support to Colchester Fire Station, Cowdray Avenue , Colchester. or e-m me Bdevb@aol.com THANKS
• Colchester should be as pleasant as York and Chester but it isnt Its on the edge of being a dump, and becoming more of a dump because those at the top dont listen!!. Where have we heard that before
• I think there is plenty to do in Colchester. If you're into the activity sort of thing, then there is Rollerworld, Quazar, a swimming pool with all the waves and whirlpools etc, cinema, theatre, a huge park in Highwoods, and another park in the town with a castle to visit, more pubs and eating places than I can mention.
• As a student I would like to mention that there really is very little to do in Colchester, and as for not recognizing squaddies - BULLSHIT! Student I might be but, I also happened to grow up in army married quarters in Colchester garrison.
• If you're looking for a lot of dentist, with a little pain, see Nick the Dent, on The Avenue...(or was it Lane!!??) You never know which stars from the United States you'll see there next, as he's become a celebrity here.
• Colchester United seriously fuckin' rate. Top footy, believe me.
• They make Colchester Lathes here -- finest lathes in the world.
  But I've just learned that Colchester Lathe is but a footnote in the annals of time. Now that makes me sad. I may have been the only American citizen to have ever been an employee of Colchester Lathe Co Ltd (UK). I'll never forget.
• As I recall, just off one of the High Streets is a small church and churchyard. Even on the brighest, sunniest day this church yard was a lovely dark olive green and grey place with a gnarled tree and gravestones at every angle. The perfect setting for a gothic horror story. This is as of 1978 when I was University there, so things may have changed.

The Knowhere Guide started out as a list of places to skateboard in the UK. It is a compilation of (unedited) information and views supplied by users like yourself. It is not a conventional tourist guide!

In most cases, the information in each section has been submitted by more than one contributor (the credits at the bottom of the page list some, but not all, of the contributors) and some of it dates back to the 1970s.

We make no claims as to the accuracy of the information in the Guide - our only purpose is to provide a forum for users to share their knowledge and opinions. So please keep a large bag of salt handy and be prepared to read between the lines!

If you disagree with a comment, or information is out of date, please submit an update! The contributors come from all walks of life, and their opinions are bound to be subjective, so if your view isn't represented, please speak up and contribute to the balance of the Guide. See below in the 'Have Your Say' section for how to add your voice.

If we have helped you out or made you laugh you can buy us a pint.

Have Your Say...

You can tell us more about Colchester. This is also the method to use if you want to correct some of the information already here. (But please remember you're not mailing the person who actually wrote whatever-it-is.)

You can use the add an event form to tell us about events happening in Colchester.

Or, if you'd just like to leave a message for other users of this site, take a look at The Knowhere Board (handy if you're just trying to get in touch with someone).

Credits

Last updated: 2007-09-19