Exploring Roman Colchester | Guided History Tour

As the first place in Britain to be given the status of Colonia, it only made sense to visit Roman Colchester to explore some of the longest and most unique Roman ruins in Britain. HUGE thank you to our friend Joe Boyd, Resident Artist for the hospitality of your local city! Which was your favourite Roman site and where should we visit next? Our next article out tomorrow will cover all the places we visited! You can sign up to our weekly newsletter to have it delivered straight to your inbox!

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[wigeonbrown]

I’m from Nebraska, USA and spent today touring Colchester. I wanted to learn more about what I had seen and this video helped put the sites in context.

[TheCoinRealm]

A must to visit, beautiful city! Thanks for the great video! 👍👏😊

[thisisjoeboyd]

Thanks for having me! It was great fun 🙏😊

[iansmith]

Wow, I had no idea what a deep dive. I was a bit of a goff & student in the late eighties, my daughter now lives in Wivenhoe. I very much enjoyed this thank you for all the effort you put in, it's very interesting and impressive content. Ta x

[scottyallop]

I actually have lived here all my life, 56 years and you have pointed out so many things that i never knew about my local town (now called a city) great stuff

[kirstenvanveen]

5 years ago I went to Colchester for my holiday, and seeing back all these beautiful things where I have been walking was so nice. In 2 months I am going to London and I have watched many of your films to see where I have to go. Here in the Netherlands we don't have much Roman remains unfortunately so the UK is a fantastic place to explore it all.

[joanneemerick]

You ladies have done another fantastic history video. Wouldn’t it have been great to watch a mosaic tile person creating those murals and floors? Thank you for this beautiful gift to us.

[CH-vvhr]

Majestic and beautiful. The Romans were amazing architects and builders

[lisascenic]

Thank you for sharing this fascinating tour of Roman Colchester.

[MarineBioFin]

Currently studying here, the Roman history is amazing and this highlights it so well

[unojayc]

You need to visit Caerwent and caerleon, both definitely worth it.

[ibbobo]

very informative and excellently delivered film, thank you... I lived in Colchester around 40 years ago and had forgotten much of excellent stuff the town has - lovely to see it again. Keep up the good work!

[teddyjackson]

It really is amazing how many successor civilizations either literally lived in the ruins of Roman civilization or repurposed construction materials from Roman works instead of producing materials for custom construction.

[alloydog]

Woo! Colchester! The Hole in the Wall was one of my regular drinking spots :D
Thanks - I just learned something new! @11:26 Mention about Lord Audley - I went to Thomas, Lord Audley school on Monkwick, but never knew who he was!
Anyway, better crack on with my chainmail...

[MegaSuperpotter]

Brilliant, wish I had watched this before I went to Colchester, so much more to see.

[jamesmilleare]

Gutted you didn’t see abbey gate just near the Roman curcus, it’s truly amazing, great video to say the least

[TheMCJakeyb]

Great video, lived in Colchester all my life and found this very interesting! Amazing how you can just drive past these things every day without taking notice, big into medieval books and reading so makes me take notice and appreciate what we have more!

[fernandomilicich]

Quite beauty video. Greetings from Argentina

[popski]

Hat's off to you girls 👏👏👏 another fabulous video so interesting and entainting with excellent camera work! 👍☺💚

[PaulAndrewsClan]

Love the tours. You must try to get to Vindolanda and Fort Magna in Northumbria. I visited last weekend, fantastic Romain remains and museum.