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“ Colchester Civic Society are calling on Colchester City Council to ‘stop dithering’ and make an immediate public commitment to restore and reopen the Victorian Boating Lake in Castle Park and to ‘firmly and quickly scotch rumours’ that the lake is to be permanently decommissioned. The lake has stood empty, neglected and decaying since the council drained The post Civic Society Calls for…
A new blue plaque will be unveiled at the Artilleryman public House in Artillery Street on June 18th at 10,45 to mark Colchester’s forgotten Napoleonic barracks. This will be unveiled by Colchester Garrison commander Lieutenant Colonel ED Rankin DL The barracks, built from 1794, were designed to house troops during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic The post New Blue Plaque Marking…
An invitation to the Colchester Civic Society AGM This will be on Tuesday 9 June 2026 at 19.00 prompt, in the Cloisters Restaurant, Greyfriars. The meeting itself will be followed by a break for coffee before a talk is given by Vinnie Geaves, the Manager of Our Colchester, Colchester’s Business Improvement District Team. The BID The post An invitation to the Colchester Civic Society AGM appeared…
The Moors Big Spring Clean – Saturdays 14th, 21st, and 28th of March. We’ve now arranged three additional (weekend) #GreatBritishSpringClean dates in addition to the two (17th & 26th) we’ve already announced On the next three Saturday Mornings, weather permitting, we’ll be meeting at 10:00 at the start of the Public Footpath at the top The post The Moors Big Spring Clean – Saturdays 14th, 21st,…
Colchester Civic Society Highways Group are attempting to persuade Essex County Council to review the design for the East Hill Cycle Lanes before the scheme is given the go ahead. There are very serious concerns over this scheme, which will divert cyclist from the downhill cycle onto the footpath right outside the front door of The post East Hill Cycle Lanes appeared first on Colchester Civic…
This year Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean takes place across the UK between 13 and 29 March 2026. Last year Colchester Civic Society litter-pickers pledged to pick 100 bags so we aim to do even better this year. If you ‘Love Colchester and Loathe Litter,’ now is your chance to make a difference. The post Great British Spring Clean appeared first on Colchester Civic Society .
This is a photo of the London Plane tree which was recently damaged very badly and had to be felled’ after a summer storm. It was planted in memory of Jean Lamb, a long serving member of our executive committee. On Thursday 27th February 2025 members of our current committee planted a replacement. This The post Tree Planting at Southway House appeared first on Colchester Civic Society .
Posted below is the information to accompany the Looking Up At Colchester page which came with the December 2024 Newsletter. If you wish to view the Looking Up At Colchester page then follow this link 20240724-LOOKING-UP-AT-COLCHESTER-__-revision-4-1.pdf Looking Up: information on places Site of the Roman and later North Gate, North Hill This was originally a The post Looking Up At Colchester…
The Colchester Civic Society, like Civic Societies throughout the country, is involved with Heritage Open Days. Our members steward a number of the properties open to visitors during this event at the beginning of September each year. Heritage Open Days in 2024 will be held on 6th-15th September. For full information of what’s on The post Heritage Open Days for 2024 appeared first on Colchester…
We have a survey of Colchester’s Sculptures now available to view. The survey originated from a request by Simon Cairns, the Development and Planning Manager at the Planning Department for the Civic Society to consider such a piece of research . There are two sections to this survey. The first being publicly accessible sculptures across the The post The Colchester Sculpture Survey appeared first…
