As England’s oldest recorded town and capital of Roman Britain, Colchester has a fascinating heritage which is well documented in the popular Castle and Museum. The highly acclaimed University of Essex is located on the outskirts of Colchester and collaborates closely with business both at a local and national level. There are a number of excellent widely recognised schools in the locality, an outstanding Sixth form college and the Colchester Institute which provides a first class training resource.

Within the town centre of Colchester there are excellent shopping facilities with major outlets including: Debenhams, Williams and Griffin, Marks and Spencer and many more individual boutiques. Other leisure facilities include the Odeon Cinema, Roller world, Leisure World, Super Bowl and the new Colchester United Football Stadium.

There are many attractive villages in the North Essex and Suffolk countryside around Colchester, making the town and this part of East Anglia a highly desirable residential location. Leisure pursuits are well catered for. The coastline is celebrated for its yachting, fishing and boating. There are many excellent golf courses, and for theatre lovers Colchester is home to the Mercury Theatre.

The A12 trunk road provides easy access to Stansted Airport (39miles), Felixstowe (27miles) and Harwich (21miles), the M25 (40miles) and City of London (60miles). London Liverpool Street station is just a 50 minute train journey from Colchester’s mainline railway station.