Attractions

Opening in 2002 with 87 seats in the Auditorium, this Charity run theatre is an intimate space that allows the audience to feel like they are part of the performance.

Colchester’s Largest theatre with a consistently diverse and insightful range of performance. The Mercury Bar and café is a great place to wait for your show to start 10am- late

An art gallery and charity right in the centre of Colchester city, a few steps away from Firstsite. The onsite vegan café offers coffee and vegan treats throughout the lunch period. Open Thursday – Sunday

Exhibitions from well known artists, films and other arts and cultural events in this contemporary visual arts organisation. Also houses the Firstsite Café for a coffee and a light lunch

The seafront plays host to incredible aerial displays, entertainment and attractions for two days in the summer. The beach and seafront are packed with onlookers and parking is not easy to find. Why not go by train and arrive in comfort.

This fantastic old Art Deco Cinema opened on 25th July 1936 with the film ‘When Knights were Bold’ with Jack Buchanan and Fay Wray. It is a fraction of the price of modern cinemas but boasts an up-to-date programme of films in the nostalgic setting of the era of the silver screen.

With a full programme of events, the Westcliff theatre is worth the 20 minute walk from the station

Only a couple of minutes walk from the station, the Princes Theatre has a full programme of events throughout the year

Clacton’s sandy beach is a must for families throughout the summer, along the beach are various amusement arcades, but the pier is always a pull, with colourful games and rides and attractions like ten pin bowling, go karts, soft play and adventure golf. There is a Halloween Festival and Xmas at the pier every year

The museum, renamed after its co-founder in March 2018, is situated in the Old Lever Room in Crossing Cottage garden, adjacent to the railway level crossing. Primarily concerned with the single line between Thorpe-le-Soken and Walton-on-the-Naze and its impact on the community in that area, there are many interesting artefacts.