Colchester Castle was built by the Normans in the 1070s, and is the largest keep ever built by the French invaders. It is located on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius.

Colchester Castle sits on the foundations of the Roman Temple of Claudius The roof was added to the castle in the 1930s and large puddles have started forming on the flat sections.

The temple is one of at least Roman-era pagan temples in Colchester and was the largest temple of its kind in Roman Britain. Trending Colchester Castle was built by the Normans on the site of the ...

Colchester Castle was built on the foundations of a Roman temple Colchester has put in an official bid to become a city, as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. The Queen is due to ...

Colchester is currently Essex’s second-largest city and has a population of 130,000 people. It calls itself Britain’s first city, sitting on the River Colne.

Colchester Castle – which is a registered ‘at-risk’ building by Historic England due to drainage issues on its roof - will receive £1,293,625 in the fund. This fourth round of the ...

FURTHER excavation on the Romano-British site at Colchester has revealed more fully the character and purpose of the remarkable enclosure and contained building discovered at Sheepen Farm on the ...

Exhibits are set to be moved out of the Norman keep in January next year, to clear the way for a £4.2million revamp. The empty venue will be hired to the public from March 9 to April 7, before it ...

A HISTORIC park and its attractions were put on lockdown this morning after police officers attended an incident. Colchester Castle Park, Colchester Castle and Hollytrees Museum were all closed to ...