Our Autumn
worksheets are out...
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A great way to entertain your kids and engage them with the nature and wildlife of the park. Maybe learn something with them at the same time!
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Forthcoming Events
Saturday 28 March membership renewal and recruitment stall inside the Museum Street entrance 10am to 3pm
Saturday 25 July Love your Park event including Punch & Judy shows with the amazing Professor Addrian on the meadow by the Roman Rd entrance
For further details, please
email Diana Hargrave at focp.whatson@gmail.com
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Local reflections on park wildife
and wildlife management
Ted Benton on wildlife and 'low mow' in and around the park...
Birds of Castle Park by Michael Padmore, with photographs by Sean Nixon and Glyn Evans
Discover Christopher Howard's
Tree Trail and the Park Oaks...
Tour the park through engagement and learning about its wonderful collection of trees. Download the tree trail from our site or pick up a copy for a small sum at either Hollytrees Visitor Information Centre or the Red Lion Bookshop on the High St.
About
Colchester Castle Park
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Colchester’s distinctive heritage is nowhere more apparent than in Castle Park. A site of national importance, this Victorian Park contains evidence of 2000 years of history and is a landscape moulded by the people of Colchester over many eras.