Dates for your diary...
Artist Lucy Macbrayne
in the park
Saturday 18th March, 11am - 3pm
Local artist Lucy MacBrayne is creating a collage of Colchester Castle as part of her series of Colchester's iconic buildings.
Come and see her working by the Museum Street entrance.
'A Celebration of 130 years of Castle Park'
A special piece by our new Chair, David Hibberd, to celebrate the opening of Castle Park as a public park on the 20th October 1892
'Try Out Our Book Box & Book Exchange'
Take a free book from our book box (at Putt in the Park), try it out, photograph it, post it!!
Leave a book in exchange...
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
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
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.