Coming Events
Launch of Updated Tree Trail
A walk plus Q&A session
Friday 23rd October
10.00am - 12noon
Wreath Making for our Christmas Stall
Lower Bowls Pavilion using material gathered from the Park
Thursday 3rd & Friday 4th December
Christmas Stall
Selling our wreaths Saturday 5th December Museum Street Entrance inside the Park
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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
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.