COLCHESTER | 4K Narrated Walking Tour | Let's Walk 2021

Join me for a walk around the heart of England's oldest recorded town: Colchester! Located on the eastern edge of Essex, this enthralling town has a history dating back around 2,000 years, having once served as the capital of Roman Britain! Since then, Colchester has been through everything you can imagine, from war to earthquakes, sieges and more, but its history somehow remains on spectacular display.
On our walk around Colchester, we pass a number of interesting landmarks, including the Roman Balkerne Gate, Jumbo Water Tower, St. Peter's Church, the old Essex & Suffolk Fire Office, The Walking Woman, Colchester High Street, Colchester Town Hall (Moot Hall), Colchester Hippodrome, St. Martin's Church, the home of Jane & Ann Taylor (writers of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star), the Dutch Quarter, St. Helen's Chapel, Castle Park, Colchester Castle, Hollytrees House, Colchester War Memorial, former All Saints' Church (Natural History Museum), Firstsite Art Gallery (the Golden Banana), The Minories, the ruins of St. Botolph's Priory, and St. Botolph's Church.
Thank you so much to the following sites for their help in my research of Colchester:
www.discoveringbritain.org/ac...
www.discoveringbritain.org/co...
www.stpeterscolchester.org/re...
britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/...
www.british-history.ac.uk/vch...
www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/
statues.vanderkrogt.net/objec...
www.colchester.gov.uk/info/cb...
www.visitcolchester.com/food-...
colchesterheritage.co.uk/monu...
www.britainexpress.com/counti...
www.britainexpress.com/attrac...
www.castlesfortsbattles.co.uk/...
www.colchester-zoo.com/enclos...
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item...
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/v...
firstsite.uk/about-firstsite/...
www.itv.com/news/anglia/2021-...
www.english-heritage.org.uk/v...
0:00 Balkerne Gate
1:22 Colchester Roman Town Walls
1:43 Balkerne Gate
1:58 Jumbo Water Tower
3:10 Balkerne Gardens
3:58 St. Peter's Church
4:17 North Hill
4:36 Former Post Office
4:47 High Street
4:57 Essex & Suffolk Fire Office
5:20 High Street
6:10 The Walking Woman
6:31 Man Holding Coffee Cup
6:46 High Street
7:23 Colchester Town Hall
8:04 High Street
8:46 West Stockwell Street
10:03 St. Martin's Church
10:27 West Stockwell Street
10:42 House of Jane & Ann Taylor - writers of 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star'
11:10 West Stockwell Street (Dutch Quarter)
12:54 Quakers Alley
13:32 East Stockwell Street
13:53 St. Helen's Lane
14:54 St. Helen's Chapel
15:28 Maidenburgh Street
15:41 Rye Gate
15:54 Castle Park
16:47 Colchester Castle
18:41 Remains of Anglo-Saxon Chapel (unearthed in the 1930s)
18:58 Colchester Castle
19:48 Hollytrees House
20:41 Colchester War Memorial
21:17 High Street
21:26 Former All Saints' Church (now Natural History Museum)
21:44 Queen Street
22:10 Lewis Gardens
22:47 Firstsite Art Gallery (The Golden Banana)
23:13 The Minories
23:41 Lewis Gardens
23:53 Queen Street
25:47 Priory Street
26:12 Ruins of St. Botolph's Priory
27:34 St. Botolph's Church
27:59 Ruins of St. Botolph's Priory
28:36 Thank you for watching!
Stats for nerds:
Distance walked: 1 mile/1.6km
Step count: 2000 steps (approx.)
Time taken: 27 mins 56 secs
Average speed: 2.1mph/3.4kmh
Please do not use any footage from this video without my permission.

[@LetsWalkUK]

🎤 To watch with subtitles - please click the 'CC' button on your KZbin video player :) Good evening! And thank you so much for tuning into this narrated video walk around what may well be England's oldest town: Colchester! Once the capital of Roman Britain, the town's history does actually go back to the era before the Romans invaded. The first mention of Colchester is thought to have come in the year 20 BC, when it was a major settlement for native Celtic tribes. Interestingly, Colchester - known as Camulodunum to the Romans - is also thought to be a possible location of the legendary Camelot Castle!

[@gailnewcomb8256]

Thank for making this very interesting and informative video! I wish I could see it in person. ❤

[@janicespiby2505]

Lovely Colchester a garrison town ❤️

[@user-uw4zm2os3n]

reminds me of my time exchanging in Essex, really appreciate this video, greeting from China

[@sparkyofglasgow2195]

I lived in colchesster for one in 1982 to leaarn English. Had taken a lot of photos of colchester including the castle. I stayed in Maldon road. Greetings from kuwait

[@perky8340]

An English lady now living in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦...Miss my home so much.. Thank you for helping with my home sickness 💖

[@andreslinares6429]

My uncle's used to live in Colchester and in my childhood I used to visit over the summer. Colchester was the first place I visited outside my country and it will always have an important place in my heart. ❤

[@KK-mg1ye]

I was born and raised in Colchester and I still learned a lot from this, thank you!

[@derekwalker6900]

Thanks for another great walk. The history of Colchester has always fascinated me, your walk and explanations really bought it to life.

[@janicespiby2505]

Well worth a visit

[@ofrarose]

Wonderful! I have lived there for three great years.

[@tonyrigger]

Really enjoyed the narration. Far more enjoyable than your subtitle versions. Many thanks.

[@LetsWalkUK]

I'm so glad to hear it! We'll be having more narrated walks every week from now on - so do stay tuned for more from around the country :) Thank you for watching and for your very kind words!

[@japanwalktour1348]

Another great informative video! When I watch your videos, l learn history in the world 🌎 thank you for sharing such great videos with us. greeting from Japan 🇯🇵

[@wolf3104]

This city has a strange vibe. I guess many things happened there thru history.And it is not an evil vibe.A good vibe , cozy , friendly one.

[@PinnedonPlaces]

Fantastic and so interesting, we love seeing Colchester such a great town. thanks for taking us on a lovely walk :)

[@LetsWalkUK]

You're welcome! And thank you so much for watching - Colchester is indeed a fascinating place to visit, and I'm really glad you enjoyed this virtual tour of the town centre :)

[@cc_editz_]

I recognise all of these pictures since I live in Colchester!

[@suzannewilliamson3304]

Thank you for an incredible tour of Colchester. I had little knowledge of this fascinating town and I love the roman history. Can't wait to see where you're going next!

[@LetsWalkUK]

Ha ha thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Colchester is a really captivating place with some incredible history, and beyond the Roman stuff - I didn't know all that much about it before I visited :) There are many more captivating walks to come on the channel, so do stay tuned!

[@WhiteHartDane]

Well that was really interesting. Colchester has so much to offer and is a real treasure if you're into history and architecture. I briefly visited the town in 2002 but only had an hour or so before I had to continue to Harwich to get on the ferry to Denmark. Thanks for the upload.

[@theresabradley4716]

Such a fascinating place! Yet another one to add to the list of places to go. I do enjoy your videos immensely. Thank you for narrating them - when I make them larger on the computer or telly the subtitles on the non-narrated videos get chopped off on either end of the screen, and I miss things while trying to read them. Thank you for bringing these intriguing places to us. Cheers from Australia.

[@northernskys]

Thank you for another fascinating walk. Colchester just reeks of history. Cannot wait to re-visit this amazing city once international air travel, and the World, is back to "normal". Cheers from Oz!

[@LetsWalkUK]

It really is a fascinating town - and with so much spectacularly-preserved history, I loved visiting and discovering it all! I really hope you get the chance to visit again soon - it's a wonderful place as I'm sure you know :) Thank you so much for watching!

[@lcf8050]

Thankyou for such an interesting walk . We are thinking of moving to the area later this year so its been really helpful.

[@lauraalleguen6685]

Great Walk 😊- I've been to Colchester Essex many times .. lovely town and a lovely Walk, thanks 👍 for sharing with us...

[@RelaxedRoamer]

Amazing walk 😍 I enjoyed watching it

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked the walk :)

[@iainb1577]

I have always been fascinated by history and etymology and the two come together with myth and legend in this place. Camulodunum if the roman style end is removed leaves us with a word which is very close in sound to Camelot. Camul was an ancient British war god and "dun" is Brittonic for a settlement which led to the modern word town. It seems very fitting to have the army there now.

[@LetsWalkUK]

It's a really fascinating story! The Romans' name for the town was indeed likely influenced by the old Brittonic name for Colchester, but I love the thought that it may have been the home of Camelot too :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the walk!

[@ES-aussie68]

Fascinating, all the times I walked in Colchester and Castle Gardens and was unaware of much of this.

[@sueamos3860]

Very interesting indeed, thank you

[@Exstravagantlove]

Most professional historical outlook of the town . I have heard . Awesome 👍

[@wefukthenwo]

Love your videos. Thanks.

[@michellebruce5092]

Awesome live walk in the town of Colchester England. Very beautiful and historical the medieval town is. Your history lessons are always great and your walks are always enjoyable. Can't wait to see more soon. How is your weekend? Mine is great. We have lots of snow here in Canada. Have a great day 😀😊 greetings from Canada

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video - Colchester certainly is a fascinating place full of history :) I'm glad you had a nice weekend and lots of snow - I wish we had a bit here too!

[@michellebruce5092]

@@LetsWalkUK we have lots of snow. But it's hard to shovel the snow. And walk in it. Looking forward to your next video. Had you ever tried Sudeley Castle. It's a great historical visit and walk. 😀

[@maureenmcglynn3777]

PLEASE KEARN TO PRONOUNCE CAMULODIUM. Sorry if my spelling is off.I was born in Colchester and very proud of it's history.

[@spiritofjapan]

Great area for an interesting walk! Didn’t appreciate Colchester had so much to see!

[@LetsWalkUK]

Indeed there's a heap of things to see in Colchester - and we didn't even get to visit all of the town centre's landmarks! The oldest church in Colchester, for example, is located on the south side of the High Street - and dates back to the Anglo-Saxon era around 1020 AD :) Thank you so much for watching - I'm really glad you enjoyed the walk!

[@lauraalleguen6685]

I love BOTH 💓 Your videos - the narrating ones and the word's in the screen.... brilliant videos thanking you....

[@victoriaaletaaustria2817]

Greatly informative with the help of your narratives. Keep it up! 👍👏👏👏👏👏

[@mikelee3067]

Fascinating tour I've never been to Colchester before but I intend to stay for a weekend and visit soon. Thanks for your informative video

[@hartshp]

Thanks for your excellent Colchester walkabout narration. We visited the town today for the first time and used your route as a basis for our own tour. I’m sure we would have missed much of interest if we hadn’t known where to look. Thanks again, I’ll be sure to keep an eye on your channel.

[@Tony-gv6ty]

Informative vlog.Nice filming, thanks.

[@trisnuvachr1988]

Thank you! Very imformative!

[@davyjones844]

Thank you, Nice Video as usual

[@LetsWalkUK]

And thank you very much for watching! I'm really glad you enjoyed the walk :)

[@janesmith5313]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video. I live in Canada but my Father was born in Colchester. I’m hoping to go to England this year sometime. Thanks again

[@daphnethurlow5388]

Very well presented..lovely area..

[@jasontheworldisyours]

Cool walking tour

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it - Colchester is full of very cool history :)

[@kaywilby7886]

Great video. I learned a lot. Thanks for posting

[@LetsWalkUK]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the video - Colchester certainly is full of enthralling history :)

[@andyadventures2841]

Great tour my friend 🙏

[@andywright3450]

Great vlog Cheers

[@LondonWalkbyLondonSocialite]

Nice walk 🦋🦋🦋

[@4KWalkinJapan]

Thank you for your wonderful Videos. I'm Your Fan.

[@LetsWalkUK]

And thank you very much for watching! I'm really glad you're enjoying the videos :)

[@Scrimjer]

I click on these as soon as post

[@LetsWalkUK]

Ha ha that's very kind of you to say! I'm really glad you're enjoying them - and that makes me all the more keen to make many more walks from around the country, so thank you!

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

Deerie me, looks like Colchester might have a place for me, judging by that at 6:43

[@fyodorseriencha6538]

At 17:04 who the fk wanted to demolish that kind of nice looking historic castle then?

[@user-rn7nd5bp1u]

I live here 😀

[@julieblackstock8650]

thats weird,, twinkle twinkle little star is also said to have been written in Lavenham, Suffolk

[@robnewman6101]

I saw the Police Car.

[@mohammedlasheen9856]

That's a small fraction if compared to Egyptian history

[@krob2327]

A very nice place being ruined by too many new comers.

[@nealcole126]

cole boy popping in can thiu growest weed thgere?