some events in and around Colchester: September 2013

In September, some of the upcoming events and activities in and around Colchester are:

3rd – Friends of Colchester Museums lecture: ‘COLCHESTER AT WAR – Life on the Home Front’, by local historian Patrick Denney, at 7.30pm at Lion Walk Church. See www.the-friends-of-colchester-museums.com/?page=lecture

14th – the Colne barge match, starting from Bateman’s Tower, Brightlingsea. The match consists of two races for traditional sailing boats, one for Colne smacks and one for Thames sailing barges, starting this year at 8.30am and returning in the afternoon. The Colne match is the final event in the annual series of nine sailing matches. Read more at www.sailingbargeassociation.co.uk/ and at www.sailingbargeresearch.org.uk/

12th-15th – Heritage Open Days: heritage buildings, institutions and sites which are participating in the HOD scheme are open to visitors, free of charge, for four days (12th-15th September). Some of these places may not usually be open to visitors. Please check details of opening times, events, etc in the local press, on site or on the HOD web-site at www.heritageopendays.org.uk/

17th – Friends of Colchester Museums lecture: ‘LOOKING FOR RICHARD III: an update on the project’, by historian John Ashdown-Hill, at 7.30pm at Lion Walk Church.

18th – Friends of the Colchester Archaeological Trust (FCAT) outing to Maldon in Essex, 9.00am-about 6.00pm. The outing will include a guided tour of the historic  Moot  Hall, ending up on the roof, and a 3-hour cruise on the barge Victoria, from Paper Mill Lock and along the Chelmer Navigation as far as the 12th-century Ulting Church, and returning to Paper Mill Lock. More details on this web-site at www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=6794

21st – the Colchester YAC (Young Archaeologists’ Club) September meeting: ‘Roman circuses’, including a look at the Trust’s current excavation of part of the site of the circus, at Roman Circus House, 10.00am-12.00 noon. YAC details on this web-site at www.thecolchesterarchaeologist.co.uk/?p=6033

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Colchester’s Roman circus site, centre and cafe are open to visitors every day (not Sunday), 10.00am-4.00pm. Entrance is free.

The sketch plan shows how to find the Roman circus site, centre and cafe at Roman Circus House.

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