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Colchester Leisure World Colchester Leisure World is one of East Anglia’s largest sports, leisure and entertainment venues. With lots of water based fun, great holiday programmes, a health and fitness centre, a spa and so much more – there really is something for everyone!

With its iconic 13 metre flumes, the Leisure Pool provides 176,000 gallons of water based fun that all the family will love. Enjoy tipping buckets, the outside rapids ride, water fountains and cannons, a seahorse squirter, plus waves, waterfalls and much more.

For fitness swimmers, the newly refurbished Fitness Pool is a must! The 25 metre competition standard Fitness Pool is the perfect way to keep fit, and for absolute beginners and children there is a special Teaching Pool. If you want to learn to swim or improve your skills why not enrol in Colchester Leisure World’s swim school? Lessons are available for customers of all abilities, so why not give them a try? Lessons take place at various times throughout the day and are taught by fully qualified ASA teachers. Don’t delay, learn today!

Colchester Leisure World is also equipped with squash courts, outdoor football pitches and sports halls where you can enjoy badminton and table tennis. Why not consider joining the running club or take part in a trampolining or archery course too?

The Activa health and fitness centre at Colchester Leisure World offers you up-to-the minute fitness equipment combined with a pleasant environment, as well as support and encouragement from a team of friendly fitness professionals. Activa is open 7 days a week, so fits into your life perfectly, offering you an effective approach to exercise. In addition to the well equipped gym there are also a variety of Activa aerobics classes that can be enjoyed throughout the week. From yoga and Pilates, to line dancing and spinning, there is plenty on offer for you to choose from.

Why not soothe, relax and revitalise yourself in Aqua Springs – a unique Mediterranean themed day spa? Making time for yourself can be a challenge but at Aqua Springs a team of dedicated staff can help provide you with a complete environment of rest and relaxation. By paying a visit to Aqua Springs you can enjoy a spa pool, hydrotherapy spas, a steam room, saunas, a cool pool and ice cold plunge – as well as a host of therapy treatments.

Throughout the year Colchester Leisure World also offers a bumper programme of activities for children and teenagers in the school holidays, which is guaranteed to alleviate those cries of boredom! Every school holiday there really is plenty on offer from sports and craft and art based activities, to archery, circus skills and trampolining. The holiday programme varies throughout the year so there is always something different and interesting to enjoy each time.

Every school holiday there is also Kids Camp, for children aged 5-11, and Base Camp for young people aged 12-15. These special camps offer a full day of varied activities and lunch – making them ideal for working parents. Kids Camp participants can enjoy swimming, arts and crafts, a bouncy castle and much more. Those enjoying Base Camp can take part in swimming, day trips out and exciting activities such as archery and karate.

If you want to make the most of all the facilities at Colchester Leisure World, then why not consider joining as a Lifestyles Member? The Lifestyles membership options have been designed to offer you flexibility and value for money. Whatever your preferences for activities, reasons for exercising, age, ability, availability or budget there is an option to fit your lifestyle.

To find out more about the facilities, activities and memberships at Colchester Leisure World call 01206 282000, visit www.colchesterleisureworld.co.uk or drop in for yourself at Colchester Leisure World, Cowdray Avenue, Colchester, CO1 1YH.

Colchester Leisure World is operated by Colchester Borough Council’s Sport and Leisure Service.

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Colchester Town Centre Photos

by Marc on October 28, 2009

Here are some pictures of Colchester Town Centre, I know some are not brochure quality (it was my first ever dslr camera) and I didn’t know how to use it very well.  The purpose was to get some general photos of Colchester and to take my son out on the double decker bus tour which he loved.  If you have some better photos of Colchester, new or old, then please send them to me as I would love to add them to this gallery.

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I’ve just been doing some Colchester related searches, and thought it would be interesting to see what Google thinks are the most relevant websites related to the single-word search term “Colchester”.

I doubt many local people search on the word “Colchester” all by itself, but certainly, people outside of Colchester might do a quick one word search to find out a bit more about the Oldest Town in Britain.

So what is the Top 10 Websites for the single-word search term “Colchester”:

  1. Colchester, Essex – maps.google.co.uk
    • well this certainly makes sense – most people who enter just one word about Colchester will probably be interested in knowing exactly where Colchester actually is.
    • It is also a good site because it tells us a little about Colchester and places to visit such as Colchester Zoo, Universite of Essex, Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester Castle etc.
  2. Colchester Borough Council – colchester.gov.uk
    • This site is run by our local Borough Council.  It is functional, and currently has a big advert telling us what the cheap times are to park in Colchester (although I think it should always be cheap, or even free to park), and the busses too!
    • Generally I think it is good site and I visit it now and again.  There is an news feed that I would recommend everyone subscribe to it – Colchester Borough Council News Feed
  3. Visit Colchester Essex Tourism Tourist Information Guide Mersea Island Colchester Zoo – visitcolchester.com
    • This is one of the best known (and official) Colchester Tourist Information websites.  There is even a “Visit Colchester” online brochure which currently has an article worth reading called “Meet the time-honoured 7 Wonders of Colchester”.
    • On the whole this is a good site, but I could not find any newsfeeds or newsletter subscriptions which would be very useful for people living in Colchester who want to keep up to date with new content.
  4. Colchester Zoo – colchester-zoo.co.uk
    • Colchester Zoo is one of the biggest attractions in Colchester.  It is a truly fantastic zoo and perfect for a great family day out.
    • The Colchester Zoo website is good and has lots of useful information about the zoo.
    • Buying tickets online saves you money – so it is cheaper to buy the tickets from the website than it is at the zoo.
    • If you want to keep up to date with what is happening at the zoo then they have an online zoo newsletter you can subscribe to (which is found on their front page).
  5. Colchester United | CUFC Scores, News, Transfers, Fixtures – cu-fc.com
    • Every CU-FC fan will already know about this website!  All the information you need is here in one place.
    • Has a mobile zone for your mobile phone which is cool.  You can get mobile internet, text alerts, mobile wallpapers, ringtones, games and more.
  6. Colchester – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia – wikipedia.org
    • As it says in its name – a website that is actually about Colchester, covering a variety of different topics such as:
      • History
      • Climate
      • The Army
      • Governance
      • Culture
      • Twin towns
      • Education
      • Transport
      • etc.
    • Everything you want to know about Colchester and then some.  Probably one of the best online resources about Colchester to be found on the web.
    • My Score is 7/10
  7. Welcome to the Colchester Guide – colchesterguide.co.uk
    • The Colchester Guide has a little bit of everything related to Colchester, such as history, what’s on, where to stay, eat and drink and more.
  8. Colchester.uk.com – colchester.uk.com
    • This site is similar to Colchester Guide.  It has information about attractions, arts, history, shopping, news, hotels and restaurants.
  9. Colchester Lathes – colchester.co.uk
    • A business website – Colchester Lathes.  Well, I guess the url “colchester.co.uk” is going to get high rankings in Google!
  10. BBC Sport | Football | My Club | C | Colchester – news.bbc.co.uk
    • Well, the BBC Sport website doesn’t need any introductions.  BBC has an excellent website.  Not much to say apart from if you are interested in Colchester related sports then this an excellent website to visit for your local sports news.
    • You can subscribe to the sports  news.

If you could choose, what would be in your top 10 Colchester related websites?

Next time, I will post my favourite Colchester websites!

nb: list based on google.co.uk and the search word “Colchester” using Chrome browser.

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