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6th December 2019 S Rowley

Busy day at the Roman Circus Visitor Centre

The first handmade craft market held at the Roman Circus Visitor Centre was a resounding success. A big ‘THANK YOU’ to everyone who came along on 1 December 2019 and supported

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22nd November 2019 S Rowley

Local artisans to sell their handmade wares at the Roman Circus Visitor Centre

You are invited to the Roman Circus Visitor Centre for our Christmas Craft Market – selling gifts handmade by local artisans.

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19th November 2019 Philip Crummy

Special visitors from Changsha city

              Today we gave a very special welcome to twenty-one town planners from Changsha city in Hunan province in China. They came to Colchester

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6th November 2019 Philip Crummy

Giddy up! Live horses return at last to the Roman Circus. And what’s more – they were small!

Friday 25th of October was a day I’d been looking forward to for some time. In the event, it was an even better day than I had imagined it would

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21st October 2019 S Rowley

Open for the Winter Season

NEW OPENING TIMES FOR THE ROMAN CIRCUS VISITOR CENTRE Traditionally, the Roman Circus Visitor Centre and Café closed for the Winter Season at the end of September. However, due to

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12th September 2019 Philip Crummy

How big were our circus horses?

Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 10 of 10 So here’s the last of the Dig it! exhibition bulletins. It’s a fascinating puzzle: how large were the horses that raced in the

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6th September 2019 Philip Crummy

A piece of broken chariot

Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 9 of 10 A tantalising find from the circus is the decorated head of a broken linchpin. We’ve already featured this in an earlier post where

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3rd September 2019 Philip Crummy

Model of Roman town

  Dig it! exhibition Bulletin 8 of 10 Our model of the Roman town of Colchester – Colonia Victricensis – is starting to take shape. You can see how far we

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