Roman and Medieval Festival 2026

Schedule

Sat, 06 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sun, 07 Jun, 2026 at 06:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Lower Castle Park, CO1 1XS Colchester, United Kingdom | Colchester, EN

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When: June 6th & 7th 2026
Where: Lower Castle Park, St Peters Street entrance (Ryegate) Colchester, C01 1HL.
Tickets: Adults ยฃ10.00, under 16s FREE
FREE parking:
๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ, ๐—–๐—ข๐Ÿญ ๐Ÿญ๐—ซ๐—ก
Walk along Pavilion View and cross at the Lower Castle Park footbridge (5 minutes walk to the festival)
๐Ÿฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ from the festival.
The route will be sign posted and staff on hand to help with directions.
๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is available at the leisure center.


A huge fun packed and educational event in Colchester's Castle Park.
Re-enactors from the Viking, Roman and Medieval periods showing fighting skills, cookery and living history camps.
A grand Market with all kinds of treasures for you to browse.
One of Britain's largest and most exciting longbow competitions.
Ale bars, hog roast, excellent food outlets. Join in the archery and axe throwing.
Story tellers, puppeteers, traders, musicians, hawkers, wonderful sights and sounds
Free dressing up and activities for children.
Free parking.
Dogs welcome
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Where is it happening?

Lower Castle Park, CO1 1XS Colchester, United Kingdom, 63 High Street, Colchester, CO1 1DN, United Kingdom

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