Heritage, Culture and Leisure

Dee Evans is Colchester2020’s Lead Partner for making Colchester an outstanding visitor destination and celebrating its heritage, culture and leisure activities.

This priority builds on the unique value of the historic heritage and cultural facilities on offer in Colchester, but also recognises the importance of leisure to the health, well-being and education of people living in the area. Heritage, culture and leisure contributes to all four strands of the Colchester2020 vision and contributes significantly to the local economy.

Within this priority, we aim to:

Work with stakeholders to agree an outstanding annual Cultural and Heritage Festival and programme with an international audience
Help to initiate a scoping exercise to determine priority leisure activities in Colchester
Continue to champion the development of the firstsite building
Work to change the perception of our heritage to include natural and green spaces
Work with partners to continue to encourage a high standard of construction, building, architecture, public art and urban design that complements and enhances the borough
Develop an integrated promotional campaign for residents and brand the town for non-residents.

Click here to view the action plan which sets out how we look to achieve these aims in more detail.