WALKINGColchester Arts Centre is just a short walk away from Colchester High Street and local bus stops. Colchester Train station is a 25 minute walk away. You can follow the Elephant Trail from the station to the High Street by following the yellow banners. Colchester Town station is even closer.CYCLINGThere are several bike stands outside Colchester Arts Centre which are covered by CCTV. Further cycle parking can be found outside St Mary’s car park and outside Debenhams in Culver Street West. There are a number of off road and quiet road cycle routes into the town centre. You can download the Colchester Cycle map from the Cycle Colchester website, where you can also find useful information to help and support cyclists.BUSThere are lots of frequent bus services that stop in Colchester Town Centre, either on nearby Head Street or in the High Street, both a five minute walk away. There are also a number of evening bus services that offer a last bus just after 11pm. Colchester Park and Ride offers a quick bus ride into town from the Park and Ride site at junction 28 of the A12. Please note day time services only.TRAINThe nearest station is Colchester town, however there are more trains coming into Colchester’s main station. There are frequent trains from London, Chelmsford, Ipswich and Norwich and stations in between. You can plan your journey to Colchester main or town station on the Greater Anglia website. It is an approximate 25 minute walk from Colchester station, which is clearly marked to the High Street by the Fixing the Link route – look out for elephants and yellow banners on lamp posts!To catch a bus into town, follow the Fixing the Link route to the bus stop on the opposite side of the road to the station. All buses stopping there stop in the High Street which is a ten minute bus ride away.
There is no parking outside the venue in Church Street, except for performers / contractors loading in and out.The nearest car park is St Mary’s a short walk away on Balkerne Hill, leaving to cross the bridge towards the Hole In The Wall pub. Leaving the Mercury Theatre on your right follow the path around to the right until you reach a T junction - now turn right on to Church Street. Proceed to the end of Church Street and the main entrance is on your left
For detailed access information please visit the theatre's access page: www.colchesterartscentre.com/accessibility
Colchester Arts Centre - the little church with the big attitude deep in the heart of Essex. Well that's how we describe it anyway. It sort of works, it at least gives a flavour of what we're about. Because just how do you describe a venue that can put children's entertainer Palfi the Clown on, on the same day as Cradle of Filth? Where a Farmer's Market in the morning becomes a comedy club in the evening, where folk enthusiasts can sit happily knitting (and they do!) in the exact same spot a ferocious mosh pit of teenage dancing takes place the following night? And where the beautiful historic architecture of St Mary's Church dating back over a thousand years, plays host to some of the newest comics, most modern choreographers, some of the coolest DJ's and some of the freshest talent in Britain.Over the years we've promoted Coldplay, Eddie Izzard, Graham Norton, Harry Hill, Catherine Tate, Jo Brand, The Libertines, Ash, The Killers, The Strokes, Phill Jupitus, Mick Jones, Bill Bailey, Jack Dee, Count Arthur Strong - all before anyone had ever heard of them of course - plus the likes of jazz legend Ronnie Scott and even the late lamented and much loved Brian Johnston the cricket commentator.Our passion to present new work bring great bands and comics to Colchester burns more brightly than ever. Our business is all about fresh ideas, new acts, new art forms and vibrant new ways of working. We can't stand still. We embrace the new, the quirky the original and yes, the surreal.
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