Welcome to Essex Days Out. We (Mark and Josie) set the site up in 2009 to help people make the most of living in, and visiting Essex. We've been going on days out in Essex together since 1982!

You will find feature articles, and guides to where to visit.

Josie qualified as a Colchester Blue Badge in 1998 and since then she has been leading tours in Colchester and across North Essex and South Suffolk. She says :

"I enjoy leading tours and walks for groups of friends, family groups and work colleagues, and for school groups and interest groups, such as the WEA, the U3A and the WI. I can tailor my tours and walks to your specific needs in terms of the amount of talking and walking you want!

I've led Roman Colchester and Siege of Colchester tours for Key Stage 2 children. I have led a Witchfinder General tour for Year 13 students in the Uk and for students from the Wakes Forest University in North Carolina.

I am happy to create bespoke tours for groups. For a U3A architecture group I have led tours inlcuding "Converted Buildings of Colchester", "The Art Deco Buildings of Frinton" and "Harwich through it's Buildings".

And I have led tours of most of the pretty villages across North Essex and South Suffolk."

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