Into Independents

Hair­dress­ing ser­vice also sell­ing afro & nat­ur­al hair products. 

We’re locat­ed in Colch­ester High Street in a love­ly Geor­gian Prop­er­ty close by the Cas­tle and Cas­tle Park Gar­dens. There are plen­ty of fan­tas­tic eater­ies and love­ly places to vis­it close by which is fab­u­lous for cus­tomers that want to make a day of it and con­tin­ue the cel­e­bra­tions after their appointment.

We’ve been around now for over 15 years and have proud­ly looked after thou­sands of Brides and Grooms. Many trav­el to see us because of our rep­u­ta­tion and over the years we’ve looked after sev­er­al VIP Celebs includ­ing Rylan Clarke, Olly Murs, the Towie Lads plus we’ve been fea­tured in Hel­lo Mag­a­zine twice. Our one to one spe­cial wed­ding dress appoint­ments are award win­ning and we strive to ensure that you enjoy an indi­vid­ual and per­son­al wed­ding dress shop­ping expe­ri­ence. Each of our VIP style rooms have been designed with our clients in mind; from mood music and soft light­ing to com­pli­men­ta­ry refresh­ments. Our team of Styl­ists will go the extra mile to ensure you look and feel amaz­ing and gen­uine­ly want to impress you with our ser­vice, our prod­ucts and our styling skills. Above all else they want you to feel spe­cial and look incredible.

Come & dis­cov­er our store in Colch­ester, Essex. One of East Angli­a’s lead­ing fash­ion bou­tiques offer­ing the lat­est design­er brands and fash­ion styles for men & women with the very best cus­tomer ser­vice to make your shop­ping expe­ri­ence tru­ly memorable.

Fam­i­ly run café where your com­fort is our pri­or­i­ty, serv­ing food, cof­fees, wines, spir­its & cocktails.

Offer­ing Oph­thalmic ser­vices to the peo­ple Colch­ester and wider com­mu­ni­ties for over 100 years. As an Inde­pen­dent opti­cians, we always place the patient at the fore­front of our ser­vice. Our opti­cians pro­vide a full range of eye care ser­vices includ­ing: eye exam­i­na­tions, con­tact lens fit­tings, a com­pre­hen­sive selec­tion of con­tem­po­rary and tra­di­tion­al frames, lens­es, sunglasses.

By only using qual­i­fied optometrists for the eye exam­i­na­tions and con­tact lens fit­ting, and qual­i­fied dis­pens­ing opti­cians for the fit­ting of frames and lens­es, (all of whom are reg­is­tered with the gen­er­al Opti­cal Coun­cil), we are able to pro­vide com­plete, high qual­i­ty eye care solu​tions​.As part of our tra­di­tion­al approach to pro­vid­ing high stan­dards of eye care, we offer a full adjust­ment ser­vice for all of our spec­ta­cles. We have a high­ly skilled and expert opti­cal tech­ni­cian on site, work­ing in our lab­o­ra­to­ry 5 days a week to ensure con­ti­nu­ity of ser­vice for our patients.

Sim­ply call in to our prac­tice and our staff will always be pleased to help you.

Estate Agents based in Colch­ester. We are renowned for achiev­ing the best price the mar­ket is will­ing to pay and for our straight-talk­ing approach. We strike the right bal­ance by deter­min­ing a full mar­ket price with­out being unre­al­is­tic – help­ing to reduce the stress of a prop­er­ty sale/​let con­sid­er­ably. We will give you a frank and hon­est eval­u­a­tion of your prop­er­ty and will do every­thing we can to make sure your prop­er­ty receives an unpar­al­leled amount of view­ings from the rel­e­vant audience. 

Whether you’re look­ing to sell or let, it is our job to make the most of your prop­er­ty by work­ing out its full poten­tial and val­ue. Boy­dens will give your prop­er­ty the time and atten­tion it deserves, under­stand­ing your sit­u­a­tion and require­ments, in order to obtain the best pos­si­ble price for you.

Local, award win­ning sup­pli­ers bring us the best from the mar­kets dai­ly and we take great care turn­ing the ingre­di­ents into mouth­wa­ter­ing savoury & sweet delights for all.

Fresh­ly baked sweet and savoury waf­fles, smoked salmon and organ­ic farm fresh scram­bled eggs, fresh­ly baked scones dai­ly, banana & tof­fee por­ridge, eggs bene­dict and so much more all help to make up a fab­u­lous menu that changes with the seasons.

Addi­tion­al­ly, we have great cof­fees, a vast range of qual­i­ty teas from all around the world, local­ly pro­duced fruit juices, plus good wine from fur­ther afield. 

Pop in and try us — you’ll love us!!

Sit­u­at­ed oppo­site the old­est stand­ing build­ing in the town cen­tre Café Med offers a great range of food from a light lunch to a Mediter­ranean feast. Their out­door seat­ing area is per­fect to sit back and relax in on a sum­mers day. 

Inde­pen­dent cof­fee shop based in Eld Lane offer­ing excep­tion­al cof­fee a vari­ety of loose leaf teas and a won­der­ful selec­tion of home made cakes. We try to offer food to order for all dietary require­ments hav­ing a great range of veg­an lunch and sweet treat options.

Cas­tle Estate Plan­ning is an expe­ri­enced fam­i­ly run busi­ness ded­i­cat­ed to help­ing fam­i­lies pro­tect their assets and ensure a secure finan­cial future for the ones they love. We place our cus­tomers at the heart of every­thing we do, pro­vid­ing com­pre­hen­sive Estate Plan­ning Ser­vices includ­ing Wills, Last­ing Pow­ers of Attor­ney and Trusts. 

As mem­bers of The Soci­ety of Will Writ­ers, you can rest assured that you’re in knowl­edge­able hands. Our mis­sion is to pro­vide com­pas­sion­ate sup­port with clear guid­ance so fam­i­lies can make informed deci­sions about secur­ing their estates now and in the future. Our vision is that even­tu­al­ly every­one will have peace of mind know­ing their loved ones are tak­en care of when unex­pect­ed life events occur.

Down­stairs bar- A casu­al affair with sofas and stools, café tables and coun­ters, cof­fee each morn­ing, a quick bite for lunch, craft beer and cock­tails by night, you’ll be wel­comed with warmth and hospitality.

Upstairs bar- Our sun-filled restau­rant upstairs with a groovy col­lec­tion of art­work and trou­vé, is the per­fect escape from the hus­tle and bus­tle of Colch­ester, whether for busi­ness or for pleasure.