Into Independents

Friend­ly Vap­ing shop locat­ed in Colch­ester on Eld Lane. Here suit the needs of all types of vapers from new to expe­ri­enced. We have a selec­tion of over 60 brands of E‑liquids and stock all the lat­est devices out. Pop in for a free cof­fee and have a browse at your own leisure. 10% dis­count offered to all emer­gency ser­vices, NHS, mil­i­tary and students.

An eclec­tic mix of fur­ni­ture, cloth­ing and bric-à-brac to make your home unique, with a vin­tage vinyl area where you can try before you buy.

Estab­lished in 1991 Emson Haig are sit­u­at­ed in one of the UK’s largest shop­ping malls, Intu Lakeside.

The Lake­side show­room hous­es three very suc­cess­ful bou­tiques for Omega, Pan­do­ra and Swarovski.

We stock a wide range of Jew­ellery, Watch­es, Acces­sories and Giftware.

We cur­rent­ly stock a num­ber of Watch and Jew­ellery brands includ­ing Tudor, Omega, Chopard, Chanel, Guc­ci and Pandora.

We pride our­selves on excel­lent cus­tomer ser­vice and there­fore believe that knowl­edge­able, well-trained staff are essential.

Ex Why Zed con­sists of a team of cre­atives who trans­form your ideas into print. We offer excel­lent cre­ative print­ing ser­vices, includ­ing hard­back book print­ing, book­let print­ing, leaflet print­ing, and more. 

Our friend­ly and knowl­edge­able team is ready to assist you in every area of your print­ing jour­ney, from choos­ing the best print style for your project to send­ing you a range of paper sam­ples that could help with your deci­sion-mak­ing. We also use indus­try-lead­ing machines, such as the Hei­del­berg litho press­es and HP Indi­go dig­i­tal press­es, to pro­vide you with the high­est qual­i­ty print possible.

We have long stand­ing pres­ence in the town. Our Crouch Street salon opened 25 years ago and Eld Lane was launched over 40 years ago. With so much expe­ri­ence and a deter­mi­na­tion to mix tra­di­tion­al val­ues with all the lat­est inno­va­tion in the hair indus­try, your vis­it to, the award win­ning, Faces will be outstanding!

Retail shop: sewing machine sales and ser­vice, fab­ric, knit­ting, hab­er­dash­ery and indus­tri­al sewing machines. Huge choice of stock in all departments!

Spe­cial­is­ing in good sec­ond-hand and rare lit­er­a­ture, art, his­to­ry, phi­los­o­phy, sci­ence and local inter­est titles, the Colch­ester Book­shop occu­pies three floors of one of the town cen­tre’s most recog­nis­able build­ings: the arch­way lead­ing to Tymperleys.

Drop in for a browse, be amazed by our quirky rooms and stair­cas­es, and won­der at the sur­viv­ing medieval hall roof of the Colch­ester home of William Gilberd (1544−1603), physi­cian to Eliz­a­beth I and one of the world’s great­est ear­ly scientists.

Wel­come to Glow where we spe­cialise in hair, beau­ty, skin and aes­thet­ic treat­ments all under one roof. We are renowned for our pas­sion for beau­ty, use of high end qual­i­ty prod­ucts, pro­vid­ing up to date treat­ments and our friend­ly car­ing team. At Glow all of our treat­ments are bespoke and can be cus­tomised to your indi­vid­ual needs. Our aim is for you to look and feel fan­tas­tic by enhanc­ing your nat­ur­al beau­ty. All of our aes­thet­ic treat­ments are car­ried out by Harley Street trained med­ical pro­fes­sion­als so you can be assured that you are get­ting the best treat­ment in safe hands.

Tra­di­tion­al fam­i­ly gro­cers with over 100 cheeses, cof­fee roast­ed on the premis­es, large range of loose teas and our own ​‘hand cooked gam­mon ham. Many local prod­ucts and gift ham­pers or bas­kets avail­able all year. Colch­ester’s venue for your Christ­mas fayre.