Colcestrian Olympian Dominic King will be at Lion Walk in Colchester town centre at 10am tomorrow (Friday 25 March) to support the shopping centre’s Ride to RIo Sport Relief fund raising Challenge. Long distance walker, Dominic qualified for Team GB for Rio 2016 last weekend after finishing as the leading
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JOIN THE RIDE TO RIO & WIN £50 FOR SPORT RELIEF & £50 TO SPEND
We’re giving away £100 every day for the rest of this week (Thursday, Friday & Saturday) as part of the Ride to Rio SPORT RELIEF fundraising activity at Lion Walk in the heart of Colchester. £50 will go to SPORT RELIEF and £50 will be vouchers for you to spend
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JOIN OUR “RIDE TO RIO” CHALLENGE TO RAISE MONEY FOR SPORT RELIEF 2016
Lion Walk & Red Lion Yard shopping centres in Colchester are looking for individuals, companies and groups to take part in a fun 5,760-mile “Ride to Rio” challenge on exercise bikes to raise money for Sport Relief 2016. Participants are sure to have a great time, get some exercise all
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LOVE LION WALK Facebook Photo Competition
WIN £50 to spend in Lion Walk & Red Lion Yard in our LOVE LION WALK photo competition. We want to share the love this Valentine’s. Who or what do you love? Is it your spouse or partner, your kids or your best mates, your pet, your Xbox or even
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HUGE SUCCESS FOR SANTA’S MAGICAL POST OFFICE IN LION WALK & RED LION YARD
Santa’s Magical Post Office in Colchester’s historic Red Lion Yard, which links the popular Lion Walk Shopping Centre with the High Street, has been a huge success to date with more than 600 children having already visited to write their letter to Santa and there is still plenty of time
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SANTA’S MAGICAL POST OFFICE COMES TO LION WALK & RED LION YARD
PLUS GREAT SHOPPING & FESTIVE FUN THROUGH OUT THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD Santa’s Magical Post Office is coming to Red Lion Yard, which links the popular Lion Walk Shopping Centre with the High Street this Christmas. Santa himself will open his Post Office on Sunday 29 November at 12noon – the
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WAR VETERAN LAUNCHES BRITISH LEGION’S POPPY APPEAL SHOP IN RED LION YARD
94-year old war veteran Roy Welland together with Colchester’s Mayor Theresa Higgins will inaugurate the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal Shop in Red Lion Yard right in the heart of Colchester, at 2pm on Saturday 24 October. This is the fifth year that the pop-up shop has been located in
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SPOOKTACULAR FUN AT RED LION YARD & LION WALK
Are you brave enough to pay us a visit? From 24 October, the historic Red Lion Yard in the heart of Colchester, gets an amazing spooktacular Halloween makeover with witches that cackle and glow; giant spiders spinning their webs, just waiting to pounce on the unwary visitor; and scary creatures
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LION WALK & RED LION YARD ARE GOING CARNIVAL CRAZY
Lion Walk Shopping Centre and Red Lion Yard in the heart of Colchester town centre are inviting shoppers to enjoy FREE summer carnival fun taking place every Saturday in August. Carnival mask-making craft workshops and carnival face painting for the kids, salsa dancers on stilts and samba tunes are all
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EXHIBITION CELEBRATES REGENERATION & RENAISSANCE IN COLCHESTER TOWN CENTRE
The Colchester Town Centre Team, a group of Colchester town centre businesses including Lion Walk, private organisations and public bodies, has organised an exhibition to promote the regeneration and renaissance that is taking place in the town centre and is inviting feedback from the public about the evolution of the town
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LAST CHANCE TO ENTER TAKE A SELFIE IN LION WALK AND WIN A ZOOKEEPER FOR THE DAY EXPERIENCE
There are just a few more days left to enter Lion Walk Shopping Centre and Colchester Zoo’s selfie competition, with the chance to win an amazing zookeeper for the day experience. The competition closes at midnight on Tuesday 30 June. Lion Walk Shopping Centre has been working closely with the
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HOW MANY COLCHESTER DADS WILL GET THEIR PETROLHEAD DREAMS FULFILLED TOMORROW?
A special pre-Father’s Day survey carried out at Lion Walk Shopping Centre & Red Lion Yard in Colchester town centre earlier today (Saturday 20 June 2015) revealed that the gift Colchester dads would most like to receive is a car (and it’s also the gift Colchester women would most like
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APPLES & PEARS FIRST POP-UP STORE COMES TO RED LION YARD 20 – 21 JUNE
Apples & Pears, an online clothing retailer offering affordable fashion for women size 14 and over, is opening its first ever pop-up store in 10/11 Red Lion Yard for two days this weekend (Saturday and Sunday 20 -21 June). Apples & Pears is run and owned by Liz Smith, who
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THE LIONS’ DEN – DADS’ CHILL OUT ZONE
Bosses at Lion Walk Shopping Centre and Red Lion Yard in Colchester town centre are setting up a special Chill Out Zone for dads & their kids on Saturday (20 June 2015). With comfy seating, magazines and newspapers to read, nibbles and samples supplied by some of the businesses in
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Hungry?! – New menu at East Coast Diner
Red Lion Yard’s American style diner, East Coast Diner, has just launched a new menu. Check out the new tasty grilled chicken burgers: – Breaded chicken breast fillet with cheddar cheese, smoked bacon & coleslaw – £6.95 – Peri-peri marinated chicken breast fillet with fresh lime & rocket –
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STARS TOOK TO THE CATWALK AT LION WALK SHOPPING CENTRE & LARRY THE LION GOT AN NEW OUTFIT
In the grand finale of ‘Style Destination’, Colchester’s first ever fashion week (24 April – 2 May), seven lucky ‘Dress Like a Star’ competition winners showed off their new celebrity looks at the catwalk style shows held at Lion Walk Shopping Centre on Saturday 2 May. Plus on the same
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Colchester Parking Deals
There are some great parking deals available to visitors – from £3.50 all day at St John’s to only 50p on Sundays at selected sites. You can find all the details at www.colchester.gov.uk/parking
Colchester’s Park & Ride is now open
Colchester’s long-awaited Park & Ride is now open – located just off Junction 28 of the A12. Buses do a loop of the town before heading back Service runs Monday to Saturday Adult return ticket £2, children (aged between 5 and 15 years inclusive) – daily £1, weekly £5, monthly
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STYLE DESTINATION COMES TO LION WALK & RED LION YARD
DRESS LIKE A STAR CELEBRITY MAKEOVERS, LIVE MANNEQUINS & FREE KIDS WORKSHOPS Lion Walk Shopping Centre and Red Lion Yard kick off their Colchester Style Destination activity today (Wednesday, 22 April) with the launch of their “Dress Like A Star” competition to find 8 lucky people to enjoy a
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HAVE AN EGGS-TRA SPECIAL EASTER WITH FREE FAMILY FUN AT LION WALK & RED LION YARD
For an eggs-tra special and fun Easter bring the kids to Lion Walk Shopping Centre and Red Lion Yard, in the heart of Colchester, to take part in FREE family fun and games on Good Friday and Easter Saturday (3 & 4 April). An Easter egg hunt and Easter themed
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