Splash of Ice, a new boutique specialising in high quality handmade silver jewellery, opened in the newly refurbished Red Lion Yard in the heart of Colchester on Friday, 15 August. The 169 sq ft store offers an exclusive range of high-quality, handmade designer silver jewellery sourced from across the world including necklaces,
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JOIN US AT LION WALK & RED LION YARD FOR SUMMER FUN DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
Lion Walk Shopping Centre and Red Lion Yard at the heart of Colchester town centre are putting on a programme of FREE summer fun activities and entertainment every Friday and Saturday during the school holidays. Running to Saturday 30 August, activities range from craft workshops to treasure hunts, giant games
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MAISON WHITE FINE GIFTS & INTERIORS OPENS IN RED LION YARD
Maison White, a new boutique specialising in quality gifts, homewares and interior design has opened in the newly refurbished Red Lion Yard in the heart of Colchester town centre. The store offers an extensive range of gifts and home décor accessories including modern and vintage furniture, cushions, alpaca blankets, home
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RED LION YARD’S £600,000 REFURB REVEALED
The completion of the painstaking refurbishment of Colchester’s historic Red Lion Yard to create a boutique shopping and café quarter will be celebrated with three days of entertainment and family fun starting on Thursday 24 July. Work began on the £600,000 revitalisation in January this year (2014) and has included
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RED LION YARD REFURB REVEALS HOTEL’S HISTORIC LOOK
As part of the ongoing refurbishment of Colchester’s historic Red Lion Yard to create a boutique shopping & café quarter, painstaking work has started restoring brickwork and wooden beams dating back hundreds of years that form part of the Grade I listed Red Lion Hotel. Thanks to a special chemical
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ZOE THE GIRAFFE COMES TO LION WALK!
A giraffe statue commissioned as a legacy to Colchester Zoo’s 50th birthday Stand Tall For Giraffes campaign is settling into its new home at Lion Walk Shopping Centre. The colourful two-metre tall giraffe, which has been named Zoe, was designed by Lauren Connell from St Luke’s Primary School in Tiptree.
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COLCHESTER ZOO LEGACY STATUE TO BE UNVEILED AT LION WALK
A giraffe statue commissioned as a legacy to Colchester Zoo’s Stand Tall For Giraffes campaign will soon be settling into its new home at Lion Walk Shopping Centre. The two-metre tall giraffe, which was designed by local school girl Lauren Connell from St Luke’s Primary in Tiptree, will be installed
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NEW CENTRE MANAGER TAKING ‘PRIDE’ IN LION SPONSORSHIP
Lion Walk’s new centre manager is off to a roaring start after putting the official sponsorship of Colchester Zoo’s lion enclosure at the top of his to do list. John Fleming, who lives in Blackheath, spent more than two decades in the Royal Military Police before starting a new career in shopping centre
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RED LION YARD REVITALISATION UNDERWAY
A £600,000 revitalisation scheme designed to give Colchester’s historic Red Lion Yard a new lease of life as a boutique shopping location will begin on Monday 20 January. Red Lion Yard links the High Street with Lion Walk Shopping Centre and is home to the Grade I listed Red Lion
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GREEN LIGHT FOR RED LION YARD REVITALISATION
Colchester’s historic Red Lion Yard will be given a new lease of life as a boutique shopping location after planning consent was granted for a £600,000 revitalisation. Plans to attract new shoppers and retailers through a sympathetic refurbishment were submitted to Colchester Borough Council by asset managers Sovereign Land (Management)
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