Town To Port trail to be unveiled on Saturday. (From Gazette)
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Town To Port trail to be unveiled on Saturday.
10:23am Tuesday 27th November 2012 in News
THE proposed route of a new trail through Colchester’s Old Port will be unveiled this weekend.
Colchester Council, using European Union funding, has hired designers Dallas Pierce Quintero to make the Hythe a tourist attraction.
This Saturday, people are invited to drop in at the Station Cafe in Hythe Station Road between 11am to 1pm to hear how the project is developing.
They can then walk a route which the council is proposing to upgrade with signs and history boards before enjoying mince pies at the Colne Light Ship.
Comments(8)
MerylthePeril
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12:08pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Simon Taylor
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6:36pm Tue 27 Nov 12
MerylthePeril wrote:They used to have leaflets for the trail, but I guess they were never reprinted. With any luck, the two trails will link together and a new leaflet will include both...
There is already a town to port trail. It was unveiled about 5 years ago and has a series of waymarkers designed by local artists. (It goes from Firstsite, down East Hill, across the Moors, etc) Has this been forgotten already? All it needs is some interpretation boards and a leaflet in the visitor centre.
Grabber
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7:06pm Tue 27 Nov 12
Grabber
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7:08pm Tue 27 Nov 12
julieee
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1:26pm Thu 29 Nov 12
http://www.colcheste
r.gov.uk/article/504
0/Art-Projects
where are they now?
romantic
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5:16pm Mon 3 Dec 12
julieee wrote:The hoardings are still there! Admittedly in a place hardly anybody goes to, but they are there. I pass these and some of the markers on my way to work.
Maybe there could be hoardings at King Edward Quay, or nice marker signs like these....
http://www.colcheste
r.gov.uk/article/504
0/Art-Projects
where are they now?
Still can´t see the Hythe as a tourist destination, maybe I lack any insight into what your modern tourist wants from a trip.
romantic
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8:24pm Mon 3 Dec 12
romantic wrote:revised post: the hoardings are not there any more! I'd be a terrible murder witness, as I pass that spot nearly every day.
julieee wrote: Maybe there could be hoardings at King Edward Quay, or nice marker signs like these.... http://www.colcheste r.gov.uk/article/504 0/Art-Projects where are they now?The hoardings are still there! Admittedly in a place hardly anybody goes to, but they are there. I pass these and some of the markers on my way to work. Still can´t see the Hythe as a tourist destination, maybe I lack any insight into what your modern tourist wants from a trip.
romantic says...
11:19am Tue 27 Nov 12
Not too sure about the Hythe being a tourist destination. The original plan was to create a marina there, but that has seemingly gone to ground, so what we´re getting is multi-storey blocks of rabbit hutches.
But anyway, could be intriguing to see these plans, as I quite often go through the Hythe area.