SANTA will be visiting families in Colchester this year, collecting money for charity.

He will be stopping off for meet and greets with children, while raising funds for Colchester Foodbank and the Colchester Children’s Charity Appeal.

The routes and dates are outlined below:

ROUTE 1: December 10, New Town, 5pm to 7.15pm. Meet and greet Santa at Claudius Road at 5pm.

ROUTE 2: December 10, New Town, 7.30pm to 9.15pm. Leaves Eagle Drive at 7.30pm.

ROUTE 3: December 11, The Hythe, 5pm to 9.15pm. Start at Recreation Road at 5pm.

ROUTE 4: December 12, Highwoods, 5pm to 7pm. Meet and Greet at Mortimer Gardens/ Chapman Place at 5pm.

ROUTE 5: December 12, Highwoods, 7pm to 9.30pm. Leave Brinkley Grove Road at 7pm

ROUTE 6: December 13, St John’s and St. Anne’s, 5pm to 6.45pm. Meet and greet at St. Andrews Gardens at 5pm.

ROUTE 7: December 13, St John’s & St. Anne’s, 6.45pm to 8pm. Leaves Goring Road at 6.45pm.

ROUTE 8: December 13, St John’s & St.Anne’s, 8pm to 9pm. Leave St Monance Way at 8pm.

ROUTE 9: December 14, Barnhall Estate, 5pm to 8.45pm. Start at 5pm outside 28 Roosevelt Way.

ROUTE 10: December 15, Swallowdale Estate, 5pm to 8.30pm. Start at Swallowdale at 5pm.

ROUTE 11: December 16, Cherry Tree Pub, 5pm to 8.30pm. Meet and greet Santa at the Cherry Tree pub Mersea Road at 5pm.

ROUTE 12: December 17, Berechurch Road, 5pm to 9pm. Meet and greet at Britannia pub at 5pm.

ROUTE 13: December 18, Iceni Way, 5pm. Meet at Iceni Way at 5pm.

ROUTE 14: December 19, Mile End, 5pm to 5.45pm. Meet at Olympic Blvd at 5pm.

ROUTE 15: December 19, Mile End, 5.45pm to 7.30pm. Leave Mill Road at 5.45pm.

ROUTE 16: December 19, Mile End, 7.45pm to 10pm.

ROUTE 17: December 20, Greenstead, 5pm to 6.45pm. Meet and Greet Santa in Hawthorn Avenue outside the shops opposite Lugar Close at 5pm.

ROUTE 18: December 20, Greenstead), 6.45pm to 9pm. Leave Blackthorn Avenue at 6.45pm.

ROUTE 19: December 21, Greenstead Estate, 5pm to 7.15pm. Meet and Greet Santa outside the shops on Hawthorn Avenue opposite Lugar Close at 5pm.

ROUTE 20: December 21, Greenstead, 7.30pm to 9pm. Leave Rosalind Close at 7.30pm

You can read more about Santa and his visits here

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