Stunning cultural Essex is based in the southeast of England.  The county town is Chelmsford, and the only city. Here lies a debate, as Colchester a bit further north and also based in Essex and as Britain's oldest recorded town surely should have city status? However, despite some enthusiastic local councillors I am afraid only Her Majesty can grant city status! Sacked by Boudicca in AD 61 Colchester was a historical Roman settlement/garrison (the town still has a British garrison based here).  History positively explodes from Essex. From Tudor buildings, medieval churches to the remains of the only Roman Circus in England there is so much to see and do.

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For our purposes Select Event Tours we will take you on a bespoke trip into the past and into the historic wool towns giving you a genuine insight into English culture and a better idea of how this seafaring nation really ticks.

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The name Essex originates in the Anglo-Saxon period of the Early Middle Ages and has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon (Old English) name Ēastseaxe ("East Saxons").  After the Norman conquest, Essex became a county.

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During the medieval period, much of the area was designated a Royal forest. Then around 1204, the area "north of the Stanestreet" was disafforested. Gradually, the areas subject to forest law diminished, but at various times they included the forests of Becontree, Chelmsford, Epping, Brentwood,Hatfield, Ongar and Waltham.  Essex is also the land of the Sugar Hut and Towie.

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There Is much to do and see here in this ancient county not least the superb hotels, restaurants, castles, roman remains, the Tiptree Jam factory and of course Mersea Oysters, by far the greatest in the world. Leave it to Select Events Tours, from Saxons to Romans the Tudors and up to the current day we will cherry pick the very best bits.