The 10 Best Fun Activities & Games in Colchester, England

Splatkidz offers low impact Paintball and LaserTag games and Birthday parties. We offer Paintball for kids of 8+ and Lasertag for kids of 6+ in the Colchester and Brentwood areas. We use special equipment, designed specifically for children. This enables us to provide a fun, safe, low impact version of the popular sport of Paintball, and a new exciting and immersive version of Lasertag especially for kids that lets them experience all their favourite video games but for real! Parents, older friends and siblings also love it too, and are also welcome to join in!

We are a paint your own ceramics studio, and gift shop. We also serve freshly ground coffee, teas, and cakes/snacks.

A cutting-edge Gaming Arena can to play the latest games, test the latest tech and join other like minded gamers across multiple platforms including PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Compete against other players both locally and nationally in a range of different titles through our Arena Clash, Arena Cups and leader boards! Belong is the perfect place to catch up and challenge pals in person, instead of over a headset! We offer lots of private hire packages for birthdays, stag dos, educational groups, university societies and streamer meetups!

Escape Colchester is a new, fun, challenging activity in Colchester. We will lock you up in a mysterious escape room, and give you exactly 60 minutes to get out. In order to beat the live escape game you and your team must solve many puzzles, riddles, brain teasers and identify clues.

When we started to put together the idea of what we wanted from our centre, we decided to put our customer’s needs at the forefront of what we want to offer. All this adds up to a place in which you can come and de-stress. We don’t want to just be a place that people come to climb, we want to be THE place that’s at the centre of their climbing lifestyle.

Welcome to the end of the world. Doomsday Games is an immersive interactive puzzle experience. Think you have what it takes to survive and save the world?

Valhalla Lanes is Essex’s first indoor axe throwing venue. Come and try your hand at the age old Viking sport of axe throwing. You will be transported back in time with our Viking decor. And once you start throwing and hitting the targets, you will find it hard to stop. It’s great fun for guys, girls and older kids. Come and join us at Valhalla Lanes and unleash your inner Viking.

Dice & a Slice is a board game cafe! Choose as many games as you like from a selection of around 700 to play, whilst enjoying great food and drink and a licensed bar. To play our selection of games the price for the whole day per person is £3 on Monday - Friday and £5 at the weekend for adults, £2 Monday - Friday and £3 at the weekend for children. Also you can play for 1 hour at a time (weekends only) for £3 adults and £2 children. No obligation to play however you can just have a food and/or a drink!

Leisure World Tiptree shares its facilities with the local Thurstable School and Sports College and is open to the public 7 days a week. The centre boasts many excellent facilities including a 3rd Generation football pitch with floodlights, fitness suite and a climbing wall. Many different clubs such as football, badminton and an internationally recognised rollerskating club (TARSC) operate out of the site. There are fitness classes, children's coaching courses and adult sports sessions. Facilities can be booked on a pay and play basis and fitness membership options are available. Equipment can be hired for a number of sports if you do not have your own.