Monday 18 May 2026 (1344) – First Bus 33684 (SN12 AFO) seen in Colchester High Street. It is an Alexander Dennis Enviro400D new in June 2012 to First Games Transport - the division of the First Group that provided transport at the 2012 London Olympics.

Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain which served as a provincial Roman capital of Britain. The city was was attacked and destroyed during Boudica's rebellion in AD 61. Sometime after the destruction, London became the capital of the province of Britannia. Colchester claims to be Britain's first city and has been an important military base since the Roman era through to the present day. Colchester Castle was constructed in the eleventh century on earlier Roman foundations.