The Kings Arms
Licence summary from On Licence, 26 September 2026
- Premises
- The Kings Arms
- Address
- The Kings Arms, 61-63 Crouch Street West, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3EY
- Licence
- Premises licence, M004016
- Status
- In force (register: Current Licence)
- Issued
- 27 July 2005
- Licensing authority
- Colchester City Council
- Activities
- Alcohol on the premises, Alcohol off the premises, Late night refreshment, Recorded music, Live music, Dance
- Food hygiene rating
- 5 out of 5 (very good)
What the licence permits
- Opening hours on the licence
- Mon to Wed 07:00-00:30, Thu to Sat 07:00-01:30, Sun 11:00-00:30
- Alcohol Sale-On & Off Premises
- Mon to Wed 11:00-00:00, Thu and Fri 11:00-01:00, Sat 10:00-01:00, Sun 11:00-00:00
- Alcohol Sale-On & Off Premises, non-standard times
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Saturday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday, St Patrick's Day and St George's Day, Proceeding & Preceding day before a bank holiday - one extra hour. Any other publicly declared holiday - one extra hour. Christmas Day to trade between the hours of 15.00 and 19.00 as per embedded right.
- Live Music - Indoors
- Mon to Thu 11:00-00:00, Fri and Sat 11:00-01:00, Sun 11:00-00:00
- Live Music - Indoors, non-standard times
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Saturday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday, St Patrick's Day and St George's Day, Proceeding & Preceding day before a bank holiday - one extra hour. Any other publicly declared holiday - one extra hour. Christmas Day to trade between the hours of 15.00 and 19.00 as per embedded right. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Satur
- Recorded Music - Indoors
- Mon to Thu 11:00-00:00, Fri and Sat 11:00-01:00, Sun 11:00-00:00
- Recorded Music - Indoors, non-standard times
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Saturday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday, St Patrick's Day and St George's Day, Proceeding & Preceding day before a bank holiday - one extra hour. Any other publicly declared holiday - one extra hour. Christmas Day to trade between the hours of 15.00 and 19.00 as per embedded right. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Satur
- Activity like Music/Dance - In
- Mon to Thu 11:00-00:00, Fri and Sat 11:00-01:00, Sun 11:00-00:00
- Activity like Music/Dance - In, non-standard times
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Saturday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday, St Patrick's Day and St George's Day, Proceeding & Preceding day before a bank holiday - one extra hour. Any other publicly declared holiday - one extra hour. Christmas Day to trade between the hours of 15.00 and 19.00 as per embedded right. Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Satur
- Late Night Refreshment In&Out
- Mon to Thu 23:00-00:00, Fri and Sat 23:00-01:00, Sun 23:00-00:00
- Late Night Refreshment In&Out, non-standard times
- Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Spring & August Bank Holidays, Good Friday, East Saturday, Easter Sunday & Easter Monday, St Patrick's Day and St George's Day, Proceeding & Preceding day before a bank holiday - one extra hour. Any other publicly declared holiday - one extra hour. Christmas Day to trade between the hours of 15.00 and 19.00 as per embedded right.
Licence conditions (1)
- The premises must have installed and maintain a closed circuit television surveillance (CCTV) system that at all times complies with the below requirements:a. CCTV must be provided in the form of a recordable system, capable of providing pictures of evidential quality in all lighting conditions particularly facial recognition;b. CCTV cameras must cover all public areas including all entrances and exits and all areas where the sale of alcohol takes place;c. Equipment must be maintained in good working order, be correctly time and date stamped, recordings must be kept in good working order and kept for a minimum period of 31 days;d. At all times, whilst the premises is open for licensable activities, there are members of staff able to immediately provide viewable copies of recordings to the police or licensing authority staff upon reasonable request.e. The recording equipment and data storage devices must be kept in a secure environment and fitted with security functions (such as passwords) to prevent recordings being tampered with;f. An operational daily log report must be maintained endorsed by signature, indicating the system has been checked and is compliant: in the event of any failure, this will be recorded immediately.2. An incident log, which must be either electronic or maintained in a bound document with individually numbered pages, must be kept on the premises or otherwise be accessible on the premises for a minimum of 12 months and made immediately available to police, trading standards or licensing authority staff upon reasonable request. The log must be completed as soon as is possible and in any case within 4 hours of the occurrence and must record the following: a. all crimes reported to the venue b. all ejections of patrons c. any complaints or incidents concerning crime and disorder d. all seizures of drugs or offensive weapons e. any faults in a CCTV system, searching equipment or scanning equipment mandated as a condition of the licence f. all nois
Licensed hours are the most a premises may open or trade under its licence, not its actual opening times.
Compiled from Colchester City Council's public licensing register. The council's register is the authoritative record. https://onlicence.uk/premises/the-kings-arms-co3-fb2cda0aee