We are a Spanish family with 2 girls, 4 and 7. We are moving to Colchester next august since I am enjoying a sabbatical year and working at Essex University. We will appreciate very much your advice about the best areas to live with children, and also about schools for our kids, althoug we are only staying one academic year. Moreover we will probably not take our car, so to live in an area with good public transport is important to us. Thank you very much in advance!!