Open Road Visions Colchester Centre
Mental Health & Addictions · Charity/Voluntary Organisation · Colchester
Free drug and alcohol treatment centre in Colchester town centre offering open access, assessment, harm-reduction and formal treatment for substance misuse.
Open Roads Colchester centre at 5a Queen Street, CO1 2PG opens Monday-Friday 9.30am-5pm and stays open until 7pm on Tuesdays. The team manager is Scarlett Doherty and the number is 01206 766096. Open-access drug and alcohol services include a confidential walk-in needle exchange, one-to-one counselling, harm minimisation, treatment planning, weekly Breakfast Club on Mondays and a Friday Relapse Prevention group. The Essex Young Peoples Drug and Alcohol Service supports under 25s, and the centre also outreaches into Harwich.
Contact
Phone: 0300 123 0033
Website: https://www.openroad.org.uk/our-services/our-centres/colchester-centre/
Email: info@openroad.org.uk
Address: 117a Magdalen Street, Colchester, CO1 2JU
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Who it's for
Who they help: Adults using or dependent on alcohol or drugs, family members affected by someone's substance use
Eligibility: Adults aged 18+ with a drug or alcohol problem (including family members affected) in Essex.
Area covered: Colchester
Not suitable for: For under-18s substance misuse, please contact the Catch-22 Young People's Substance Misuse Service rather than Open Road. The Colchester centre serves Colchester and surrounding north Essex.
Information last verified June 2026. Printed from https://socialprescriber.co.uk/charities/open-road-colchester-centre