Travel Links
Please go to visitchester.com / visitcheshire.com where you’ll find lots of information about events and things to do in Chester & Cheshire.
Historic Chester
Here are some of our favourites activities in the City
- Walk the City Walls
- Chester Zoo
- A ghost tour or guided walk
- Grosvenor Museum & Grosvenor Park
- The Amphitheatre, Roman Garden and Dewa Roman experience Race day at the ‘The
- Roodee’
- Boating on the Dee
- Chester Cathedral
- Shops, restaurants, pubs and bars – and lots of them!
Heritage
- Anderton Boat Lift, Northwich www.andertonboatlift.co.uk
- Beeston Castle, Beeston www.english-heritage.org.uk
- National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port www.nwm.org.uk/ellesmere
- Salt Museum, Northwich www.saltmuseum.org.uk
- Stretton Water Mill, Stretton www.strettonwatermill.org.uk
Gardens
- Arley Hall & Gardens, Northwich www.arleyhallandgardens.com
- Cholmondeley Castle, Cholmondeley www.cholmondeleycastle.com
- Mount Pleasant Gardens, Kelsall www.mountpleasantgardens.co.uk
- Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston www.nessgardens.org.uk
- Tatton Park, Knutsford www.tattonpark.org.uk
Activities
- Walking, cycling, horse-riding www.discovercheshire.co.uk
- Chester Sailing Club www.chestersailing.com/
- Curzon Park Golf Club www.chestergolfclub.co.uk
- Delamere Loop for horse riders www.forestry.gov.uk/delamerehome
- Go Ape, Delamere Forest www.goape.co.uk
- Sandstone Trail Walk www.sandstonetrail.co.uk
- Offa’s Dyke National Trail www.ramblers.org.uk
- Loggerheads Country Park www.clwydiancountry.co.uk
- Cycling routes www.discovercheshire.co.uk
- Mountain Biking near Mold www.ridetheclwyds.com
- Motor Sports at Oulton Park, Tarporley www.motorsportvision.co.uk/oulton-park
Science/Environment
- Catalyst Science and Discovery Centre, Widneswww.catalyst.org.uk
- Blue Planet Aquarium, Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port www.blueplanetaquarium.com
Shopping
- Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port www.cheshireoaksdesigneroutlet.com
Outside Cheshire NW England
- Liverpool just 25 miles away by car, 45 minutes by train ..... Tate Liverpool,
- The Albert Dock & Maritime Museum, Beatles Museum, Shopping at Liverpool 1
- www.visitliverpool.com / www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk
Manchester
- Manchester 35miles from Chester by car, 1+ hour by train ...... the Lowry Gallery
- Salford Quays, the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester Art Gallery, shopping at the Arndale or Trafford centres www.visitmanchester.com
North Wales
- North Wales is on Chester’s doorstep with Mold, Ruthin, Denbeigh & Langollen all within a
- 30 minute drive (see under activities above). An hour will take you to Conway and
- Llandudno, with Snowdonia and Caernarvon a little further on.
- See www.nwt.co.uk or www.visitwales.co.uk for information on the area and things to see and do.