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Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border.With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, [1] it is the most populous settlement of Cheshire West and Chester (which had a population of 357,150 in 2021). [5]
Eastgate is a permanently open gate through the Chester city walls, on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and the Eastgate clock on top of it is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben .
Outside the Assembly Room is a war memorial to the 768 citizens of Chester who died as a result of the First World War and a plaque to the memory of those who died in the Second World War. The Assembly Room is the largest room in the Town Hall and has a stage at one end. On the staircase are shields and plaques presented by visitors to the Town ...
Chester Cross from the south, showing St Peter's Church The town crier on Chester High Cross. Chester Cross is a junction of streets at the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England (grid reference. The streets meeting at the junction are Watergate Street, Eastgate Street, Bridge Street and Northgate Street.
On 7 July 2010 it was announced that Chester Rows were being considered as an applicant for the new United Kingdom Tentative List for World Heritage status by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. [46] This was a campaign pledge by local MP Samantha Dixon in her campaign in the 2022 City of Chester by-election. [47]
Cheshire (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ ʃ ər,-ɪər / CHESH-ər, -eer) [3] is a ceremonial county in North West England.It is bordered by Merseyside to the north-west, Greater Manchester to the north-east, Derbyshire to the east, Staffordshire to the south-east, and Shropshire to the south; to the west it is bordered by the Welsh counties of Flintshire and Wrexham, and has a short coastline on the Dee Estuary.
4 Park Street, one of Chester's many Grade-II-listed Black-and-white Revival buildings Chester is a city in Cheshire, England containing over 650 structures that are designated as listed buildings by English Heritage and included in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, over 500 are listed at Grade II, the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and applied to ...
This is a list of places within the ceremonial county boundaries of Cheshire, in North West England. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( August 2008 )