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FREE Chester map Amazing Attractions Out of Town There’s a huge variety of things to do in Chester. Located just outside of Chester, in ’s glorious countryside, History lovers will adore Grosvenor Museum with its fabulous are an outstanding variety of displays of Roman Tombstones, Art, and Silver and Natural Cheshire attractions that are well worth a visit. gallery. Its Period House shows how we used to live from the 17th century to the 1920’s, while the fabulous DVD show chronicles the Children of all ages will simply love The Ice Cream Farm at city’s development from dinosaurs to the digital age. Tattenhall, an adventure park featuring a host of activities, including JCB diggers, quad bikes, golf course plus Europe’s Nearby is the Dewa Roman Experience with its time-travelling largest indoor sand and water play and lots, lots more! As well Roman galley that whisks you away to the streets of Fortress as an amazing array of activities, there are plenty of places to eat Deva 2000 years ago in a superb reconstruction. It also includes and drink, including the world’s largest ice cream shop, selling excavations of the original foundations and finds discovered on 50 flavours of award-winning real dairy ice cream! site plus Roman Soldier Tours around the city all year. Nearby is Blakemere Village near Northwich, where you’ll find Chester has always been a city of merchants and the Grosvenor a vast variety of independent stores in a beautiful Edwardian Shopping Centre brings together the very best high-street courtyard setting, ranging from fashion and accessories to brands into a spacious under cover retail centre plus great food antiques and collectibles, crafts and objets d’art plus plenty of outlets. There are several entrances but arguably the best is via places to taste, eat and drink. Bridge Street Row through St Michael’s Arcade designed and built in 1909-1911. Simply stunning! Here you can enjoy a host of activities courtesy of Cheshire Falconry, Cheshire Segway, Cheshire Cycle Hire, and Equally fascinating is Cheshire Military Museum at Cheshire Outdoors, where you can have a go at archery, crazy , recounting the history of the County’s golf, laser clays, and low ropes or follow Nature Trails through Regiments and battles they fought across the world from 15 acres of woodland with a puzzle to solve along the way. the 17th century to the present day.

Neatly tucked away behind the 19th century Town Hall is Chester M6 Liverpool Warrington Indoor Market which offers quirky stalls and houses Chester’s A56 Liverpool Birkenhead A50 only Streetfood hub, Taproom and a communal seating area. John Lennon Airport M56 > Wirral To Runcorn Manchester Nearby you can discover art and sculpture from across the world Peninsula River Mersey A49 M53 Airport Ellesmere in Watergate Street Gallery housed in a stunning Georgian Port Frodsham A41 A556 A540 A559 building, where hundreds of paintings by dozens of artists are A550 B5152 A533 always on display for enjoyment and purchase. Magical! River Dee A41 Northwich B5393 A540 A556 BLAKEMERE M6 A54 Delamere VILLAGE & A494 A55 CHESHIRE Winsford FALCONRY, Chester A51 A49 SEGWAY, That’s Entertainment! A494 A55 A41 OUTDOORS, CYCLE HIRE B5130 Tarporley You’ll find plenty of entertainment at venues A483 B5074 throughout the city. THE ICE CREAM A51 FARM Housed in an art-deco Odeon cinema dating from the 1930’s and Wales A534 Crewe a spectacular modern extension is the award-winning Storyhouse A41 Nantwich that brings together two theatres, a cinema and a library plus a Wrexham vibrant cafe bar and restaurant. A49 A530 A51 A529 Here you can enjoy a host of events ranging from home produced shows and the best touring theatre including comedy, music, Whitchurch A525 drama and dance. Its boutique cinema features the latest releases Copyright Chester Attractions Partnership © 2018. Any unauthorised use is prohibited without the and independent films, and its beautiful restaurant and bar is the written permission of Chester Attractions Partnership. Whilst Chester Attractions Partnership has perfect setting to soak up the city’s cultural offering. made every effort to ensure that the information in this leaflet was correct at press time, the author and publisher do not assume and hereby disclaim any liability to any party for any loss, damage, or Great fun in a great city disruption caused by errors or omissions, whether such errors or omissions result from negligence, Summertime, it stages open-air theatre in Grosvenor Park. accident, or any other cause. chesterattractions.org.uk N KEY To THE ROWS Hotel M56 & M53 A To W Highlighted in yellow on the map 5 VICT E Sightseeing Chester Pick Up/Drop Off Point Chester 1 M56 & M53 1 Parking Railway Station are the streets where you can 6 O

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Roodee Cross Minerva To 09 E Shrine A55 Little Roodee CHESTER E 17 04 Coach Park CYCLE THE ICE CREAM FARM CHESHIRE D FALCONRY TOURS 9 miles 07 R from Chester E on A41 CHESHIRE I V SEGWAY R Grosvenor CHESHIRE Bridge OUTDOORS 06 All 17 miles from Chester 03 on A556 01 Blakemere Village 06 Cheshire Outdoors 10 Chester Indoor Market 13 Dewa Roman Experience 17 The Ice Cream Farm CHESHIRE Sat Nav: CW8 2EB Tel: 01606 883261 Sat Nav: CW8 2EB Tel: 01244 973040 Tel: 01244 343407 Tel: 0800 133 7000 CYCLE HIRE www.blakemerevillage.com Tel: 01606 882223 www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk www.dewaromanexperience.co.uk www.theicecreamfarm.co.uk Discover boutique shops and fun activities www.cheshire-outdoors.com Tucked away behind the Town Hall, A Roman galley takes you back 2000 An epic adventure park set in the in the heart of the Cheshire countryside Try your hand at archery, crazy golf, laser the 50 year old market features a host years to experience life in Fortress Cheshire countryside with a host of complete with great food and drink outlets. clays, or follow woodland Nature Trails. of traditional and quirky stalls and a Deva and see its original foundations activities for families to enjoy. 20 Storyhouse diverse range of locally sourced food. Tel: 01244 409113 Busybus Cheshire Segway in enthralling excavations. Roman Sightseeing Chester 02 07 18 www.storyhouse.com Tel: 0844 585 4444 www.busybus.co.uk Sat Nav: CW8 2EB Open: 8am-5pm Mon-Sat. Soldier Tours of Chester are also www.sightseeingchester.com A unique building featuring two Adventure tours around North Wales and Chester Ghost Tour available. Discover 2000 years of Chester’s Tel: 01606 888090 / 882223 11 theatres showcasing new in-house the Lake District. www.ghostcity.co.uk Grosvenor Museum exciting, action-packed past with a www.cheshiresegway.co.uk 14 productions ,as well as quality touring Tel: 07790498898 Tel: 01244 972197 trip aboard an iconic red Routemaster Cheshire Cycle Hire Step aboard a segway for a journey musicals, dance, drama, music and 03 7.30pm, Sat (Dec-May), www.westcheshiremuseums.co.uk double-decker bus with its hop-on, Sat Nav: CW8 2EB Tel: 01606 882223 along a forest trail. comedy. Its boutique cinema shows Fri & Sat (June-August), The city’s flagship museum is a hop-off service and commentary en www.cheshirecyclehire.co.uk ChesterBoat handpicked new releases as well as cult 08 Thurs, Fri & Sat (Sept-Nov) treasure-house of heritage featuring route. Enjoy the pleasures of pedal power Tel: 01244 325394 and classic films. Check out too its cafe plus extra tours at Halloween. Art, Silver and Natural Cheshire in a woodland setting. www.chesterboat.co.uk 19 St John’s Church bar, restaurant and a pioneering new All tours depart from the Town Hall. galleries. Cheshire Falconry Relax on a River Dee cruise departing Tel: 07811 239756 library open until 11pm every day. 04 Book online or buy tickets from the Grosvenor Park www.parishofchester.com Sat Nav: CW8 2EB Tel: 01606 882223 from The Groves. 30 minute city cruises 15 WATERGATE STREET GALLERY Town Hall Visitor Information Centre. Miniature Railway Chester’s first Cathedral built by 21 www.cheshirefalconry.com sail every half hour from 11am in Tel: 01244 345698 Tel: 07530 397079 Norman invaders on the site of an Get up close and personal with birds of summer, and every hour on winter 12 The Chester Tour www.watergatestreetgallery.co.uk www.gpmr.co.uk Anglo-Saxon church and possibly an prey and watch them soar and swoop. weekends. Extra special are 2 hour cruises www.chestertours.org.uk Explore Chester’s largest commercial at 12noon and 2.30pm to the Iron Bridge Discover 2000 years of the city’s history Exhilarating rides aboard a variety of earlier pagan temple is an architectural Cheshire Military Museum art gallery located in the historic 05 in the summertime. with a qualified Guide visiting all the tiny trains for children of all ages delight. It became a principal place of Tel: 01244 327617 Watergate Street, the route to the main sights. Daily at 10.30am all year around a floral treasure. pilgrimage in the Middle Ages and its www.cheshiremilitarymuseum.co.uk Chester CYCLE TOURS Port of Chester in bygone days. It 09 (and again at 2pm Easter-end October). organ was first used at the Coronation Quick march to The Castle and step back Tel: 07899 050003 16 Grosvenor Shopping Centre showcases the work of local, national All tours start at the Town Hall. of Queen Victoria. in time to trace the history of the County’s www.chestercycletours.co.uk Tel: 01244 342942 and international artists and sculptors regiments and the battles they fought Explore Chester’s most fascinating www.thegrosvenorcentre.co.uk and also hosts special temporary across the world from the 17th century places on a fun guided bike tour. Tours The city’s premier retail experience exhibitions. to the present day through exhibitions, take about two hours with an average showcasing big name brands in a reconstructions and military machinery. travelling speed of 1,000 years an hour! stylish setting.