The city of Chester is a lovely place to visit if you want a wee bit of a change from the rural scene in nearby Wales which is where we were staying for a few days when we visited this place. Chester is absolutely choc full of history. We stuck to the townscape but if we had done our homework beforehand we could have visited a Roman amphitheatre and all sorts – next time maybe.
Chester was founded by the Romans in AD 79 and in the photo below you can see that there’s still quite a lot of the original Roman wall that they built around their fort still in existence.
We didn’t take many photos as there were so many people about, but in the one below you can see the famous Chester Rows – the two tier medieval shops which are still being used as shops today. There are lovely arcades which you can wander around in, keeping dry if it happens to be raining.
Next time we visit we’ll definitely be aiming for the Roman amphitheatre, which you can see here.
We did visit the Cathedral but that will be in another post.
I remember Chester, even though we were there decades ago. We were only there for a day, so I know we missed a lot of fascinating things.
Joan,
Wow, you certainly got about when you were in the UK. I wonder how you chose where to visit?
We mostly went to places I’d read about.
Thank you for an interesting article which has set me off on another fruitful bunnytrail of investigation.
What a remarkable history Chester has!
Looking forward to reading further.
Valerie,
I know you love having some interesting research to get your teeth into!