Chester 28.01.07

Chester's Old City Walls

The next day we drove back to Bristol via Chester.

The city of Chester still has its old city walls intact, and they completely surround the old city. Over time the City has expanded and now dwarfs the old city and its walls.

We took the 4 mile walk along the walls, and saw some great sights, although the weather was quite cool.

Wall


Note the Football Guernsey

As the weather warms up I am hoping to get the Carlton Guernsey out a little more!

More Wall

The old Chester Castle had some parts being renovated, however we did not go inside, as many of these castles tend to look alike after a while...

Chester Castle


More Wall Views

Outside the walls, there was an old Roman Garden that had been reinstated to its former glory.

Old Roman Gardens outside the wall


More Wall

The second most famous Clock in England, behind Big Ben, is the Chester Clock, located on Eastgate Street, whilst walking the along the old City Wall, you actually walk under the Clock.

From the website:

Standing majestically close to the city centre of Chester on Eastgate Street, is the Eastgate clock. Chester's best known land mark and the second most photographed clock in the world after Big Ben. The clock was placed on the Eastgate in 1899 and commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee of 1897. The wrought-iron was made by John Douglas's cousin James Swindley of Handbridge. This clock is by J. B. Joyce of Whitchurch. Until 1974 it was hand wound once a week.

More can be found on the following website:

http://www.chestertourist.com/clock.htm

Chester Clock




More views of the Clock

To finish off our visit to Chester we walked around the Cathedral, but as time was running out on our parking meter, we headed back home to Bristol after an enjoyable weekend.

Chester Cathedral


Leaving Chester through the Wall