Chester is a very happening place. There are several events lined up throughout the year. Mark the following events for your diary – these are happenings in Chester and its suburbs in the next two months.
01 June – (Music) – Live bands at The Chester Hangman
01 June – (Children and families) – Fireman Sam – Pontypandy Rocks
01 June – (Dance and Fitness) – Pole dancing classes
31 May to 02 June – (Theatre) - Spin the Bottle
01 July – (Music) – Operation: Metal
01 July – (Music) – Friday Karaoke
26 March to 03 July – (Fairs & Exhibitions) – Visions of Paradise
The summer holidays are around the corner, and it’s time to plan and enrol in events like summer camps, not only for kids, but adults too!
Here are listings of a few of the more popular holiday clubs and events slated for this summer in Chester.
For your visit to Chester, you might want to think of hiring a car to make your travel and local outing comfortable.
A BBC-commended car hire site has made it convenient for you to search and choose the right car by listing all the cars from all major suppliers – as many as 50 car hire companies. They have included a feature by which the search service will show you the cheapest price and help you compare each car easily, without having to look at and apply to each car company. The service has bagged them the “Best car hire website” award from among the Travolution Awards 2008.
In the search box here, make sure you choose a convenient pickup point. Then relax while your desired results come up.
While you sit back and scout for the right car at the right price, you might want to check out the mini-guides to destinations – information that is useful, concise and crisp. Read the mini-guide to Chester.
What would you look for in a wedding photographer? There are photographers galore in every county, each with their specific styles and packaged offerings. Remember that what you want on your wedding is for a professional to capture not only moments, emotions and feelings, but even overall ambience. What you pay will depend on the kind of coverage you want, the album’s quality, and for the professional’s experience. Read the rest of this entry »
If you have visited the world-famous Chester zoo, you must have fallen in love with quite a few of the nearly 500 species that have found a warm home there.
Chester Zoo is one of the best zoos in Europe, as you will understand from the Good Zoo Guide Online (goodzoos.com). This is a unique online resource with plenty of details about the best zoos, wildlife parks and animal collections anywhere in the world. The site gives you a chance to become an ‘Internet Zoo Critic’ and participate by submitting reviews, providing updated and useful information to international visitors, and ultimately do your mite towards conservation efforts.
Read a wonderfully exhaustive account of Chester Zoo and its history, and submit your own review for the benefit of other visitors.
The Chester Food, Drink and Lifestyle Festival 2011 is scheduled for the last weekend of April 2011 (the Easter weekend) at the Chester Racecourse.
Whether or not you are a foodie, you will be impressed by the noble ideals of the show – “to encourage people to be aware of what goes into their meals, where it has come from and how to reduce waste through the Cheshire West Council’s Love Food Hate Waste campaign, to encourage people to support local farmers and producers – live local and buy local, to celebrate and recognise the abundance of quality produce that is grown and reared in Cheshire and to recognise Cheshire and Chester as the ‘foodie county’ with the best restaurants, chefs, farm shops, producers and hotels serving the highest quality locally sourced dishes”.
Advance tickets are priced at £5.00 – click to know more
Visit Chester & Cheshire (VCC), the tourism management organisation for Chester and Cheshire, offers plenty of guided tours, sight-seeing tours, group tours and even bespoke tours. There are also themed tours on foot – like Ghost tour, Christmas Tour and History Hunter Walking Tour. The tours are all available throughout the year for private parties and groups, but take care to pre-book your tour. The tour hosts promise you the services of fully qualified Blue and Green Badge Guides.
Whether you are in Chester for a few days or a few hours, the walks and guided tours are the best way to make your trip worthwhile. The tours generally last for about an hour and a half. And if you wish to relax while sightseeing, opt for the long or short ChesterBoat River Cruises.
Whatever your budget, whatever your taste, you can find the ideal hotel in Chester. Chester is home to hotels of all sizes and ratings. From modest, cost-effective two-star hotels to grand, top of the range five-star luxury hotels.
You’ll find hotels right in the city centre, outside the Chester city walls, in the outskirts and further afield in the lovelt Cheshie countryside. Chester’s country house hotels are amongst the best in the country and the newest city centre hotels are some of the most contemporary. Whichever you choose, you’re assured of the highest standards, all the facilities you would expect and of course, a warm welcome. Read the rest of this entry »
If you’re looking for a short break in Chester, you could choose one of the many lovely hotels in Chester. But if you want value for money and luxury, then you could try self-catering in Chester. For example, the award winning Wharton Lock Apartment sleeps four in 5 star luxury and is right in the middle of Chester just a short walk from Chester Cathedral. Situated in Chester’s famous Watergate Street, The Watergate Apartment is accessed via one of the local medieval “rows” (covered walkways in front of the ancient half-timbered shops). Read the rest of this entry »
The Chester Cathedral is one of the most complete medieval monastic complexes in the UK. To look up this tourist attraction located in the Northwest of England, here are the contact details -
Chester Cathedral Office
12 Abbey Square
Chester
CH1 2HU
Call: 01244 324756
Cathedral Shop 01244 699049
Refectory Cafe 01244 500964
Cathedral’s website
