Chester City Walls

An absolute must if visiting Chester. The city walls circumnavigate the historical quarter of Chester and following a decade worth of renovations, the walls are in great condition. It is also completely free to walk around the entire perimeter.

A lovely and interesting walk which takes about an hour. A great way to see the city and get your bearings. Plenty of places to stop for coffee en route. I grew up her abd it was rumpured that William Shatner used to run around the walls for exercise when he stayed at the Grovesnor Hotel.

The walk gave a very interesting view of Chester.

Well worth doing.

Lots of history information boards to read.

We did the walls in about 45-50 minutes, taking a more leisurely pace as we read all the signs along the way and stopped for pictures a few times.

The walk is well paved, though there are stairs in places, and it's a pretty easy walk compared to other city wall walks we've done.

It's extremely picturesque to do the whole loop as it passes the cathedral, racecourse, main shopping area, and more historic sites along the way. Highly recommend if in Chester as it's free and you get to see a good amount of the town.

Really nice walk that takes you round all of Chester. We really enjoyed seeing all the sites and reading about the history. Definitely a recommendation if you visit the city

The walk round the city wall is a great way to introduce yourself to Chester. Great views over the River Dee, the shopping centre (get off by the amazing clock tower), the Cathedral, the castle and the Racetrack. Chester is rightly famous for its wonderful black and white buildings, great shops and pubs some of which have a lot of history themselves. It's about 2 miles round, so not too strenuous. After doing it, you probably won't get lost anywhere in the city.

Roman walls around Chester City Centre.

In all about 5,000 steps, (approx 2 miles) ancient built Roman wall, restored to make a fabulous and interesting walk round Chester city Center.

Starts by the river and Chester castle, takes in the city Center, the Roman Amphitheatre, Chester cathedral, the canal, and Chester race horse track.

Lots of places to stop, eat & drink, walking tours available if you want.

A walk and wander along the City Walls is one of the best ways to discover and experience the magnificent history of Chester.

All in all great couple of hours walk taking in all the history and sights of Chester.

Highly recommended!

Having grown up local to Chester I used to walk them a few times a year but haven't done so for maybe 8 years and this evening it brought back all the memories with the veiws off the walls and the local land mark's. The perfect way to get around the city, easy to hop on and off at different points to explore some shops and grab some food.