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Chester
Where Sport meets History
Home to the Nation's oldest active sports The World Heritage City – A hidden gem in the North West
venue - Chester Racecourse - hosting
What is Chester famous for:
horseracing since the early 16th century Chester is the best preserved walled city in England as its
medieval walls form the most complete circuit around any town
or city in England. Chester was founded as Roman fort in the
year 79 and was known as Deva. It was one of the three major
Roman army bases in the UK
Chester has a football ground on a national border!
If you go to see a game at Chester FC’s Lookers Vauxhall
Stadium, you will probably cross the English-Welsh border
in doing so. The club offices and car park are in England,
but the pitch is in Wales!
Americans love it! - In a 2013 poll run by USA TODAY,
Chester ZOO is the most visited wildlife
Americans ranked Chester above the likes of Prague and
attraction in the UK, named seventh best ZOO Venice in a list of the prettiest European cities. Nowhere
in the world by TripAdvisor in 2015.
else in the UK made the top 10.
UK’s largest outlet village is just down the road! -
Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet is the first outlet
village of its kind in Europe, it boasts well over 100
stores and good selection of restaurants.
James Bond was born here!
Well, not Bond himself, but actor Daniel Craig
was born in Chester.
