Holiday apartments in Cheshire: city history and trails
Accommodation in Cheshire
Cheshire combines an impressive urban history with extensive trails, woodland landscapes and historic waterways. This is particularly evident in Chester: Chester City Walls form a complete circuit around the city and were first built by the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago. They are open year-round and can be walked free of charge.
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History and cityscape
Chester Cathedral also reaches far back into the past; its history spans more than 1,000 years. The distinctive cityscape is complemented by the Chester Rows. They form a network of buildings along the city’s four historic main streets. The Chester Rows include open galleries on the first floor, known as a “Row”. The visitor route “Discover the Rows” is divided into six sections, each representing a Row.
Nature and trails
The grounds of Chester Zoo in Chester cover 130 acres. More than 30,000 animals from over 500 species live there. The Delamere Forest offers a different landscape: there are walking trails and traffic-free routes where the forest can be explored by bicycle. In addition, there are five signposted multi-use trails and a blue-marked mountain-bike route as a singletrack trail. Two marked cycling routes are both classified as forest road routes.
The Sandstone Trail runs for 34 miles from Frodsham to Whitchurch. The route follows a sandstone ridge that rises distinctly above the Cheshire Plain. This creates a regional setting in which very different types of trail exist side by side: a complete circuit through the city, woodland trails with various uses and a long route across a prominent ridge.
Waterways and industrial heritage
The National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port houses the national collection and archive for designated waterways. Historic docks and locks can be explored there. The museum also conveys the history of an important British industrial port community through historic boats and buildings. The café, shop and most museum galleries have level access; however, some paths in the historic dock area are uneven. The museum offers boat trips that share stories about life on the canals in the past and today. Please call in advance for departure times.
The Heritage Cycle Trail connects the Anderton Boat Lift with Northwich and the Weaver Hall Museum. The Anderton Boat Lift is one of only two still-operating boat lifts in the United Kingdom. Alongside the boat lift and visitor centre is an area considered a wildlife refuge, with abundant wildflowers.
History and landscape
Beeston Castle has a 4,000-year history. Beeston Castle includes a 40-acre woodland park, and there are also winding woodland paths. This brings historic sites, open countryside and trails through wooded areas together within a shared regional setting, without limiting Cheshire to just one way of experiencing it.
Other places in Cheshire: Wilmslow, Whitby, Tilston, Tarporley, Sandbach, Pulford, Northwich, Nantwich, Mere, Macclesfield, Little Sutton, Ledsham, Knutsford, Holmes Chapel, Handforth, Frodsham, Disley, Crewe, Congleton, Chester, Alsager, Alderley Edge, Lower Whitley, Pickmere, South Wirral, Rowton, Preston Brook, Ellesmere Port, Tarvin, Egerton, Aston, Winsford, Bollington, Warmingham, Weston, Clutton, Barthomley, Cuddington, Beeston, Middlewich, Elton, Malpas, Willaston, Tattenhall, Haslington, Waverton, High Legh, Upton, Christleton, Wrenbury, Kelsall, Neston, Mobberley, Hartford, Audlem, Helsby, Weaverham, Marthall.
For the main travel overview: North West England.
