Chester city walls
Chester city walls is a city walls in Chester, Cheshire. On the official register, it is a scheduled monument. Within 15 km there are 34 more places to visit, starting with Chester Cathedral (600 m).
Fort in Chester
Inside Chester
Chester city walls is inside Chester’s built-up area, with 10 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Scheduled monument
On the official list of protected heritage; Chester has 697 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
The warmest afternoons in Chester run May to September, at 17–21°C.
Chester city walls
It is written up in 7 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Fort
- Listed
- Scheduled monument
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 7 languages
- Town
- in Chester
Getting to Chester city walls
Orange: Chester city walls.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Chester’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Chester city walls
By population, Chester leads the 8 with 92,756. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
- 1Chester
- 2Christleton and Waverton
- 3Littleton
- 4Moston
- 5Guilden Sutton
- 6Mollington
- 7Broughton
- 8Mickle Trafford
Chester
Christleton and Waverton
Littleton
Moston
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Chester city walls is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester | It’s in town | 92,756 | 17 |
| Christleton and Waverton | 2.8 km east of it | 2,670 | 11 |
| Littleton | 3.2 km east of it | 707 | 11 |
| Moston | 3.8 km north of it | 1,099 | 13 |
| Guilden Sutton | 4.1 km northeast of it | 1,462 | 11 |
| Mollington | 4.2 km northwest of it | 285 | 13 |
| Broughton | 4.5 km west of it | 6,532 | 14 |
| Mickle Trafford | 5 km northeast of it | 1,840 | 8 |
After Chester city walls
Among the 34 within 15 km are 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.
CathedralChester Cathedral600 m away2
Castle · English HeritageChester Castle200 m away3
ZooChester Zoo4.5 km away4
MuseumGrosvenor Museum200 m away5
Castle · English HeritageBeeston Castle15 km away6
Historic houseEaton Hall5.2 km away7
CastleHolt Castle Ruins12 km away8
MuseumCheshire Military Museum200 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Chester city walls in questions
Where is Chester city walls?
Chester city walls is in Chester, Cheshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Chester city walls?
City walls in Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Chester city walls?
May to September are the warmest months in Chester, with afternoon highs of 17–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Chester city walls a listed building?
Yes: scheduled monument.
What else is there to see near Chester city walls?
Within 15 km: Chester Cathedral (600 m), Chester Castle (200 m), Chester Zoo (4.5 km) and Grosvenor Museum (200 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Chester city walls: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Cathedral: Stephen Hamilton, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Castle: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Chester Zoo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grosvenor Museum: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beeston Castle: TCExplorer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Eaton Hall: Neil Kennedy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holt Castle Ruins: Peter Craine, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cheshire Military Museum: Worm That Turned, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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