Chester Self-Guided Walking Tour: Landmarks with Audio & Quiz

A tower on Chester's medieval city walls, traditionally said to be where King Charles I watched his troops defeated at the Battle of Rowton Heath in 1645.

A grand medieval cathedral, formerly the Benedictine Abbey of St Werburgh, which became Chester Cathedral in 1541.

The Gothic Revival civic heart of Chester, opened in 1869, standing over Town Hall Square opposite the cathedral.

Riverside gardens displaying reassembled Roman columns and fragments from Deva Victrix, Chester's Roman legionary fortress.

A medieval stone cross marking the historic heart of Chester, where the four main Roman streets meet beneath the Rows.

One of the most photographed clocks in England, this ornate clock was added atop the Eastgate in 1899 to mark Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

The largest known Roman amphitheatre in Britain, first built in the 1st century AD to serve the legionary fortress of Deva.

A Norman church founded in 1075 that served as Chester's cathedral in the late 11th century, with atmospheric ruins beside it.

Chester's unique two-tiered medieval galleries lining the main streets, with covered walkways of shops found nowhere else in the world.

A Norman castle founded around 1070 beside the River Dee, whose surviving Agricola Tower and walls anchor Chester's military history.