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Chester

Mar 18th, 2002

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Hi, i'm andrew. I'm 19 , from chester. I enjoy most sports and am a fan of Liverpool Fc.

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Chester was founded By the romans many years ago (I can't find exactly when, in either books or on the net). From what started off a small market place, gathered over the years to become a hugely visited city. Located in the north West of england, just on the welsh Border.

Shopping
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The main shops are located in or around the city Centre. It has a vast range of stores as well as well known high street brands, such as HMV, boots etc. One shop i would reccomend, is the old sweetshop, located opposite Chester Cathedral. One thing, you'll notice about chester is, most companies have atleast two shops in the city, so your never far away from the shop you need.
While on your shopping spree, visit the little shops, such as corner shops etc, as you'll find some of the cheaper products in them.

Restaurants
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Theres quite a lot of Resteraunts in chester, thats for sure. Fatty Arbuckles, macdonalds, Burger King and not forgeting the 5 star restaurants, these posh nosh places are located everywhere. Chester has Restautants/chip shops and cafes for every taste bud out there, american, cantonese, chinese, japanese, and of course english.

Pubs and clubs
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In the last couple of years a lot of public houses have appeared in and around the centre. The main places to go to on a friday and saturday, are Rosies and Brannigans, be on the look out for famous people, as you'll definatlly find one or two. There clubs and pubs is fierce competition now which is great news for the consumer. Various bargains can be found at lunchtimes and early evening to try and attract you into their establishment. Although what we really want is cheap booze.

The sights
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This really is the place to go for sights, ok so you dont have lights like you do in blackpool, but during both day and day, there are plenty on things to do.

Chester Zoo - is a big attraction, for the family. This is a great place to visit, while there take a look in the bat cave, travel the monorail, but most of all Dont ask to feed the goats. I did once, went in the pen to feed them, one goat nicked my wallet and ran off with it, luckily i got it back but with a fiver missing( guess the goat, wanted to pay to see the elephants). Its a one of price, but enjoyable for all the family.

River Dee, this is a great place to go to in day and night, take a tour of the river with a ferry ride, go canoeing and more. At night, its quite romantic, with bars on the river front (Just don't blame me if you fall in the river after too many drinks).

The wall, this is worth looking at, but will be bored after five mins, cos hey, once you've seen one wall you've seen them all.

Laser Quest - great for kids parties

Plane Flights - just outside the city is a place where you can learn to fly, great place but slightly expensive.

The North GateArena is the local sports centre. It has all the usual facilities you would expect to find such as swimming pool, gym, squash courts etc. This also has a computer fair, something like every two months.

Chester Fc, may not be a premiership team, bout the tickets are cheap, and games are worth watching.

Accommodation
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There is quite a lot of places to accommodate you on your visit to Chester, personally I've never slept in one, due to the fact I live there, but a hotel called Grosvenor Pulford Hotel, or known locally as the grosvenor. This hotel is usually recommended by everyone and quite popular for visitors and has an excellent service.

Grosvenor Pulford Hotel
Wrexham Rd Pulford
Chester Cheshire CH4 9DG

Tel: 01244 570560

Other
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What ever you do, don't get injured enough to go to hospital, The countess of chester, has recently been given a rating of one of the worst hostpitals in the uk, with a grade of 1/10.

Transport
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The buses in chester are quite good, as well as the train station
Although locally most people drive cars and public transport can be a bit pricey. Taxis are a total luxury and charge a small fortune to get you home from a night on the town. Recommend Redline Cars 01244 681900, good service, quite cheap.

Overall I think Chester is a Great city to shop in and go out for bite to eat or a drink. The definate place to go, great tourist attraction.

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lizrow 03.08.2005 16:51

good review! chester is my home town and u shud sooo not be recommending the grovenor, its like a skwillion pound a night in there!! hehe x

MAFARRIMOND 21.09.2004 12:10

A great historical city. Maureen

the_evil_aku 21.04.2004 00:25

I think chester was settled around 2000 years ago in the second cooming of julious ceaser.Started of as a military fort/port to aid the Roman incursions into England/Wales thus its famous roman walls. Good reveiw i to couldnt find any information on Chester unitl i moved here.

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