Visit Chester and Cheshire

Visit Chester and Cheshire

Cheshire's Rural Escapes are not far away

Cheshire's Rural Escapes are not far away

  • Dinosaurs Bite Back 
    Chester Zoological Gardens 
    4th April 2012 - 4th November 2012 

    The dinosaurs are back at Chester Zoo and they are even bigger and louder ....

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  • Chester History Hunter Walking Tour 
    Town Hall Visitor Information Centre, Chester 

    Enjoy the Best of Chester with this daily walking tour ....

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  • Spellbound Forest  
    Delamere Forest 
    19th May 2012 - 20th May 2012 

    An enchanting day out as we invite a family audience to follow the paths in Delamere Forest, each telling the story ....

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  • Just One Look at 1960s Chester 
    Chester History and Heritage 
    2nd April 2012 - 29th June 2012 

    Welcome to Chester fifty years ago, a time of destruction and construction in the city ....

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  • Olympic Posters 
    Grosvenor Museum 
    7th April 2012 - 17th June 2012 

    View the complete set of official Summer Olympic posters, from the Olympic Foundation in Lausanne ....

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  • Toxteth 1981 
    International Slavery Museum 
    1st July 2011 - 1st July 2012 

    A community exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary in July 2011 of the riots in Liverpool 8 ....

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Ince & Elton

A lane leads down to Ince Marshes.  After completion of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894, the village was cut off from the shore, making life a trifle difficult for local fishermen. North of the canal, the marshes are a haunt of wild fowl and wild flowers.

Elton has grown rapidly with the arrival of the nearby Shell complex.  The area developed as Britain’s oil refinery as tankers became too big to use the Ship Canal.  The Stanlow Refinery is the seventh largest oil refinery in Europe and produces one-sixth of the UK's petrol.

Cheshire Best Kept Stations is supported by Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire East, Cheshire Crimebeat, Visit Chester and Cheshire, Northern Rail, Vigin Trains and Roberts Bakery