Chester is ready to welcome back shoppers carefully

3 Dec 2020 | Chester

New on-street messages around Chester City Centre are urging visitors to shop safely, observing social-distancing rules. Cheshire West and Chester has entered Tier 2 restrictions, the Council and its partners are now expecting residents and visitors to return to the...

Chester’s new Market look revealed

23 Nov 2020 | Chester

The new indoor market will open in summer 2022 with new branding and a logo incorporating a wild boar inspired by the site’s Roman heritage. Chester Market is beginning a new chapter in its history with a move to a new purpose-built market hall at the heart of the...

Alfresco dining in Chester extended

19 Oct 2020 | Chester

Alfresco dining in Chester continues into the New Year as the city centre roads remain closed until 8pm and Alfresco licences are free until autumn 2021. The pedestrian areas in Chester on Northgate Street, Eastgate Street, Bridge Street and Watergate Street were...

Chester’s inner ring-road is going clockwise

5 Oct 2020 | Chester

Starting from 16 November for approximately 12 months, there will be a clockwise one-way route for most of the inner ring road in order to allow for essential infrastructure works to install a new city centre drainage tunnel through Chester. The new rainwater drainage...