One City Plan – final draft due early next year

The people of Chester have come out in force to tell city chiefs how they see their city evolving and developing over the next 15 years. More than 1,200 responses were received during the recent public consultation on the draft One City Plan, which aims to recreate...

New mosaic in Roman Gardens

Chester Renaissance and Cheshire West and Chester Council, in association with the Chester Civic Trust, has commissioned Gary Drostle, a mosaic artist, to design and install three mosaics for Chester’s Roman Gardens. Professor Steven Broomhead, Chairman of...

Chester’s St John’s illuminated art installation

The first stage of the new illuminated artwork at Chester’s St John’s Church ruins has been switched on. Hryre – the word for ruin in Old English – is a new artwork designed to explore the medieval heritage of Chester and of St John’s Church in...

Chester’s Commonhall Street steps back in time

Part of Chester’s centuries-old Commonhall Street has stepped back in time with the instillation of cobbles and granite. The street is named after the Common Hall of Pleas which was built in the 13th century. Its work moved to St Nicholas Chapel in the 16th...

Muse Developments announce major boost for Business Quarter

Chester’s proposed Business Quarter was given a major boost on Monday, 8 August with the news that one of Britain’s leading commercial development companies has acquired the city’s former Lloyds Banking Group site. Manchester-based Muse Developments have bought the...