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Heading South! [a guided walk]
This walk encounters aspects associated with 2000 years of Chester’s built environment - but much more - as it ends in an ancient quarry.
Date and time
Location
Grosvenor Street
Grosvenor Street Chester CH1 United KingdomGood to know
Highlights
- 1 hour, 15 minutes
- In person
About this event
This walk encounters aspects associated with 2000 years of Chester’s built environment - but much more - as it ends in an ancient quarry with rocks that are some 250 million years old.
A stroll southward along Lower Bridge Street to Edgar’s Field Park in Handbridge. The walk will trace the rich and varied heritage of the Bridgegate area (an area that was very down-at-heel in the mid-20th century with many derelict and dilapidated historical properties – so ‘heading south’). It will seek-out lost Rows, explore the importance of the Dee as it sweeps around the city to the south, encounter some brutal structures remaining from the 20th century, and end in the presence of a goddess carved out of truly ancient sandstone – bedrock with its origins in a distant tropical desert.
Meeting Point: Outside the Falcon on the wide pavement on Grosvenor Street side of the building. CH1 1RS.
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Cancellation Policy: Please notify us in advance if you are unable to attend this event. Tickets are limited and could be transferred to another person with notice. Love our Heritage – let’s share it with everyone.
Frequently asked questions
Your guide, Paul Hyde, will be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the start of the walk to be ready for a prompt departure at the scheduled time.
We will walk approximately half a mile.
Please wear suitable footwear for walking and come prepared for current weather conditions. We recommend you bring a bottle of drinking water.
Partially accessible for wheelchair users – but can be adapted. The walk will be on fairly level pavements except the final talk stop, which is on a grass slope and could be problematic. However, if problematic (e.g. slippery, muddy etc) the final talk stop can be altered.
The event is intended for adults, but older children interested in the topic are welcome if accompanied.
Unfortunately, we are not able to welcome dogs on this event.
Please notify us in advance if you are unable to attend this event. Tickets are limited and could be transferred to another person with notice. Love our Heritage – let’s share it with everyone.