Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, very close to the England–Wales border. It had a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West and Chester. Wikipedia
Population 87,507 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 8 h 05 of daylight
- February: 9 h 51 of daylight
- March: 11 h 48 of daylight
- April: 13 h 57 of daylight
- May: 15 h 50 of daylight
- June: 16 h 56 of daylight
- July: 16 h 29 of daylight
- August: 14 h 49 of daylight
- September: 12 h 44 of daylight
- October: 10 h 40 of daylight
- November: 8 h 41 of daylight
- December: 7 h 34 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Chester
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Chester's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 4
1 to 2 hours· 12
- Shrewsbury1h 14
- Manchester1h 20
- Llandudno1h 25
- Wigan1h 27
- Salford1h 33
- Stockport1h 37
- Preston1h 41
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll1h 45
- Ludlow1h 45
- Bolton1h 51
2 moreFewer
2 to 3 hours· 15
3 to 5 hours· 58
- Nottingham3h 02
- Worcester3h 04
- St Albans3h 13
- Doncaster3h 14
- Gloucester3h 14
- Stevenage3h 15
- Oxford3h 16
- Cardiff3h 18
- Aberystwyth3h 22
- Reading3h 25
48 moreFewer
- Tywyn3h 26
- Nelson3h 27
- Kingston upon Hull3h 27
- Chelmsford3h 29
- Stratford-upon-Avon3h 32
- Bristol3h 33
- Farnborough3h 34
- Guildford3h 34
- Annan3h 35
- Windsor and Eton3h 38
- Peterborough3h 38
- Crawley3h 41
- Cambridge3h 45
- Colchester3h 48
- Swindon3h 52
- Southend-on-Sea3h 55
- Bath3h 57
- Tewkesbury3h 57
- Stamford3h 57
- Brighton3h 59
- Lincoln4h
- Folkestone4h 01
- Newcastle upon Tyne4h 02
- Scarborough4h 02
- Glasgow4h 03
- Ely4h 05
- Winchester4h 06
- Ipswich4h 08
- Durham4h 08
- Edinburgh4h 15
- Eastleigh4h 15
- Eastbourne4h 19
- Canterbury4h 21
- Salisbury4h 22
- Southampton4h 24
- Sunderland4h 25
- Lille4h 28
- Middlesbrough4h 31
- Swansea4h 35
- Arundel4h 35
- Greenock4h 37
- Warminster4h 41
- Portsmouth4h 43
- Exeter4h 46
- Hastings4h 46
- Norwich4h 50
- Stirling4h 55
- Cleethorpes4h 55
5 hours or more· 68
- Brussels5h 07
- Bournemouth5h 07
- Helensburgh5h 08
- North Berwick5h 12
- Berwick-upon-Tweed5h 13
- Lanark5h 17
- Kirkcaldy5h 19
- Torquay5h 35
- Kraainem5h 36
- Perth5h 37
58 moreFewer
- Leuven5h 44
- Kortrijk5h 47
- Plymouth5h 49
- Aalst5h 52
- Mechelen5h 52
- Dundee6h
- Paris6h 01
- Ghent6h 02
- Charleroi6h 04
- Antwerp6h 11
- Disneyland Paris6h 11
- Amiens6h 12
- Calais6h 19
- Cromer6h 24
- Lier6h 25
- Saint-Cloud6h 29
- Ath6h 30
- Bruges6h 31
- Namur6h 32
- Rotterdam6h 34
- Liège6h 36
- Hasselt6h 37
- Sint-Niklaas6h 37
- Versailles6h 41
- Schiedam6h 43
- Ypres6h 49
- Delft6h 49
- Ostend6h 56
- Fontainebleau6h 58
- The Hague7h 02
- Dinant7h 08
- Breda7h 09
- Reims7h 16
- Dordrecht7h 16
- Oban7h 17
- Leiden7h 17
- Aberdeen7h 18
- Amsterdam7h 22
- Tilburg7h 25
- Spa7h 25
- Gouda7h 28
- Whitby7h 34
- Le Mans7h 35
- Zaandam7h 36
- Haarlem7h 37
- Weesp7h 37
- Hilversum7h 38
- Maastricht7h 39
- Tenby7h 39
- Rouen7h 46
- Utrecht7h 48
- Almere7h 49
- Eindhoven7h 49
- Bussum7h 49
- Metz7h 50
- Amersfoort7h 50
- Aviemore7h 51
- 's-Hertogenbosch7h 52
From Chester's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
Under an hour· 4
1 to 2 hours· 15
2 to 3 hours· 23
3 to 5 hours· 49
- Bristol3h 04
- Guildford3h 04
- Windsor and Eton3h 08
- Crawley3h 11
- Cambridge3h 15
- Farnborough3h 16
- Colchester3h 20
- Peterborough3h 21
- Lincoln3h 24
- Swindon3h 25
39 moreFewer
- Cardiff3h 26
- Southend-on-Sea3h 26
- Brighton3h 29
- Stamford3h 29
- Kingston upon Hull3h 32
- Folkestone3h 33
- Bath3h 35
- Ely3h 35
- Winchester3h 36
- Durham3h 39
- Ipswich3h 40
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 41
- Glasgow3h 45
- Eastleigh3h 45
- Eastbourne3h 49
- Southampton3h 53
- Canterbury3h 53
- Middlesbrough3h 58
- Annan4h 03
- Edinburgh4h 05
- Arundel4h 05
- Aberystwyth4h 08
- Tewkesbury4h 13
- Portsmouth4h 13
- Warminster4h 14
- Sunderland4h 15
- Exeter4h 17
- Norwich4h 21
- Salisbury4h 21
- Hastings4h 21
- Cleethorpes4h 25
- Scarborough4h 31
- Swansea4h 31
- Stirling4h 39
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h 40
- Lanark4h 42
- Bournemouth4h 43
- Greenock4h 47
- Kirkcaldy4h 51
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Northgate City gate · 170 m
- Grosvenor Museum Museum · 600 m
- Cheshire Military Museum Museum · 680 m
- Lead Shot Tower Monument · 930 m
- War Memorial Memorial · 130 m
- Eastgate City gate · 280 m
- Roman Amphitheatre Attraction · 480 m
- Victoria Statue Monument · 730 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 87 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.