Travelling with Nick: City of Chester and Flint Castle

Probably our last trip of 2024 was to Chester, the Wirral/Dee estuary and North Wales. We stayed at the Double Tree hotel at Hoole just outside Chester, thoroughly recommended. It is a modern hotel and very busy with business conferences and a very active Spa/leisure centre. It is ideally placed for exploring the Wirral and North Wales which was the objective of this trip.

We spent the first day exploring the historic and well presented city of Chester. There is so much to see if you, like us, are interested in British history **. The Romans, in particular, left their indelible mark on Chester (Deva Victrix) not least being the city wall and the amphitheatre. We spent sometime exploring St.John's Church, Chester's first Cathedral before it lost that role to St Werburgh Abbey at the time of the Dissolution of the Abbeys in the mid 16th Century.

On the second day we travelled via the excellent A55 (North Wales Expressway) to Conwy with the objective of buying a Welsh Blanket throw from the nearby Trefriw Woollen Mills.

It was back to North Wales again on the third day, this time to visit the well preserved and presented (credit to the Cadw organisation) ruins of Fling Castle.

Here are some photos taken during the trip -

CHESTER

Views from the top of the Roman Wall

Pemerberton's Parlour - Roman Wall Chester

Drift Wood Race Horse - Chester Raceourse

Amphitheatre

Churches

St Francis of Assis Catholic Church Chester

St John's c of E church, formerly Chester's Cathedral

St John's Church Chester - Information Board

St John's Chester history told in Stained Glass panels

After the 16th Century Reformation, St John's lost it's status as Chester's Cathedral and it was physically reduced in size. These photos are of the ruins of that great building that still remain together with information boards-