The City has many other special attractions such as the beautiful Eastgate
Clock which recently celebrated it's 100th birthday. It is said to be the
second most photographed clock in the U.K. after "Big Ben". There is
also the UK's largest Amphitheatre discovered so far, where legionaries once
trained for war and 7000 people watched extravagant festivals and
entertainments.
Its attractions include Chester Cathedral, which celebrated 900 years of
history in 1992; the Water Tower, built in the Middle Ages to guard entry to the
Port of Chester, when sailing ships from all corners of the globe brought exotic
cargoes to what was then North West England's largest port; and the Roodee, once
the site of a massive Roman harbour, now a splendid racecourse, the oldest in
the country, where the horses, intriguingly, run anti-clockwise.
No wonder Boswell, the biographer of Dr Samuel Johnson, was inspired to
declare, in 1779, that Chester pleases my Fancy more than any town I saw.
Population: 120000
Contact: Mr Chris Lines Head of
International Services. Secretay General Walled
Towns Friendship Circle
Address: Chester City Council, Town Hall, CH1 2HS. Tele. 01244 402332
Facsimile Number: 01244 324338
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