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River Dee Chester - August 2009

Chester

(2.6 miles, 4.2 km, direction S)

Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...

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Summit of Helsby hill looking over River Mersey towards Liverpool.

Helsby

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction NE)

Helsby is famous for Helsby Hill which rises to a height of 462ft, and has traces of an Iron-Age camp...

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St Lawrence Church, Frodsham

Frodsham

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction NE)

In the medieval times Frodsham was an important port and borough belonging to the earls of Chester...

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Wallasey Town Hall

Wirral Peninsula

(9.1 miles, 14.6 km, direction NW)

The Wirral Peninsula is an area of Merseyside approximately 60 square miles (160 square Km) known as 'The Wirral'..

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Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere

(9.3 miles, 15.0 km, direction E)

The village of Delamere can be found in the midst of beautiful Cheshire countryside in an area of forests and rivers. It is perhaps best known as the home of the magnificent.....

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Lady Lever Gallery - Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction NW)

The centre-piece of the village is the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Museum, this was built as a memorial to Lady Lever and was opened in 1922...

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Thornton Hough

Thornton Hough

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction NW)

Thornton Hough is a picturesque village just 10 miles from the historic city of Liverpool, and 10 miles from historic Chester, and lies in an Area of Special Landscape Value,.....

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Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

Tarporley

(10.0 miles, 16.1 km, direction SE)

Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...

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Catalyst Museum, Widnes, Cheshire

Widnes

(10.6 miles, 17.0 km, direction NE)

There is much that is Victorian about Widnes, this can be seen in the splendid public library building and the park named after a great Queen and Empress...

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A long winding road in Lower Heswall, the area has remained unchanged for around 100 years.

Heswall

(11.4 miles, 18.3 km, direction NW)

Heswall, although situated on the banks of the River Dee remains very much part of Merseyside. It is fortunate to occupy a spacious area fringed by green wooded countryside, and is close to sands commencing at near-by Thurstaston...

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Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port

(2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction N)

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Chester Heritage Centre

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction S)

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Chester's Roman Amphitheatre

Chester Roman Amphitheatre

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction S)

It is almost impossible to list the magnificent Roman treasures this town possesses. Its extraordinary Roman Amphitheatre is but.....

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Chester Roman Garden

Roman Gardens

(2.7 miles, 4.4 km, direction S)

The Roman Garden, thus called is a somewhat misleading name. It was certainly not here in Roman times, but is a left-over from.....

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Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral

(2.8 miles, 4.4 km, direction S)

A Minster was built here in the 10th-century to hold the remains of St.Werburgh, a Mercian princess who died in 707......

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DEWA Roman Experience

(2.8 miles, 4.5 km, direction S)

This is where you really can take a trip back into history, giving full reign to your imagination whilst discovering just what.....

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Chester Castle, Chester

Chester Castle

(3.1 miles, 5.0 km, direction S)

The extensive ruins of Chester Castle can be found on a hillside overlooking the River Dee in close proximity to where the county.....

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Ellesmere Port - Taken By David Thomas DEC 2001

Ellesmere Port Boat Museum

(4.1 miles, 6.7 km, direction N)

At The Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port we bring Britain's canal history back to life. Come and explore the exhibitions in the.....

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Rivacre Valley Country Park

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction NW)

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Hawarden Castle, Hawarden, Flintshire, taken from the Cricket Club.

Hawarden Castle

(6.8 miles, 11.0 km, direction SW)

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