WALKCHESTER, Historical Street Views, from Roman Times to the Present, over 600+ images Chester’s Heritage, 4 detailed street maps and two satellite maps, many antique prints, paintings & photographs

WALKCHESTER, Historical Street Views, from Roman Times to the Present

Chester’s Roman Heritage, 4 FREE detailed street maps and the other satellite images, many antique prints.

Your walk is planned in two 3 hour parts, with 1 hour lunch.


There are a least 12 public carparks, pick the nearest to your walk


Each Public House, Restaurant and Café, many now are for disabled


1 Start at Watergate (all-Day carpark), Bridge Street, Newgate,  The Castle, Grosvenor Street (Grosvenor Museum) Allow 3 hours ending at Pepper Street


LUNCH BREAK there are many places to eat or picnic around St. John’s Church


2 Start from St John’s Church, Newgate Street, (or City Wall), Eastgate Street,


Just before The Cross turn right up Northgate Street, pass the Town Hall to Northgate, join the City Wall, Water Tower, ending at Watergate Carpark

A (second all-Day carpark) is below the Chester Castle Little Roodee Carpark

You need to plan your routes in advance from Carpark and back again

For rainy day’s there are 3 Museums with 5 minutes from each other.


Preparation for this WALK has raised some important H&S questions


    WALKCHESTER wishes our many Tourists an enjoyable, safe walk, with useful signage 

    All Towns and Cities have a duty-of-care to all pedestrians & wheelchair users

    All classes of able-bodied and disabled require smooth, safe walking surface

    A regular risk assessment of all pathways, access, egress, length of walk marked, would be helpful

    All humans require access to drinking water, food and toilets, (not forgetting pets)

    All disabled require good maps showing car-parking close to access routes

    All public places to have high H&S standards. Remove cobble-stones 

    or flag-stones, wider pavements for motorized wheelchairs

    Comments welcome to MUM FORUM: https://www.mumfordbooks.com/forums/forum/welcome-to-mumfordbooks-com-forum/


Index to Illustrated Chapters 1-18:


1 Introduction: History Timescale: Styles and Periods: Charts and Maps Mesolithic, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Gothic, Georgian, Art Deco, Modern

2 Roman Empire: from Eastern to Western Maps, Countries from around the whole Mediterranean

3 Early Roman architecture, Temples, Palaces, Cirrus, Public Baths, Forums, Colosseum, Monuments, Fountains, and Domestic architecture

4 Rome’s Architecture: many sample buildings, now lost for ever, illustrated from original hand coloured antique prints

5 Images from classical 17th C prints of Rome’s Forum, photographs of the best frescos from Pompeii Ruins, showing the buildings and artefacts as they were in 78 AD.

6 200+ Antique prints and new images of Rome’s finest buildings, all in full colour

7 Examples of the Parthenon’s restoration, together with the stonemason’s working methods

8 Illustrated theories of proportion, symmetry, perspectives including shadows, over 90+ antique and modern examples

9 Examples of old and new architecture, learn from the past to make a better future, over 100+ images

10 Romanesque, British and European architecture, almost 100+ all from antique prints

11 European Gothic, many British, French and German Churches and Cathedrals architectural 150+ detail antique drawings

12 Detailed working drawings of woodworking and joinery, 150+ antique prints, windows, doors, staircases, roofs

13 Baroque architecture 1600-1750 British and European, illustrated in over 100+ antique prints and a few photographs

14 Large collection of British large houses, Ex Abbey’s, Castles, Halls, Manors, Mansions illustrated in 100+ antique prints and few photographs

15 Georgian British, European and American 1714-1830, illustrated in 75+ antique prints and few photographs

16 Roman Chester over 500+ antique and new photographs showing Chester’s full architectural history and how it looks today. Mumfordbooks have published a free map* see free sample download (with every eBook). Chester City Walls Walking Map, with planned routes in conjunction with chapter 16.