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Chester is the best preserved walled city in England. Its grade I listed walls originate from 100 AD and form an almost complete circuit around the city. With a total walkway length of 1.8 miles there is only a small 100-metre section which is no longer intact.

A Tudor law dictated that Welshmen were not allowed in the city between sunset and sunrise. Another law apparently dictated that it was legal to shoot a Welshman with a bow and arrow within the city walls after midnight. There is no record of this law ever having been repealed.

Chester’s racecourse, the Roodee, is Britain’s oldest sporting venue in continual use. The very first race took place in 1539 and replaced the particularly violent and bloody traditional local football game which was played there. The substitution was thought up by Mayor Henry Gee. It is thought that this is where the term ‘gee-gees’ comes from.

In 2022, The City was voted the most beautiful city in the world, thanks to a mathematical formula. The Golden Ratio measures things that are “inherently pleasing to the eye”. The Three Old Arches holds the second highest scoring building, at 99%. 

In 1403, the Prince of Wales passed a law that stopped any Welsh folk from visiting Chester and banished them from the city. However, King Henry V ordered that no Welshmen should enter the city before sunrise or after sunset. 

There are many celebrities from Chester including James Bond’s Daniel Craig, comedian and game show host Bob Mills, Crystal Palace player Andy Dorman and Steps member Lee Latchford-Evans.

The Castle became the base for expeditions against North Wales in the 12th and 13th centuries. Following the Norman Conquest, Earl Hugh Lupus built the motte and bailey castle from timber. 

Chester has the most complete city walls. These walls were first built in the 10th Century during the Saxton period. However, the walls were not completed until about 100 years later. The circuit of the walls is nearly two miles long.

Located in Edgar’s Field is an old building that looks like a weathered rock. Minerva Shrine is where people came to honour Minerva, who was the Roman equivalent of Athena, goddess of war, art, wisdom and craftsman. It’s possible that the building was carved as a shire to her, out of natural rock, around 2,000 years ago.