r/Chester • • 2h ago

Anyone fancy 5-a-side in Chester tonight?

1 Upvotes

We’re playing at Goals in Chester at 5:30pm and need 2 more players.

Anyone welcome, just drop me a message if you’re interested!


r/Chester • • 20h ago

Authentic Italian?

6 Upvotes

My wife and I are visiting Chester this week and a friend who visited a few year ago said they visited an Italian restaurant ran by an Italian family, and that the food was amazing.

But he couldn't remember the name.

Does anyone know what it could be?


r/Chester • • 1d ago

Nuns road

11 Upvotes

Does anyone know when Nuns Road is going to be open again? I swear it was meant to reopen the 25th but seems it's still closed.

Truly a first world problem lol

Chester


r/Chester • • 1d ago

Looking for jobs

1 Upvotes

Are there any jobs around/in Chester that could be open to teens.

Would highly appreciate some help.


r/Chester • • 1d ago

Chester uni evening courses

4 Upvotes

Hiyaa, so Ive recently wanted to start learn languages and Chester uni offers this however apparently they've already started are people aware wheather or not with enough prompting they allow people to join the course late.

I genuinely intrested in learning French and while I know Id be behind I dont want to wait another year.

Any tips would be highly helpful. Ill be calling them tomorrow to ask.


r/Chester • • 3d ago

Landscaper

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Hi all, I’m looking recommendations for a reasonably priced landscaper to extend our patio in Chester. TIA


r/Chester • • 3d ago

Landscaper

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Hi all, I’m looking recommendations for a reasonably priced landscaper to extend our patio in Chester. TIA


r/Chester • • 4d ago

Experiences of nurseries in Chester? Specifically Fir Cones

4 Upvotes

Anyone with a little one in nursery in Chester (or someone you know) and willing to share their experience?

I'm looking for a nursery for my little boy. We had originally planned to go to Fir Cones (within the Firs School), but we've had a bad experience with their communication.

Now considering Thrive (formerly smarties), Hoole Bank and Best Friends. Open to others too!


r/Chester • • 5d ago

Chester has its own Bridge of Sighs, where condemned prisoners crossed to their last rites. I’ve built a walking app full of stories like this, and I’m looking for testers

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I grew up in Hoole, and I’ve spent the last year building a walking app called Delos. It’s a calm alternative to Strava, with no pace leaderboards and no running.

Chester’s the second place I’ve written local content for, after Cheltenham where I live now. There are over 40 bits of the city’s history, and you discover them by walking past where they happened. A few that surprised me while I was researching:

  • The Bridge of Sighs by the Northgate carried condemned prisoners from the city gaol to the chapel for their last rites before they were hanged.
  • The Chester Imp: a little devil carved in chains high up in the cathedral nave. Nobody knows who made it. Legend says a monk saw the Devil peering in through a window, so the masons carved him chained up as a warning.
  • The Shot Tower in Boughton made lead shot for the Napoleonic Wars by dropping molten lead from the top. It kept going until 2001, and it’s probably the oldest shot tower in the world.

Delos also maps where you’ve walked: the city starts fogged and clears as you go. There are routes around the walls and the canal, and segments you can make yourself and compare times on.

It’s iPhone only for now, and free to test through TestFlight. Testers get a founding-member deal on Premium when it launches. I’d love to hear what you think, and especially which bits of Chester history you’d add.

For feedback, take a screenshot in the app and tap Share Beta Feedback, or send it from the TestFlight app (tap Delos, then Send Beta Feedback). Or just comment here.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/QXVQK7nw

Happy to answer anything in the comments.


r/Chester • • 4d ago

Looking for Christmas Eve Night Out Ideas in Chester

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We're looking for a lively Christmas Eve pub in Chester for a 30s and up crowd. Hoping for good vibes, good drinks, and a bit of a sing song once the merriment is underway.

Any recommendations?


r/Chester • • 6d ago

Any Wirral/Liverpool/North Wales/Chester Ren Faire, fantasy or cosplay people fancy a photoshoot? 📸

8 Upvotes

Hey everyone!

Originally from the Wirral but living in Canada these days. I'm back home over Christmas (20th Dec – 1st Jan) and thought it'd be fun to organise a couple of creative photoshoots while I'm around!

I'm a hobbyist photographer and would love to find anyone into Ren Faire, medieval fantasy, LARP or cosplay who's up for a shoot!

Thinking castles, ruins, forests, dramatic landscapes, that sort of thing! Happy to travel around the Wirral, Chester, Liverpool and North Wales.

Completely free/TFP, and you'll get a selection of professionally edited photos afterwards!

If you're interested, or know someone who might be, drop me a message on Instagram! I'm rarely on Reddit, so much easier to catch me there.

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjryan.photo/

Cheers! 😊


r/Chester • • 6d ago

Chester haircuts

5 Upvotes

Just moved to Chester all the way from Canada and currently looking for a new barber/salon to get my haircut. I'm male and have wavy hair... not looking for the typical fade that i've been seeing a lot around here.

Does anyone have any recommendations that are reasonably priced with good experience?

Thanks all in advance! So far loving the city and the friendly people...feel almost at home.


r/Chester • • 6d ago

Where to buy an engagement ring in Chester?

2 Upvotes

Planning on popping the question to my girlfriend in the near future and starting to think about ring shopping. I’m looking at possibly a lab grown diamond or a vintage ring. Budget will be around £4k. Does anyone have any recommendations of jewelers in Chester? Thanks in advance!


r/Chester • • 8d ago

It's starting to look autumnal in Chester

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r/Chester • • 8d ago

Wild fungi in Chester

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I am a student and for a personal project I’m working on in my free time I want to find some wild mushrooms and fungi. I don’t know where to look and was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to find some interesting species of mushroom in the Chester area.

(I don’t care if they are poisonous or dangerous, I know how to be safe around them and don’t plan to disturb them)

Thank you so much in advance


r/Chester • • 9d ago

Halloween Party

2 Upvotes

Does anyone know any Halloween Party in Chester? If you know any that, please share the link to book for the party.

Thank you


r/Chester • • 10d ago

Lost hearing aid.

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Hi I was in Chester on Thursday night/ Friday morning and lost my hearing aid. Please Dm or drop hearing aid into the police station. I went around yesterday after not finding it in my own place and didn't realise the police station was closed on weekends.


r/Chester • • 10d ago

Pinball Machine

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Anyone know of any pinball machines in Chester, or at least close by? My son loves them after trying one at a gaming show recently and we’d love to find one in town. Thanks!


r/Chester • • 11d ago

Key found in Chester near the student roost. Any ideas?

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r/Chester • • 11d ago

Staying in Chester for 2 days advice

2 Upvotes

I’m staying in Chester for 2 days/nights.
Where is the best place to get a pint?
Where is the best place for an evening meal?


r/Chester • • 13d ago

Cars being banned in City centre due to terrorism threat

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55 Upvotes

Is anyone aware of this? Effectively banning cars (from a mainly pedestrian area) which would have an impact on the evening/night time economy

Seems like an over the top reaction

https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/26636852.traffic-restrictions-chester-centre-enhance-security/


r/Chester • • 14d ago

Christmas day curry in chester?

7 Upvotes

Works a right mess this year. So curry it is.

Is anywhere open, any recommendations?


r/Chester • • 15d ago

Windows in the Chester area

2 Upvotes

Can anyone recommend a reasonable company or local person to supply and fit 3 front windows please.Thankyou.


r/Chester • • 16d ago

Increase in Rats

11 Upvotes

Has anyone noticed in the city centre of Chester an increase in rats lately? Grovesner Park & Hamilton Place seem to be rife with them more than usual lately


r/Chester • • 16d ago

Shocking Mobile reception in Chester

46 Upvotes

Had a great weekend in Chester this weekend for the Marathon. One thing I noticed about the place was the rubbish mobile reception (Three). Can anyone who lives there tell me whether the place is known to be notoriously bad?