Chester Tours and Sightseeing

Cruise along the beautiful River Dee with Chester Boat, offering sightseeing and themed cruises, plus private charters for all occasions. The tranquil half-hour cruise along the River Dee departs from The Groves and takes you upstream, under the suspension bridge to the city limits.

More Details | Chester Boat website

Soak up the history and culture of this incredible medieval city, and make sure you see as much of it as you can on these open-top, double-decker buses. With 15 stops on the route, you can hop on and off as you please, giving you the chance to explore as much as you wish.

More Details | City Sightseeing website

The Guild of Chester Tour Guides are an eclectic group of 36 individuals, all professionally trained to national standards as Blue or Green Badge Guides, all fully insured, and united by their passion for the wonderful city of Chester.

More Details | The Chester Tour website

Located on the banks of the River Dee, Chester Boat Hire offers rowing boats, paddle boats and motor boats for hire for 30 minutes or more.

More Details | Chester Boat Hire website

Virtual exploration of the unique and beautiful City Walls of Chester by Steve Howe. Starting at The Northgate, travel clockwise around the two-mile circuit visiting The Phoenix Tower, Chester Cathedral, Eastgate Clock, The Amphitheatre, River Dee, Chester Castle, The Roodee and The Watertower.

A Virtual Stroll Around the Walls website

An exploration into this historic city with photographer, historian and guide Steve Howe, author of Chester: a Virtual Stroll Around the Walls. Private, personal guided tours of the beautiful city of Chester, tailor made and ideal for visiting groups.

Chester Guided Walks website

Chester has a number of fascinating walks and tours. Here are some self guided trails which help explain the city's heritage including a Chester City Walls Trail, Riverside Promenade Trail and Chester Millennium Trail.

Heritage Trails in Chester website

Steeped in 2000 years of history, and with hundreds of Ghost sightings, Chester can claim to be one of the most haunted cities in Britain.

More Details | Chester Ghost Tour website

Award-winning Roman Tours offer a superb fact-filled entertaining story of 2,000-year-old Deva - Britain's biggest Roman fortress. Legionary guides take you behind the scenes at key sites to explore the drama of life in the Roman Army - all based on the latest research by military experts.

More Details | Roman Tours website

Tours Around Chester provide you with a choice of innovative, informative and social experiences. The Running Tour stretches your legs showing you the many historic sites and landmarks the city has to offer or try The Taste Tour, the ultimate, off the beaten track, food and cultural experience.

Tours Around Chester website

Hop-on hop-off this iconic red London Routemaster bus for grandstand views of Chester's unique attractions. Sit back, relax and enjoy the tour whilst the guide lets you in on Chester's rich history and the sights along the way.

More Details | Sightseeing Chester website

Travelling mainly on cycle friendly paths, at a leisurely pace, you’ll get a factual but good-humoured look at Chester's fascinating history and attractions. Tours take about two hours with an average travelling speed of 1,000 years an hour!

Chester Cycle Tours website

Pick up your bike, hop into your saddle, and set off to discover Chester City and the beautiful Cheshire countryside around it. Armed with maps and route descriptions, you will be free to explore this historic city at your own pace.

More Details | Chester Cycle Hire website

BusyBus were established in 2003 and offer a range of daily departures in their modern, executive mid-sized mini bus fleet, perfect for exploring areas and routes not accessible to full-size coaches. Departures from outside Chester Railway Station.

Busy Bus Tours website

The Sandstone Trail is one of the finest and most popular long distance walks in North West England. The Trail stretches for 34 miles/55 kilometres and offers superb, unbroken, and often elevated walking across the still largely green and pleasant English county of Cheshire.

Sandstone Trail website

The Daniel Adamson is a unique 1903 Steam Ship, listed as 15th on the Register of National Historic Ships. They offer cruises along the picturesque River Weaver as well as a selection of themed cruises including Gin cruises and real ale cruises.

The Danny website

Cheshire Segway offer Segway experiences using their 15 Acre Woodlands combined with the outstanding beauty of Blakemere Craft Centre's paths and roads. Using the X2 Segway personal transporter gives the flexibility to go from tarmac paths to woodland tracks. Cycle hire is also available.

Cheshire Segway and Cycle Hire website