Chester Heritage Festival
@chesterherifest
Immerse yourself in 2000 years of history with events taking place across the city between 24 May - 8 June 2025. Led by Heritage Chester.
✨ Our Highways Structure team has been busy upgrading posts on Chester's historic City Walls, they are made of oak and original metal fittings were re-used where possible ✨
🐝 The Manchester Bee is in Little Sutton British Legion car park from 11am to 2pm and then EP Civic Square from 3pm to 7.30pm - it's the first UK sculpture to be made entirely of firearms and is a dedicated monument against violence 👉 cwac.co/sq2I5 #ASBawarenessweek
City Sightseeing Red open top tour bus. £5 for an hour Special Offer. #Chester
Happy 50th birthday to the Addleshaw Tower (Chester Cathedral bell tower) - opened on 25th June 1975 by the Duke of Gloucester #Chester @ShitChester @ChesterTours
Find out how I went about finding sources to corroborate this broadside which revealed how the condemned William Wilson had a previous encounter with his so to be executioner, Samuel Burrows. 👇 thenooseofsamuelburrows.com/blog #TrueCrime #History
*Newsflash* You can currently save 18% off the RRP if you pre-order The Noose of Samuel Burrows on Amazon. If you have pre-ordered already you will also get the saving once it's released. amzn.to/4k7wyEs @ShitChester @chesterherifest #NewBook #Cheshire #History
50 or so pix of Sunday's Mid summer Parade over on my facebook page if you'd like a look facebook.com/HandbridgeLife @ShitChester
One month to go before #MakingTracks 200 @ChesterCath! We’ll be there everyday with our special mini-shop ☺️ @PeteWatermanOBE invites you to be part of this historic 72ft exhibition marking #Railway200 👇 @ShitChester @ChesterBID @chesterherifest @therowschester @VisitChester_
Another fantastic parade today! Thanks @ShitChester for the photos! 🪿
We had so much fun. It was an honour to take part! 🪿🪿🪿
St Werburgh and her geese - #Chester Midsummer Watch Parade
Very exciting to see "The Noose of Samuel Burrows" among writers I truly admire such as Truman Capote and @HallieRubenhold on the @bookshop_org_UK True Crime category shelves. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 uk.bookshop.org/a/1050/9781036…
New giant awaits #Chester Midsummer Watch - parade at 2pm today & tomorrow
Don’t miss us today! 🪿🪿🪿
The Chester Midsummer Watch Parade returns tomorrow Sat 21 with a second chance to watch on Sun 22 June starting from Chester Town Hall square at 2pm on both days. The medieval parade is one of the country’s oldest and most colourful street parades . 👉 cwac.co/nmV7J
𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐬 🖤 Unique in the world and iconically 'Chester' - wander indie shops, bars and eateries, grab the free audio trail and map and step straight into living history. visitcheshire.com/the-rows
The Chester Midsummer Watch Parade returns tomorrow Sat 21 with a second chance to watch on Sun 22 June starting from Chester Town Hall square at 2pm on both days. The medieval parade is one of the country’s oldest and most colourful street parades . 👉 cwac.co/nmV7J
𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 🌞 Step back in time at Chester’s Midsummer Watch Parade — one of Britain’s oldest festivals! See giants, mythical beasts and more in a colourful medieval celebration. 21st & 22nd June. visitcheshire.com/events/midsumm…