Chester Children's Tour: From Romans to Knights

Have you ever wanted to time travel? On this walking tour through Chester, you’ll do just that. You’ll trace Chester’s rich history from Roman occupation to the medieval period, meeting some of its past inhabitants. The tour starts in Handbridge, at the Goddess Minerva’s Shrine, before heading across the Old Dee Bridge to Chester’s Roman Amphitheatre, the largest of its kind in Britain. You’ll wind your way past Queen Aethelflaed’s city walls and into Viking territory. From there, you’ll explore the former priory land that brought Chester its wealth, before finishing the tour by Chester High Cross. Along the way, you’ll meet a second legion Roman soldier, a local slave, and a visiting gladiatrix at Castra Dewa, Chester’s old Roman fort. Then, join a Saxon queen and a Viking warlord who’s been warring in the burh of Legecaester (the defensive town of Chester). You’ll also encounter an abbess of St Mary’s Nunnery and a knight of Cestrie (Chester). On this 90-minute Chester tour, you’ll have a chance to: • Walk past ancient ruins in Chester Roman Gardens • Hear Chester’s old residents talking about their city and their everyday lives, thanks to a range of voice actors • See the largest collection of Roman tombstones in the UK at the Grosvenor Museum • Discover the oldest shop frontage in England • Get the inside scoop on how the city has evolved bit by bit over the centuries • Time-travel through thirteen hundred years of history • See the only surviving galleried medieval shops in Europe Will you be able to get to grips with time travel software? More importantly, who can you trust to guide you safely through your journey? Look no further! Join us on Chester’s first children’s audio tour and let the past come to life in an exciting new way. Love History? So do we!

Price: £5.99 from VoiceMap