Life By The River
The River Dee is 70 miles long and stretches through Wales and Chester. Below the city centre Chester is divided by the River Dee. The river is an important part of Chester life.
The riverside is used as a recreation area known as the ‘Groves’, a paved promenade on the North side of the River Dee starting at the end of Lower Bridge Street and finishing near Grosvenor Park. The area has many benches with a bandstand,cafes, restaurants and pubs. Here you can take a stroll along the riverbank or propel yourself in a motorboat, a rowing boat or a pedalo.
The Queen’s Park Suspension Bridge, forms the only exclusively pedestrian footway across the river in Chester. The Old Dee Bridge, a road bridge and by far the oldest bridge in Chester, was built in about 1387 on the site of a series of wooden predecessors which dated originally from the Roman period.
No visit to chester is complete without a cruise on the River Dee which is one of the best ways to appreciate the character of this ancient city.
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