The Thrill of Chester Races
A day out at Chester races is an institution for many locals and also for many visitors from far and wide, these days there are even numerous visitors from mainland Europe.
The nearby big city's of Manchester and Liverpool provide not only a gateway to Chester races but are also home to many of its visitors.
Meeting can easily attract 20-30,000 punters for a weekend of racing.
And over the last decade the number of visitors from outside the immediate area has grown to a very impressive 70% of all race fans at the course.
The course is not a field with a run down stand Chester boasts a modern facility that can cater for all kinds of visitors including corporate clients and disabled race fans to coach loads of eager pensioners and jet-setters who need to land their helicopter right at the course.
Chester is a well appointed racetrack with a very long history of catering to the needs of its many hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
One of the reasons for its popularity is its ease of access from many diverse areas such as the cities of Yorkshire, the Midlands, North Wales and of course Manchester and Liverpool which are both less than an hour away and there are easy links to the M53, M56, M6 and A483.
There is ample car parking currently costs just £7, and coaches only £10, the main Chester rail station is in the town around twenty minutes from the course.
For those flying in there is the nearby Hawarden airport, Deeside which has helicopter as well as light aircraft facilities.
The nearest major airports are Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon both around an hour from Chester.
The course can provide all kinds of catering with meals to suit all tastes and budgets there is also an ample supply of outlets for non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks.
Some, but not all, areas of the course observe a strict formal dress code, at the other end of the scale visitors can even bring along their own picnic to the open course.
A day or a weekend at Chester races has a huge amount to offer, and you can easily make it a mini break by booking into a fine Chester Hotel.
There are all classes of hotel accommodation on offer in and around the town including several first class Luxury hotels in Chester itself.
The nearby big city's of Manchester and Liverpool provide not only a gateway to Chester races but are also home to many of its visitors.
Meeting can easily attract 20-30,000 punters for a weekend of racing.
And over the last decade the number of visitors from outside the immediate area has grown to a very impressive 70% of all race fans at the course.
The course is not a field with a run down stand Chester boasts a modern facility that can cater for all kinds of visitors including corporate clients and disabled race fans to coach loads of eager pensioners and jet-setters who need to land their helicopter right at the course.
Chester is a well appointed racetrack with a very long history of catering to the needs of its many hundreds of thousands of visitors each year.
One of the reasons for its popularity is its ease of access from many diverse areas such as the cities of Yorkshire, the Midlands, North Wales and of course Manchester and Liverpool which are both less than an hour away and there are easy links to the M53, M56, M6 and A483.
There is ample car parking currently costs just £7, and coaches only £10, the main Chester rail station is in the town around twenty minutes from the course.
For those flying in there is the nearby Hawarden airport, Deeside which has helicopter as well as light aircraft facilities.
The nearest major airports are Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon both around an hour from Chester.
The course can provide all kinds of catering with meals to suit all tastes and budgets there is also an ample supply of outlets for non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks.
Some, but not all, areas of the course observe a strict formal dress code, at the other end of the scale visitors can even bring along their own picnic to the open course.
A day or a weekend at Chester races has a huge amount to offer, and you can easily make it a mini break by booking into a fine Chester Hotel.
There are all classes of hotel accommodation on offer in and around the town including several first class Luxury hotels in Chester itself.
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