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Wales 2024: Day 0: Chester -> Hotel (3K) 1mi Sun 29 Sep
Chester to Wales 2mi Wed 18 Sep
Walk mill 4mi Sat 27 Jul
chester escape 4mi Sat 22 Jun
Hoole 6mi 9 Sep 2023
to bache trainstation 6mi 14 Jul 2023
Chester to Birch Bank Farm 3mi 5 Jul 2023
Thornlean 2 Lidl 1mi 24 May 2023
Thornlea 2 Aldi 1mi 24 May 2023
Thornleigh 2 Morrisons 1mi 24 May 2023

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Days Out

Weekend rides

Find somewhere to cycle this weekend. Here’s our route-planner’s top picks around Chester:

Flint Castle · 12mi one-way
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Dee Estuary - Parkgate · 28mi round-trip
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Ewloe Castle · 19mi round-trip
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National Cycle Network

Cycle routes in Chester

The National Cycle Network is a great way to find traffic-free routes and quiet lanes. These routes pass through Chester:

To Salisbury, Swindon, Cricklade, Cirencester, Nailsworth, Stroud, Gloucester, Worcester, Droitwich Spa, Stourport-on-Severn, Bewdley, Bridgnorth, Telford and Whitchurch.

To Neston, Heswall and Hoylake.

To Liverpool, Wallasey, Birkenhead and Neston.

To Holyhead, Menai Bridge, Bangor, Llanfairfechan, Penmaenmawr, Conwy, Colwyn Bay, Abergele, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Holywell, Flint and Connah'S Quay.

To Reading, Wallingford, Didcot, Abingdon, Oxford, Woodstock, Banbury, Stratford-upon-Avon, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Birmingham, Brownhills, Cannock, Stafford, Stone, Stoke-on-Trent, Alsager, Sandbach, Middlewich, Winsford, Northwich, Frodsham and Ellesmere Port.

Knowledge

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What are the roads like? Which are the most cycle-friendly cafés? Where’s your favourite place for a Saturday afternoon spin? Share your knowledge with other local cyclists.

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A note on our PDF maps

30 Oct 2022 · 2

When you’re planning a route, cycle.travel has always offered the option to export a print-ready PDF in one of several scales. PDF maps are great as a fallback for electronic…

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Ordnance Survey maps are justly famed for their clear, detailed coverage of the British countryside. Generations of cyclists have planned their adventures with an OS map or two stuffed in…

Plan multi-day adventures easily

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Dreaming of getting away on a bike trip this summer? cycle.travel’s new multi-day planning feature is here for you! For any journey of 50km or more, you can simply add…