Grosvenor Park Chester and Surrounding Area

The historic Roman city of Chester is filled with red sandstone and monochrome Tudor buildings, which create a quaint and atmospheric feel to your bicycle picnic adventure...

Chester Grosvenor Park

A series beautifully landscaped garden areas that sympathetically work around the old 13th century ruins of St Mary's Nunnery, Chester Grosvenor Park has become a hive of activity with families and groups of friends since it's restoration in 2014...

You'll find plenty of people perching up under a tree, taking their children on the miniature railway, or coming into the park to attend a show at the open air theatre, which will also give you plenty to do and see along the way...

Next to the main entrance is a small quaint lodge, which houses the park's café. Also slightly further along are regularly tended to public toilets and bike locking racks.

The Banks of the River Dee

Once you have wound your way through the Grosvenor park, you will come to an exit on the opposite side to the main entrance, which brings you out onto the riverside...

With a lively atmosphere from the bustling crowds, you can either cycle your way up and down the banks, take a river tour on the 'Lady Diana' or hire a pedalo boat as an alternative way to take in the breath taking views of the ancient walled city from a different perspective...

Also running along the river banks are a series of dog friendly pubs and restaurants, all with outside seating...

Queens Park Suspension Bridge

Cycling back in the direction of Grosvenor Park, you will find Chester's suspension bridge, which takes you across the River Dee to the leafy residential Queen's Park area...

Once on the other side, take an immediate left down Victoria Crescent to get to the Chester Meadows at the bottom end of the road...

Chester Meadows

For a place out of the way where you can lose track of time for the day, there are plenty of places tucked away from the hustle and bustle to enjoy your bicycle picnic in private...

Positioned within the bend of the river, this open span of natural grass land gives an almost 360 degree view of the city centre's historic profile, allowing you to watch the world go by without being overlooked...

Chester Roman Gardens

Cycling back out of the meadows, over the suspension bridge and taking a left once on the other side of the river will, within a few moments you will find yourself at these landscaped gardens, which have winding paths around the ancient ruins of Chester's Roman Baths...

A very peaceful place in contrast to the buzz of the river banks, this makes the perfect backdrop for photographs of your bicycle picnic adventure...

Chester Roman Amphitheatre and City Walls

Known for being the largest Roman Amphitheatre in Great Britain, it was used for public entertainment and military training...

First excavated in the 1960's this 2000 year old archaeological treasure now offers the perfect pitstop during your bicycle hire travels...