Hidden gems - Landmarks in Chester, United Kingdom not to miss (Updated November, 2023)

Hidden gems: Landmarks in Chester

Discover the city's hidden treasures—remarkable spots that are relatively undiscovered but offer exceptional experiences. Our selection criteria? A rating of 4.5 or higher with fewer than 150 reviews. Explore these lesser-known yet outstanding places that promise a delightful visit in Chester. This list contains 12 places from Landmark category.

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Temple of Concord and Victory

Landmark

👍👍 The designer of this the largest of the garden buildings is unknown, both Earl Temple and Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford have been suggested as the architect. Built from stone, between 1747 and 1749, the building is located where the two legs of the valley meet. It is raised on a podium with a fli...

4.90 (11 reviews) (~180.42 km from centre)

Cats Tor

Landmark

👍👍 Beautiful walk, you'll need ankles like scaffolding clips an a good rain coat though

4.80 (39 reviews) (~59.52 km from centre)

Palladian Bridge

Landmark

👍👍 This is a copy of the bridge at Wilton House. The main difference is that the Stowe version is designed to be used by horse-drawn carriages so is set lower with shallow ramps instead of steps on the approach. It was completed in 1738 probably under the direction of Gibbs. Of five arches, the central...

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4.80 (32 reviews) (~181.14 km from centre)

Temple of Venus

Landmark

👍 dated 1731 this was the first building in the gardens designed by William Kent. Located in the south-west corner of the gardens on the far side of the eleven-acre lake. The stone building takes the form of one of Palladio's villas, the central rectangular room linked by two quadrant arcades to pavil...

4.80 (6 reviews) (~181.1 km from centre)

Humphrey Head

Park

👍 Nice walk, although it was 24 degrees and our doddering 12yr old Schnauzer (he's on the photo) struggled and we had to call it a day before getting halfway. The younger two dogs loved the mud and water though, unfortunately.

4.70 (75 reviews) (~106.85 km from centre)

Cleadon Water Tower

Landmark

👍👍 Very peaceful place to go for a walk - we actually went on Good Friday to see the Exmoor ponies but unfortunately we'd missed them by a week or two, they'd already gone, so my daughter was gutted! 🙈 Fortunately, the farmer round the corner has also got horses, so we paid them a visit instead, and t...

4.70 (52 reviews) (~220.06 km from centre)

Lady Blantyre's Rock

Landmark

👍👍 It is a beautiful walk that takes you past Lady Blantyres rock . It was a lovely sunny afternoon when we did the circuit . But even when the weather is wet and cold it is still a lovely walk . One thing I noticed is a definate lack of waste bins as there was a lot of litter blowing around .

4.70 (44 reviews) (~99.42 km from centre)

Gothic Temple

Landmark

👍👍 I've stayed in several of the Landmark Trusts properties, but this was definitely one of the best. The building itself is awesome, it looks great from outside and does not disappoint when you enter. Spacious, clean, tidy, very welcoming and surprisingly warm. I expected this place to be very cold, b...

4.70 (28 reviews) (~180.9 km from centre)

Queen's Temple

Landmark

👍 originally designed by Gibbs in 1742 and was then called the Lady's Temple. This was designed for Lady Cobham to entertain her friends. But the building was extensively remodelled in 1772-4 to give it a neo-classical form. The architect was probably Thomas Pitt, the portico is based on the Maison Ca...

4.70 (10 reviews) (~180.59 km from centre)

Temple of British Worthies

Landmark

👍 designed by Kent and built 1734-5. Built of stone, it is a curving roofless exedra with a large stone pier in the centre surmounted by a stepped pyramid containing an oval niche that contains a bust of Mercury, a copy of the original. The curving wall contains 6 niches either side of the central pie...

4.60 (12 reviews) (~180.93 km from centre)

North Gate

Landmark

😐 It's a gate.

4.50 (82 reviews) (~104.42 km from centre)

Fairfield Park

Park

😠 A mediocre faux Victorian housing estate in Central Backwardshire. An administrative mess with a gaggle of residents associations undermining a Parish Council which in truth can’t do anything because of the cabal of residents associations, some of which have been going for 15 years & still haven’t s...

4.50 (27 reviews) (~222.22 km from centre)

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Hidden gems: Landmarks in Chester, United Kingdom