Don't forget when you're picking up those last minute supplies that Heritage Chester is part of the Co-op Local Community Fund. To find out more about our projects and to choose us as your cause when you shop, please click the link! membership.coop.co.uk/causes/99152

🎄For some people, Christmas can be one of the most challenging times of the year. CWVA will be closed after Wednesday 24 December 2025 until Monday 5 January 2026 so we’ve put together a short round-up of support available in the local community. More ➡️ cwva.org.uk/support-over...

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to all our members and friends. The 15th-cent Carol of the Nuns of St Mary's, Chester, 'Qui Creavit Coelum' (archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/ar...) with a modern performance at Chester Cathedral www.google.com/search?q=son...

Thank you Rebecca, we've certainly had a brilliant couple of months, with the movie about @shitchester.bsky.social being one of many highlights!

Fantastic to be nominated for a @cwva.bsky.social Volunteer Award, recognising the amazing contribution of all our volunteers, without whom, our events would not be possible. Coordinators Cathryn and Liz accepted our certificate from Chester Lord Mayor, Cllr Sherin Akhtar. Thank you everyone!

We are delighted to publish our December 2025 newsletter, reviewing the Society's Autumn activities and looking forward to next year. chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Our #CheshireWonderfulWildlife postcards and posters make lovely, inexpensive gifts. Order them from friendscountessofchestercountrypark.uk @skintchester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone involved for nominating us. A really fantastic event and a great way to recognise all the brilliant and varied contributions from our volunteers.

Meet @ParsKahve - bringing their own mini Christmas market to the Rows this festive season! Pop in to discover festive offerings and experience the magic of shopping in these historic galleries 🎄✨ Support local! #RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester

Life on the Rows! Meet @BeerHeroes - who love the quirky medieval undercroft they operate from and the sense of community on the Rows 🍺✨ Support local this festive season! #RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester

Life on the Rows! Meet Chester Model Centre - a family-run business who love their front-row seat to Chester's parades and footfall of the Rows 🚂✨ Support local this festive season! #RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 30: 11 Watergate Street Grade I with Chester's finest medieval undercroft (c.1300)! The shield reads "The Old Crypt 1180" but it's a century out & not really a crypt. Haunted tales of secret passages? Probably the Roman sewer! Truth as fascinating as legend.

Life on the Rows! Meet @LondonCameraExchange - hear why they love running their business on Chester's iconic medieval galleries 📷✨ This festive season, discover the stories behind the shopfronts and support local! #RowvemberChester #ShopLocal #FestiveChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 29: 53 Lower Bridge Street Grade II with enclosed medieval timber Row at first floor level. Built to squeeze into a gap next to St Olave Street. Medieval sandstone wall & huge fireplace survive. Is it one building or two merged? This is still debated.

🎶 Pop-Up Performances this December! 🎶 Choirs led by Matt Baker filling the Rows with festive music! 🎄 29 Nov: Uni of Chester Choir 🎄 6 Dec: A Handbag of Harmonies 🎄 13 Dec: Proud Marys 1-2.30pm | FREE Plus sneaky pop-up at @ChesterChristmasMarket! #RowvemberChester

As #Rowvember ends, meet the people who keep the Rows thriving! We chatted with business owners about life in these medieval galleries. This festive season, support the independent shops, cafés & businesses that make the Rows special. Discover their stories 🎄✨ #RowvemberChester #ChesterRows

✨ Art on the Streets Pop-Up today! ✨ Stand where artists stood! Digital prints of original paintings displayed in the exact locations they were created. Compare past & present views of Chester's Rows. 📅 Sat 29 Nov, 11.15am-12.45pm 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S #RowvemberChester

✨ A pair of tickets have become available - grab them fast! ✨ Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to. 📆 30 Nov 5.30pm 🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX 📸 @Stuartrobphoto

🎶 Pop-Up Performances this December! 🎶 Choirs led by Matt Baker filling the Rows with festive music! 🎄 29 Nov: Uni of Chester Choir 🎄 6 Dec: A Handbag of Harmonies 🎄 13 Dec: Proud Marys 1-2.30pm | FREE Plus sneaky pop-up at @ChesterChristmasMarket! #RowvemberChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 28: St Michael's Church Grade II built on Roman fortress southern gateway foundations! Fabric from 14th/15th century onwards. Maybe one of five Chester churches that began among abandoned Roman buildings. From fortress to faith - 2,000 years.

🎨 Art Returns to the Streets! Discover digital prints of historic paintings from Grosvenor Museum displayed in shop windows along the Rows that inspired them. ✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S #RowvemberChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 27: 10 Watergate Street Grade II* with 14th century undercroft & 17th century timber-framing visible at Row level. Upstairs: a massive fireplace with painted plaster overmantel showing Royal arms. Grand domestic features survive above today's shops!

✨ Just TWO tickets left! ✨ Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to. Then stick around for a Q&A with the man himself + a few surprises! 📆 30 Nov 5.30pm 🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX 📸 @Stuartrobphoto

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 26: 6 Northgate Street Unlisted Georgian brick building from the 1820s-30s replacing an earlier timber-framed building. A bright, attractive example showing Chester's evolution from medieval timber to Georgian elegance while maintaining the Row structure.

🎨 Art Returns to the Streets! Discover digital prints of historic paintings from Grosvenor Museum displayed in shop windows along the Rows that inspired them. ✨ Special Pop-Up this Sat 29, 11.15am - 12.45pm with volunteer experts 👉 buff.ly/keKxu7S #RowvemberChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 25: 61 Bridge Street Grade II with medieval undercroft hidden behind Nando's fittings! Georgian townhouse (c.1760) above incorporates earlier timbers. At Row level, Chester Model Centre has reused 17th century beams. #ChesterRows #BridgeStreet #HeritageChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 24: 22-24 Eastgate Street Two Grade II buildings. No. 22's 1852 refurbishment was hailed as 'pioneer' Vernacular Revival - the movement started here! Both contain rare surviving enclosed stalls with walkways between them & Row shops. Image: @Stuartrobphoto

🍺 Beer (Heroes) and Burrows: A Night of Hangman's Tales Join author Nick Kevern in Beer Heroes' atmospheric undercroft for chilling tales of Chester's notorious 19th-century hangman Samuel Burrows. Take home a bottle of Samuel Burrows ale! 📆 26 Nov, 7.30pm 👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc Image: @Stuartrobphoto

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 23: 25 Eastgate Street Grade II built 1861 by TA Richardson for grocers. Carved fruit-and-foliage corbels weren't just decoration - they were Victorian advertising! A precursor to Chester's later Vernacular Revival buildings. A billboard carved in stone!

🎬 We put Sh*t Chester in the dock! Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to. Then stick around for a Q&A with the man himself + a few surprises! 📆 30 Nov 5.30pm 🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX 📸 @Stuartrobphoto

✨#RowvemberChester Day 22: 12 Eastgate St Grade II rebuilt 1861 for Becket & Co, Drapers. Medieval stone undercroft walls survive beneath stunning Victorian carved timber & ornate 'quatrefoil in circle' cast iron balustrade. Medieval foundations supporting Victorian craftsmanship!

✨ FREE Family workshop in the city today! ✨ 🎨 "The Missing Building" Workshop with artist Neuza Morais - imagining the buildings that could transform our cities. 📍 St Peter's Church, The Cross 📆 Sat 22nd Nov 10.30am - 2.30pm 🎟️ FREE, drop-in! #RowvemberChester

🍺 Beer (Heroes) and Burrows: A Night of Hangman's Tales Join author Nick Kevern in Beer Heroes' atmospheric undercroft for chilling tales of Chester's notorious 19th-century hangman Samuel Burrows. Take home a bottle of Samuel Burrows ale 👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc #RowvemberChester

✨ FREE Family Fun This Saturday in Chester! ✨ 🎨 "Missing Building" Workshop - St Peter's Church (10.30am-2.30pm) 🏺 Roman Medicine Roadshow - Grosvenor Museum (10.30am-4.30pm) 🏛️ Rows Family Tours with Miles the Mason Book tours 👉 heritagechester.co.uk #RowvemberChester #GladiatorsOfChester

Step back in time with Miles the Mason this Saturday for a FREE family walking tour revealing how Chester's unique Rows were built by hardworking masons like him. 11am 👉 Sold Out! 2pm 👉 buff.ly/iMaiSOh Funded by Chester Archaeological Society. #RowvemberChester #ChesterRows #FamilyFriendly

✨#RowvemberChester Day 21: 9-11 Northgate Street Grade II by John Douglas, opened 1897 as drapers. Part of Shoemakers Row reconstruction with exceptional timber carving on the arcade. Medieval stone undercrofts survive below - old foundations supporting Victorian ambitions!

🍺 Beer (Heroes) and Burrows: A Night of Hangman's Tales 🍺 Join author Nick Kevern in Beer Heroes' atmospheric Rows undercroft as he brings Chester's most notorious 19th-century hangman to life. 📍 Beer Heroes, 26 Watergate St 📆 26 Nov, 7.30-9pm Book your spot! 👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc #RowvemberChester

🎬 We put Sh*t Chester in the dock! Join us for a special screening of Sh*t Chester: The Movie - asking all the hard questions you've been wanting answers to. Then stick around for a Q&A with the man himself + a few surprises! 📆 30 Nov 5.30pm 🎟️ FREE 👉 buff.ly/2BabLQX 📸 @Stuartrobphoto

✨ FREE Family workshop in the city this weekend! ✨ 🎨 "The Missing Building" Workshop with artist Neuza Morais - imagining the buildings that could transform our cities. 📍 St Peter's Church, The Cross 📆 Sat 22nd Nov 10.30am - 2.30pm 🎟️ FREE, drop-in! #RowvemberChester

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 20: Cowper House Grade I at 12 Bridge Street. Built by Mayor Thomas Cowper (1641/42) with "TC 1664" carved beam. The 13th century undercroft has a window proving ground levels were once lower - Chester literally grew upwards, burying its own past! Image: @Stuartrobphoto

Step back in time with Miles the Mason this Saturday for a FREE family walking tour revealing how Chester's unique Rows were built by hardworking masons like him. 11am 👉 buff.ly/jCV6elv 2pm 👉 buff.ly/iMaiSOh Funded by Chester Archaeological Society. #RowvemberChester #ChesterRows #FamilyFriendly

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 19: 12-16 Northgate Street Home to legendary Rosies nightclub! Built 1912/13 but hides medieval timbers in the Row walkway & a Roman hypocaust at the rear of no.16. From Roman heating to dance floor - 2,000 years of Chester history beneath your feet! Image: From archives.

✨ FREE Family Fun This Saturday in Chester! ✨ 🎨 "Missing Building" Workshop - St Peter's Church (10.30am-2.30pm) 🏺 Roman Medicine Roadshow - Grosvenor Museum (10.30am-4.30pm) 🏛️ Rows Family Tours with Miles the Mason Book tours 👉 heritagechester.co.uk #RowvemberChester #GladiatorsOfChester

✨ Last few tickets remaining! Storytelling & Spirits at Providence Gin 🕯️ Join author David Atkinson for spine-tingling tales from Chester's Rows paired with spirit tastings, artisan cheese & gin to take home. 📆 19th Nov👉 buff.ly/5D1j6DL #RowvemberChester

🍺 Beer (Heroes) and Burrows: A Night of Hangman's Tales Join author Nick Kevern in Beer Heroes' atmospheric undercroft for chilling tales of Chester's notorious 19th-century hangman Samuel Burrows. Take home a bottle of Samuel Burrows ale! 📆 26 Nov, 7.30pm 👉 buff.ly/X1J8eTc Image: @Stuartrobphoto

🎨 #ChesterUrbanSketchers - Wed 19 Nov Celebrating #RowvemberChester sketching Chester's medieval Rows! 📍 The Cross, Watergate St, 10:15am ⛪ Inside St Peter's Church from 10:30 🖼️ Throwdown 12:30pm Perfect covered sketching spot whatever the weather. All abilities welcome!

✨ #RowvemberChester Day 18:The Falcon Inn Grade I at 6 Lower Bridge Street with cellar timbers from 1180 - recycled from an earlier building! Contains medieval Row & shopfront, enclosed by Sir Richard Grosvenor c.1643. Medieval builders knew quality timber was worth reusing! Image: @Stuartrobphoto

🦅The Falcon Open Hour - rare access today! Step inside this 13th century townhouse, enclosed in 1643 with its Row frontage preserved within. Usually closed to the public. 📅 Tue 18 Nov, 12-1pm 📍 Lower Bridge Street 🎟️ FREE #RowvemberChester

✨#RowvemberChester Day 17:Gamull House Grade II* with a medieval hall accessed by external steps. The oak door to the toilets? That's the former screens passage separating servants from the hall. Below, brick barrel vaulted undercrofts now house a pub. Image: @Stuartrobphoto