Chester Cathedral is a beautiful building, filled with lots of exquisite stained glass windows. The figurines on the misericords on the stalls are something to behold. Such great attention to detail and dedication to make all of them, showing a wide range of different themes. It's garden areas are also lovely, I especially liked he fountain. A beautiful building, and...
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Attended a lovely evensong and it was wonderful as was the spectacular cathedral interior.
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a lovely peaceful place to contemplate life or just sit in peace, a beautiful piece of our heritage
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This was expensive for what you get to see and what information you read when you are walking around also cafe was supposed to have a large selection off hot food, but only had cakes and some sandwichs
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Once inside we were suprised by the quality of architectural features. We thought the entrance fee might be a waste of money but walked out of the building feeling we had made a useful contribution to maintaining an important part of English Heritage.
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Lovely stained glass windows and artwork. Enjoyed a communion while there. Great phoographiv opportunities.
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This was my second visit to this cathedral and I enjoyed it as much as the first visit. The detail in the structure is amazing considering how old the structure is and the limited tools available to the people that built the structure.
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It was like stepping back in time and with the character of the building and the surrounding grounds dating back to 1092 A.D., it was something to sit, reflect and pray.
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after walking round the historical city the peace of the cathedral is matched bynthe wonderful architecture
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Rockhampton
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Truly beautiful!! An amazing piece of history that deserves plenty of time to explore and appreciate it's historical value!
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