All our readers will be familiar with St Andrews, but Chester may be an unknown quantity. In fact, the city has a famous history going back over 2,000 years to Roman times and is one of Europe’s top heritage cities!  It boasts a complete circuit of walls, sections of which date back to Roman times, as well as a Norman Cathedral and the famous Rows, unique two-tiered galleries built in the traditional black and white ‘magpie’ style, containing a wide range of shops selling goods from antiques to high  fashion. In fact, Chester is one of the top retail centres in the UK, with large branches of national stores and attractive shopping malls.