| A day out at Chester races is an institution for many | | | | hour away and there are easy links to the M53, M56, |
| locals and also for many visitors from far and wide, | | | | M6 and A483. There is ample car parking currently |
| these days there are even numerous visitors from | | | | costs just £7, and coaches only £10, |
| mainland Europe. The nearby big city's of Manchester | | | | the main Chester rail station is in the town around |
| and Liverpool provide not only a gateway to Chester | | | | twenty minutes from the course. For those flying in |
| races but are also home to many of its visitors. | | | | there is the nearby Hawarden airport, Deeside which |
| Meeting can easily attract 20-30,000 punters for a | | | | has helicopter as well as light aircraft facilities. The |
| weekend of racing. And over the last decade the | | | | nearest major airports are Manchester and Liverpool |
| number of visitors from outside the immediate area | | | | John Lennon both around an hour from Chester. |
| has grown to a very impressive 70% of all race fans | | | | The course can provide all kinds of catering with |
| at the course. | | | | meals to suit all tastes and budgets there is also an |
| The course is not a field with a run down stand | | | | ample supply of outlets for non-alcoholic and alcoholic |
| Chester boasts a modern facility that can cater for all | | | | drinks. Some, but not all, areas of the course |
| kinds of visitors including corporate clients and | | | | observe a strict formal dress code, at the other end |
| disabled race fans to coach loads of eager pensioners | | | | of the scale visitors can even bring along their own |
| and jet-setters who need to land their helicopter right | | | | picnic to the open course. A day or a weekend at |
| at the course. Chester is a well appointed racetrack | | | | Chester races has a huge amount to offer, and you |
| with a very long history of catering to the needs of | | | | can easily make it a mini break by booking into a fine |
| its many hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. | | | | Chester Hotel. There are all classes of hotel |
| One of the reasons for its popularity is its ease of | | | | accommodation on offer in and around the town |
| access from many diverse areas such as the cities of | | | | including several first class Luxury hotels in Chester |
| Yorkshire, the Midlands, North Wales and of course | | | | itself. |
| Manchester and Liverpool which are both less than an | | | | |