The riverside is used as a recreation area known as the ‘Groves’, a paved promenade on the North side of the River Dee starting at the end of Lower Bridge Street and finishing near Grosvenor Park. The area has many benches with a bandstand, cafes, restaurants, and pubs. Here you can take a stroll along the riverbank or propel yourself in a motorboat, a rowing boat, or a pedal.

The Queen’s Park Suspension Bridge forms the only exclusively pedestrian footway across the river in Chester. The Old Dee Bridge, a road bridge and by far the oldest bridge in Chester, was built in about 1387 on the site of a series of wooden predecessors which dated originally from the Roman period.

No visit to Chester is complete without a cruise on the River Dee which is one of the best ways to appreciate the character of this ancient city.