Hen Weekends in Chester

A beautiful, big posh village

If you're looking for somewhere that's compact, clean, stylish and shopaholic-friendly, Chester is worth more than a passing consideration. With our help, your Chester hen weekend group could be thanking you for years to come on a splendid cocktail of activity, luxury, clothes, cuisine and champagne.

As well as the stores, there are winding streets full of crafts and cafes, and the kind of eye-catching, deliciously decorative city centre that hasn't sold out it's identity to binge-drinkers somewhere along the way.

The bars are a mixture of mock Tudor inns and swanky riverside establishments, where the volume is mercifully manageable and in which the priority is clearly ambience and enjoyment rather than profit and pulling. Chester’s splendid narrow lanes and low-beamed buildings, coupled with a smattering of restaurants whose décor and menus are thoughtful and considered, make this a wise, more centrally-located alternative to those voting for Edinburgh, Newcastle or Brighton.

Oh, and don’t worry if you’ve seen Hollyoaks – women don’t all look like that here in real life. There are actually one or two bigger than a size 8.

Chester Information

This is the kind of place you'd gladly live, given the city's status as a clean, cosmopolitan money belt with highly attractive architecture and the huge priorty on shopping choice. There's more turnover on Eastgate and Foregate Street per square metre than there is in London's Oxford Street, so that should give you some idea of what to expect for starters!

Lots of gorgeous little eateries, tea rooms and cafes sit snugly in the city centre, the wide expanse of bars scattered sensibly enough to avoid any regimented zonal pub feel. The atmosphere is laid-back and understated throughout, providing more than enough space to do your thang on your hen weekend in Chester without being treat like pariahs because of it. They are not smug with it, but Chester's locals ooze comfort and style. The threads in front of you on the store racks are a sure sign, but so too is the pace of life. You can happily go about having the hen weekend of your lives in Chester without being just one of 300+ other pre-wedding parties. The local characters are friendly, but not overly-so, which means you can mingle if you wish or simply concentrate on the fun of hen group bonding. Blackpool this is not, ladies.

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