Chester is situated on the River Dee, on the border with Wales, and is one of the best preserved
walled cities in the United Kingdom. The city of Chester was founded as a fort, known as Deva, by
the Romans in AD 79 and today one can see many ruins from the era. It is an hour's drive from the
Sefton Coast and close to Liverpool. Daniel Craig, the new James Bond was born here in Chester.

Chester being on the border of Wales and England was the scene for many battles through history.
Today Cestrians are often perceived (partly-jokingly) as being 'anti-Welsh'. The Town Hall clock
does not face west towards Wales, so as not to give the Welsh the "time of day".

The city and the port of Liverpool are an exceptional testimony to the development of maritime
mercantile culture in the 18th and 19th centuries, contributing to the building up of the British
Empire. It was a centre for the slave trade, until its abolition in 1807, and to emigration from
northern Europe to America. It is for this reason that it is now a World Heritage Site.