Chester Audio Tour: History & Heritage

Explore Chester at your own pace

Roman soldiers once marched through Chester's ancient gates, their secrets still echoing beneath modern footsteps. Layers of conquest and intrigue wait in every stone.

Explore at your own pace on this self-guided audio tour and unlock the city's hidden stories-far beyond what guidebooks reveal.

Who risked everything for power inside the imposing Chester Castle? What secret is carved into the walls of the mighty Deva Victrix fortress? Why does a forgotten face watch over visitors from a quiet corner of the Cathedral?

Photo: Humphrey M, Unsplash

Tour details

• Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes, entirely at your own pace
• Distance: around 3.0 km (1.9 miles)
• Stops: 13 landmarks, including Addleshaw Tower, Chester Cathedral, Crypt Chambers
• Audio: up to 33 minutes of narration
• Starts at: Addleshaw Tower

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How it works

• Book here and a redemption code arrives by email within minutes.
• Download the free AudaTours app on your phone and enter the code.
• Download the tour once and the whole thing works offline.
• Walk to the first stop and press play. The audio for each landmark starts automatically as you approach it, so your phone can stay in your pocket.

There is no fixed date and no start time. The date you pick at checkout does not matter, and the tour stays on your phone permanently, so you can use it whenever you next visit and walk it again as often as you like.

What is included

• Professionally narrated audio that plays automatically at each stop
• An interactive map showing the walking route between landmarks
• Full offline access once downloaded, so you need no data or signal
• Freedom to start, pause and resume whenever you like
• Lifetime access - your code never expires

Where you will stop

• Addleshaw Tower
• Chester Cathedral
• Crypt Chambers
• St Nicholas Chapel, Chester
• Deva Victrix
• Guildhall, Chester
• God's Providence House, Chester
• St Peter's Church, Chester
• St Mary's Creative Space
• Chester Crown Court
• Chester Castle
• Grosvenor Park, Chester
• St John the Baptist's Church, Chester

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What is AudaTours?

AudaTours turns a walk through a city into a story. Our guides bring landmarks to life with the history, the scandals and the detail you would never get from a plaque.

• Immersive: real stories about the places in front of you, not a dry commentary
• Offline: download once and use it with no data, anywhere
• At your own pace: start, pause and resume whenever you want
• Accurate: every story is built from verified historical sources and checked before release

Good to know

• This is a self-guided audio tour on your own phone. There is no in-person guide.
• It does not include entry to any building or site along the route.
• The landmarks on the tour are not affiliated with AudaTours.
• You need a smartphone with Android 7.0 or later, or iOS 16 or later.
• Bring headphones and start with a charged phone.

Who it suits

Solo travellers, couples, families and small groups who would rather explore on their own schedule than follow a guide and a fixed departure time. It suits a first visit, and it suits anyone who has already seen the famous sights and wants to know what actually happened in them.

Image credits

Photos: Martina Jorden, Humphrey M, Jonny Gios (Unsplash).