Eastgate Clock, Chester

Grid reference: SJ407663
Co-ordinates: 340743, 366350
Bearing: WSW

Eastgate (as you would expect from the name) marks the eastern side of the old City Walls of Chester.

Grid reference: SJ407663
Co-ordinates: 340718, 366342
Bearing: ENE

This is Foregate Street, looking east from under the clock.

Grid reference: SJ407663
Co-ordinates: 340718, 366342
Bearing: WSW

And, turning around, this is Eastgate Street, looking up towards The Cross.

Grid reference: SJ407663
Co-ordinates: 340718, 366342
Bearing: SSE

In order to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Victoria, a commemorative clock was commissioned, and it has sat atop this bridge since 1897.

This is the clock up close (seen from the southern approach to the bridge on the City Walls). It was most recently renovated in 1998.

Information from The Chester Virtual Stroll.

© Nigel Stapley