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Chester's Business Improvement District

Helping make Chester a retail, business and leisure destination of choice.

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What WE DO

Our goal is to transform Chester into a vibrant place for everyone who works, lives, or visits. Our initiatives focus on our three strategic themes:

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What is Chester BID?

A Business Improvement District (BID) is a business-led body formed to improve a defined area.

Our aim is to make Chester a retail, business and leisure destination of choice where people are proud to live, work and visit.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDS: VOTING IS NOW OPEN!

If you have received good customer service, place your vote for the chance to win a £100 Chester Gift Card.

Voting closes on 28th August 2026.

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Champagne bottles and heart-shaped crystal awards lined on a black table with handwritten winner cards, e.g. "Best coffee shop/cafe".

Discover Chester

FREE TICKETS FOR SUMMER

Park scene with people walking, benches, flowerbeds and large leafy trees on a sunny day.

SUMMER

Chester Boutique

INDIE'S

Shopfront of SPACE.NK.apothecary with glass windows showing cosmetics displays and a blurred passerby.

SELF CARE

Claire House shop with blue signs and arched windows displaying clothes and toys, pedestrians with a dog outside.

CHARITY SHOPS

Street view of a warmly lit French restaurant chez jules with diners visible through large windows and hanging garlands.

FOOD

Jaunty Goat Chester

COFFEE SHOPS

Søstrene Grene storefront in a mall with wooden shelves of Christmas decorations and blurred shoppers passing by.

HOMEWARE

JAX on the Square Chester

LIVE MUSIC

People walking down Northgate street in the summer

EVENTS

A blurred car drives past Chester Racecourse entrance, sign visible on the right.

GETTING HERE

Ornate Gothic municipal building with clock tower, arched windows and a fountain sculpture in a sunlit square.

CHESTER GIFT CARD

Film Screening of ‘There is a light that never goes out’ (1995)

Chester Cathedral Free
Sunlit Gothic red-sandstone cathedral with ornate arched stained-glass window and blurred pedestrians crossing in front.

Chester Makers Market

From 10:00am
People walking past the Pocket Park in Chester Town Hall Square

BIG FAT QUIZ ON THE ROOF

From 7:00pm Rooftop Social Club
Busy indoor food hall with colorful papel picado banners and string lights, crowds of people chatting and dining.

Latest News

Shirtless fire-breather exhaling a large flame while marching in a Pride parade amid rainbow and trans flags.
For Visitors

Chester Pride Returns This August!
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Krum Gelato Establishes Itself Among Britain’s Most Highly Awarded Artisan Gelato Producers with Triple Great Taste Success
Historic Pied Bull pub frontage with arched stone entrance, lit windows and blurred pedestrians passing at night.
For Visitors

The Pied Bull Chester Launches New Website
For Visitors

Summer at Chester Cathedral

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