Chester Shot Tower
Chester Shot Tower, also known as Boughton Shot Tower, is a grade-II*-listed shot tower located at SJ413667 in the Boughton district of Chester, England.Photo: Espresso Addict, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tower
- Description: shot tower in Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Lead Shot Tower”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chester Railway Station and English Presbyterian Church of Wales.
Chester Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Samslipknot, Public domain.
Chester railway station serves the city of Chester, in Cheshire, England; it is sited in the Newtown area. It was designed by the architect Francis Thompson and opened as a joint station in 1848. Chester Railway Station is situated 980 feet north of Chester Shot Tower.
English Presbyterian Church of Wales
Church
Photo: Rodhullandemu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The English Presbyterian Church of Wales is in City Road, Chester, Cheshire, England. The church was built in 1864, and designed by Michael Gummow of Wrexham. English Presbyterian Church of Wales is situated 980 feet southwest of Chester Shot Tower.
Chester Cathedral
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, in Cheshire, England. Chester Cathedral is situated 2,800 feet west of Chester Shot Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chester and Abbot’s Meads.
Chester
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chester is a very pretty and historic English city on the river Dee, and the county town of the North-Western county of Cheshire. Although maybe not worth a whole holiday, it's well worth a day or overnight trip to see the Roman ruins and medieval city centre.
Abbot’s Meads
Suburb
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Abbot's Meads is a suburb of Chester in Cheshire, England. Abbot's Meads is north-west of Chester city centre. The Countess of Chester Hospital is nearby. The population as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Chester.
Saltney
Suburb
Photo: Dennis Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saltney is a town straddling the counties of Flintshire and Cheshire on the England–Wales border. The local government community of Saltney lies entirely in Wales, while the English areas are unparished. Saltney is situated 2½ miles southwest of Chester Shot Tower.
Chester Shot Tower
- Categories: shot tower, building, historic site, and monument
- Location: Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.19421° or 53° 11′ 39″ northLongitude
-2.87808° or 2° 52′ 41″ westOpen location code
9C5V54VC+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 249467581OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=towerWikidata ID
Q5093713
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