Key facts
- Operator
- English Heritage
- Condition
- Partial ruin
- Access
- Limited tour days
Pinpoint
Grosvenor St, Chester CH1 2DN
Telephone 0370 333 1181
Website www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/chester-castle-agricola-tower-and-castle-walls
Possible Opening hours
Opening times change. Always check the official website before you travel.
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
| Sunday | 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
What's left of Chester's castle is largely the Agricola Tower, with a chapel inside holding faded medieval frescoes, opened up by volunteers on weekends between April and October. It's free, and reviewers say the volunteers themselves - knowledgeable, evidently passionate - are as much the draw as the stonework.
Worth the trip
The chapel frescoes inside the Agricola Tower - faint but genuinely medieval, and much better explained with a volunteer guide pointing them out.
Before you go
It's only open weekends April to October, and the entrance is tucked into the corner of a car park - easy to walk past if you're arriving from town.
Every review singles out the enthusiastic, knowledgeable English Heritage volunteers as the highlight of a visit, particularly during ghost tours and re-enactment days. The Agricola Tower's frescoes and the view from the top are well regarded, though multiple reviewers note the site only opens at weekends, so it's worth checking times before visiting.
Free; volunteer-run weekend openings April to October
“Mike and Peter were amazing, a couple of passionate volunteers! We thoroughly enjoyed the Ghost tour of the castle, it was full of information of the castle, the history and spooky sightings! Thank you so much for a…”— Sharkey Whitey, visitor review
