Chester

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WhatsApp Group: Shortly before your holiday, you will be invited to join an optional WhatsApp group to connect with your fellow travellers and your Tour Leader. If you choose to join the WhatsApp group, you’re consenting to your phone number being visible to other travellers. Photos or messages may be shared within the group. Solos may use group content for marketing purposes. You can opt out at any time by emailing: [email protected]. 

If you would prefer not to join the WhatsApp group, you can simply meet the group on your first day instead. Please note, if you have not received an email within 24 hours of departure, we recommend you check your email junk folder. Upon the conclusion of your holiday, please be informed that we will close your specific holiday WhatsApp group. Therefore, we recommend making personal arrangements with those you wish to stay in touch with before the holiday concludes. 

Photo Permissions: At the beginning of your trip, your Tour Leader will ask if you would be happy to sign a photo permission form. This means that any photographs taken during your holiday can be used by Solos to share what the Solos experience is all about. It also means you have lots of memories to go home with! Details will be given at your welcome meeting

ABode Chester sits just outside the city walls, only a short walk from the city centre and Chester Racecourse.

If you’re arriving by train, Chester railway station is about a 5–10-minute taxi ride away. Local taxis are usually available right outside the station.

By car, the hotel is accessible via the M53 and A56 into Chester, following signs for the city centre and Racecourse. Once you reach Grosvenor Road, the hotel is clearly signposted near the inner ring road. Limited on-site parking is available beneath the hotel, accessible via an intercom system, available at £20/day. Spaces are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved inadvance. The entrance to the car park is located on Nicholas Street, to the side of the hotel (CH1 2NP/CH12DD). For additional parking, there is a Pay and Display car park located across the road from the hotel, known as ‘Little Roodee.’ Parking charges are as follows: Sunday to Thursday: £12.50 per night, Friday andSaturday: £16 per night.