Chester and the Wirral peninsula

In 1645, Chester’s garrison still held the medieval circuit against Parliamentarian forces, which is why today you can walk a near-continuous 2-mile ring of city walls. The two-tier Rows, recorded from the 14th century, hide Elizabethan beams behind some prim Victorian fronts, and the cathedral’s quire stalls carry exquisite 15th‑century carving. Just over 20 miles from Liverpool, it’s a compact walk before heading to the Wirral for Port Sunlight (founded in 1888 by William Lever) and wide Liverpool skyline views from New Brighton or Seacombe.

Your dedicated driver collects you at the hotel in a sleek Mercedes, pacing the day to your rhythm. He handles the hops — about 50 minutes to Chester, then roughly 25 to Port Sunlight — while you explore, take photos, and break for a Welsh rarebit or afternoon tea. In Chester, pick your focus: Eastgate Clock, the Roman amphitheatre, a traverse of the Rows. The return via the Wirral adds the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Mersey panoramas from Egremont Ferry. Close to Liverpool, with a private chauffeur at the wheel, you switch smoothly from medieval fabric to model village planning.