The most famous clock in England is undoubtedly Big Ben, but we suggest you get out of London and check out the Eastgate Clock in Chester. Chester is located about 40 minutes south of Liverpool, and it’s one of Great Britain’s greatest heritage cities, so the clock is only icing on the cake, really.
Chester is an ancient fortified Roman city. The archway (Eastgate) on which the clock sits is part of the remaining two miles of the 2,000-year-old Roman walls, and it straddles Chester’s main shopping street. The Eastgate Clock, mounted on a beautiful column of intricately ornamented wrought iron, was installed in 1899 and began ticking on May 24. It was created to commemorate Queen Victoria’s diamond jubilee (1897). It is said that the Eastgate Clock is the second-most photographed clock after Big Ben.
