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Eastgate Clock

The clock crowns the Eastgate, the eastern gate of Chester's city walls, on the site of an old Roman gate. The present gate dates from 1768-1769, the work of the architect Hayden, the earl's surveyor. The clock was added in 1899 and unveiled on 27 May of that year to commemorate the sixty years of Queen Victoria's reign. It was designed by John Douglas, an architect from Chester. An inscription at its base records that commemoration. It is described as one of the most photographed clocks in England, after Big Ben. It can be seen head-on from Eastgate Street, the shopping street that passes through the gate, and also from the top of the wall, which runs right over the Eastgate. It is a few steps from the city's central crossing, among the medieval galleries of the Rows.

Things to do at Eastgate Clock: 3 missions

• Cross the wall above the clockClimb onto the wall and walk over the Eastgate to see the clock from the wall-walk.
• Photograph the clock from Eastgate StreetStand on Eastgate Street, in line with the gate, and frame the clock with the arch of the Eastgate.
• Read the inscription for Victoria's jubileeLook at the base of the clock, where an inscription records that it was erected for the sixty years of Victoria's reign.

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Source: Wikipedia - Eastgate Clock