Visiting the Record Office

Location, Contact Details and Opening Times

Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies Service
Cheshire Record Office
Duke Street
Chester
Cheshire
CH1 1RL
United Kingdom

Telephone: 44 (0)1244 972574
Fax: 44 (0)1244 973812
Email the Record Office

Opening hours

Please note we are closed Monday mornings.

Monday: 1.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Wednesday: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Thursday: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Friday: 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
3rd Saturday in the month: 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

In 2009, we will be open on the following Saturdays:

18 April
16 May
20 June
18 July
15 August
19 September
17 October
21 November
19 December

2010

16 January
20 February
20 March
17 April
15 May
19 June
17 July
21 August
18 September
16 October
20 November
18 December

We take last orders for documents 45 minutes before closing daily; there is no lunchtime production between 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m.

It would be helpful if document requests are presented by 12.15 p.m. to allow enough time for production.

Advance bookings can be made by telephoning the searchroom on 01244 972574.

Post and Email Enquiries

For those unable to visit in person staff will answer, free of charge, postal and email enquiries on the availability of documents and suggest appropriate types of record for particular research topics. We will reply within 10 working days of receipt, or tell you if we cannot reply within that timescale.

Searches for information in records or other sources held by the Record Office can be undertaken, for a fee, by our Research Consultant.

Bank Holidays 2009/10

Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies will be closed on the following days:

10 April
13 April
4 May
25 May
31 August
25 December
26 December
28 December

The search room will be closed for the week 7 - 11 December 2009.

2010

1 January
2 April
5 April
3 May
31 May
30 August
25-28 December

The search room will be closed for the week 6-10 December 2010

Transport and Transport Links

Travel and Timetables

For all passenger travel and timetable information contact Cheshire Traveline on 0871 200 22 33. Lines are open 8am - 8pm, every day except Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Years Day.

Rail

The railway station is marked on the location map. It is about 30 minutes walk to the Cheshire Record Office. Free Rail Link buses run from the railway station to the city centre.

Bus

Bus stations and Park and Ride services are also indicated on the location map.

Parking

Please note there is no car parking at the Record Office except for disabled badge holders outside the office on Duke Street. Some nearby sites and Park and Ride services are marked on the location map